Millport Reservoir Algae 2003

Samples collected during the MSc Biology of Water Resource Management Field course, May 2003

Millport formerly had 2 reservoirs to supply its water: we sampled the lower one (left in the photograph).
Samples of the plankton were taken with a net, also of the periphyton by brushing a stone,
and picked by finger from the spillway (see next image).
There was a heavy growth of periphytic algae in the spillway.
The species of algae found can be a useful indicator of water quality.


Conductivity = 220µS, pH = 7.4

TYPES: BG=blue-green; C=chlorophyte; Df=dinoflagellate; Dia=diatom; Des=desmid; R=rhodophyte

Thumbnail Image (click to enlarge) [some images from other locations]

Species (Type)

Net Haul Plankton

Brushed Stone Periphyton

Hand Picked Spillway Periphyton

Achnanthidium minutissima   (Dia)

 

 

+

Amphora libyca   (Dia)

 

+

 

Anabaena   (B-G)

+++

 

+

Aphanocapsa   (B-G)

+

 

 

Aphanochaete   (C)

 

 

+

Asterionella formosa (Dia )

+

 

 

Asterococcus limneticus   (C)

+

 

 

Asterocystis   (R)

 

+

+

Aulacoseira ambigua  (Dia)

+

+

+

Botryococcus   (C)

+

 

 

Ceratium hirundinella   (Dino)

+

 

 

Chamaesiphon  sp. (B-G)

 

 

+

Characium sp.  (C)

 

 

+

Cladophora sp.   (C)

 

 

+++

Closterium praelongum v. brevius  (Des)

 

 

+

Chroococcus turgidus (B-G)

+

 

 

Cocconeis placentula   (Dia)

 

 

+

Coelastrum sphaericum   (C)

+

+

 

Coelosphaerium   (B-G)

+

+

 

Coenocystis obtusa   (C)

+

 

 

Cosmarium biretum   (Des)

+

 

 

Cosmarium depressum v. planctonicum   (Des)

+

 

 

Cosmarium ?margaritatum   (Des)

 

+

 

Cosmarium subcostatum   (Des)

 

+

 

Cosmarium ?tetropthalmum   (Des)

 

+

 

 

Cosmarium turpinii v. podolicum   (Des)

+

 

+

Diatoma ?moniliformis   (Dia)

 

 

+

Diatoma vulgaris   (Dia)

 

 

+

Dictyosphaerium   (C)

+

 

+

Encyonema caespitosum   (Dia)

 

 

+

Encyonema prostratum   (Dia)

 

 

+

Epithemia sorex   (Dia)

 

+

 

Epithemia turgida   (Dia)

 

+

 

Eunotia minor   (Dia)

 

 

+

Fragilaria capucina   (Dia)

+

+

+

Geminella   (C)

 

+

 

Gloeocystis vesiculosa   (C)

 

+

 

Gomphonema truncatum   (Dia)

 

 

+

Gomphosphaeria aponina   (B-G)

 

+

 

Gyrosigma acuminatum   ( Dia)

 

+

 

Gyrosigma attenuatum   ( Dia)

 

+

 

?Homoeothrix sp.  (B-G)

 

+

 

Kirchneriella   (C)

+

 

 

Microcystis flos-aquae   (B-G)

++

 

+

Mougeotia sp. 11µm.  (C)

 

 

+

Mougeotia sp. 14µm.   (C)

 

+

 

Mougeotia sp. 17µm.   (C)

+

 

 

Mougeotia sp. 20µm.  (C)

 

+

 

Mougeotia sp. 22µm.   (C)

 

 

+

Mougeotia sp. 25µm.  (C)

 

 

+

Navicula gregaria   (Dia)

 

 

+

Navicula radiosa   (Dia)

 

 

+

Nitzschia fossilis   (Dia)

 

+

 

Nitzschia linearis   (Dia)

+

 

 

Nitzschia obtusa   (Dia)

+

 

 

Nitzschia recta   (Dia)

+

+

+

Nitzschia sigmoidea   (Dia)

+

 

 

Oedogonium sp. ~6µm.  (C)

 

+

 

Oedogonium sp. ~15µm.  (C)

 

+

 

Oedogonium sp. ~30µm.  (C)

 

+

 

Oocystis borgei   (C)

 

+

 

Oscillatoria sp. 8µm.  (B-G)

 

+

 

Pediastrum boryanum   (C)

+

+

+

Pediastrum duplex   (C)

+

 

 

Pediastrum sp.   (C)

+

 

 

Peridinium cinctum   (Dino)

+

 

 

Phormidium sp. 4µm. (B-G)

 

+

+

?Pinnularia sudetica   (Dia)

+

 

 

?Pseudosphaerocystis   (C)

+

 

 

Quadrigula closterioides   (C)

+

 

 

Rhoicosphenia curvata   (Dia)

 

+

 

Scenedesmus communis   (Des)

+

+

+

Sphaerocystis   (C)

+

 

Spirogyra sp. 11µm.  (C)

 

 

Spirogyra sp. 20µm.  (C)

 

Spirogyra sp. 35µm.  (C)

 

 

Staurastrum anatinum   (Des)

 

+

 

Staurastrum chaetoceras   (Des)

+

 

 

Staurastrum cingulum   (Des)

+

 

 

Staurastrum johnsonii   (Des)

+

 

 

Staurastrum manfeldtii   (Des)

+

 

 

Stigeoclonium sp.   (C)

 

+

 

Stigonema sp.   (B-G)

 

+

 

Surirella capronii   (Dia)

+

 

 

Synedra acus   (Dia)

 

+

 

Tabellaria fenestrata   (Dia)

 

 

+

Tabellaria flocculosa   (Dia)

 

 

+

Tetraspora lemmermannii   (C)

+

 

 

Ulothrix sp. 8µm.   (C)

 

 

+

Ulothrix sp. 30µm.   (C)

 

 

+

Woronichinia   (B-G)

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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John Kinross