Nepal Algae 2008

Samples were collected by Ian Martin alongside invertebrate and water samples taken for his Honours project, while conducting a fishing/rafting trip in Nepal.
Sites are numbered from upstream to downstream. Sample 8 had large accumulations of Travertine, in which some of the algae were embedded.

        SITE              
type Genus Species  
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
  Amphora sp.  
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Diatom Achnanthidium sp.
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Diatom Achnanthidium lanceolatum
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Diatom Caloneis cf. amphisbaena
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Desmid Closterium moniliferum
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Desmid Cosmarium cf. subcostatum
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Diatom Cymbella lanceolata
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Diatom Denticula sp.
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Diatom Denticula cf. kuetzingii
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Diatom Encyonema cf caespitosum *
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Diatom Encyonema prostratum
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Diatom Encyonema cf. silesiacum *
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Diatom Fragilaria capucina
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Diatom Gomphonema olivaceum
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Diatom Gyrosigma cf. attenuatum
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Diatom Hannaea arcus
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Cyanobacteria Homoeothrix sp.
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Diatom Melosira cf. varians
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Chlorophyte Microspora sp. 25µm.
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Diatom Navicula sp.  
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Diatom Navicula cf. gregaria
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Diatom Navicula cf. lanceolata
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Diatom Navicula cf. protracta  
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Diatom Navicula radiosa  
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Diatom Navicula cf. rhynchocephala
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Diatom Navicula schoenfeldtii (cf laevissima)
or Sellaphora pupula?
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Diatom Navicula cf. subminuscula  
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Diatom Nitzschia sp.
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Diatom Nitzschia cf. clausii  
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Diatom Nitzschia fibulafissa  
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Diatom Nitzschia umbonata
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Chlorophyte Oedogonium sp. 45µm.
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Cyanobacteria Oscillatoria sp.  
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Chlorophyte Scenedesmus cf. obliquus
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Chlorophyte Spirogyra sp.
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Diatom Surirella linearis
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Diatom Surirella sp. ? cf. roba  
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Diatom Surirella cf. tenera
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Diatom Synedra sp.
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Diatom Synedra ulna
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Chlorophyte cf. Trochischia sp.
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    * 2 spp. may be confused  

 

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John Kinross