Isle of Lismore, August 2017
Lismore lies in the Firth of Lorn and is more fertile than most of the nearby Scottish mainland or islands, due to its limestone geology.
Its name in Gaelic means ' the big garden'. It contains 3 major lochs which have quite deep, fairly clear waters.
The Fiart Farm pond is much shallower (less than 1m) and was heavily impacted by the presence of sheep and geese when sampled.
Loch Kilcheran |
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Loch Fiart |
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Loch Balnagowan |
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Fiart Farm pond to the left, middle distance |
Balnagowan spring: canalised for watering stock |
Species |
Image |
Loch Kilcheran |
Loch Fiart |
Pond on Fiart Farm |
Loch Balnagowan |
Balnagowan spring |
pH |
6 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
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Amphora ovalis |
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Anabaena sp. (akinetes) |
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Asterionella
formosa |
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Botryococcus braunii |
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Bulbochaete |
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Calothrix
sp. |
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Ceratium furcoides |
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Ceratium hirundinella |
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Chaetophora |
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Chlorella |
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Chroococcus turgidus |
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Chroococcus varius |
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Cladophora |
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Closteriopsis acicularis |
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Closterium
aciculare |
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Coelastrum astroideum |
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?Coelastrum |
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Coelosphaerium kuetzingianum |
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?Coenochloris fottii |
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Coenococcus polycoccus |
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Coleochaete orbicularis |
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Cosmarium botrytis |
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Cosmarium depressum v. planctonicum |
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Cosmarium
formulosum |
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Cosmarium humile |
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Cosmarium moniliforme |
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Cosmarium
reniforme |
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+ |
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Cyanodictyon |
+ |
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Cymbella
cistula |
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Diatoma
ehrenbergii |
+ |
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Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum |
+ |
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Dinobryon divergens |
+ |
+ |
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Encyonema
silesiacum |
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Euglena trypteris |
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Fragilaria
crotonensis |
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Geminella interrupta |
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Geminella mutabilis |
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Gloeocystis vesiculosa |
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Gomphonema
truncatum |
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Gonatozygon monotaenium |
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?Keratococcus bicaudatus |
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Klebsormidium
3.5µm. |
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Mallomonas sp. |
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Mastogloia elliptica |
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Merismopedia |
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Merismopedia tenuissima |
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?Microcystis flos-aquae |
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?Monoraphidium arcuatum |
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Mougeotia
10µm. |
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Mougeotia 14µm. |
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Mougeotia
26µm. |
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Navicula
radiosa |
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?Neidium iridis |
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Nephrocytium ?aghardianum |
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Nostoc sp. |
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?Nostoc |
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Oedogonium
20µm. |
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Oocystis |
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Oocystis lacustris |
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Oocystis marssonii |
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Pandorina morum |
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Pediastrum boryanum
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Pinnularia
maior |
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Quadrigula pfizeri |
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Scenedesmus sp. |
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+ |
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Scenedesmus aculeolatus |
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Scenedesmus communis |
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Scenedesmus dimorphus |
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Scenedesmus ?hystrix |
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Scenedesmus opoliensis |
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?Snowella |
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? Sphaerocystis |
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Spirogyra
20µm. |
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Spirogyra
25µm. |
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Spirogyra
39µm. |
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Staurastrum
avicula |
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Staurastrum
cingulum |
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Staurastrum cingulum v. obesum |
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Staurastrum lunatum |
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Tetraedron incus |
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Tolypothrix distorta
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Tolypothrix distorta v.penicillata |
+ |
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?Woslozynskia |
+ |
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Zygnema 18 µm. |
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Zygnema
26µm. |
+ |
+ |
John Kinross