Freshwater Algae from Loch Skeen, 26th May 2002
Loch Skeen lies in a glacial hanging valley in the Scottish Borders area: the Tail Burn which drains it cascades into the Moffat Water, forming a waterfall called the Grey Mare's Tail. The area is popular with tourists, and a steep but well-constructed path leads up the side of the waterfall to the loch. |
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(many algae are illustrated elsewhere in the pages, and are not reproduced here)
Loch Skeen Plankton
Chrysophyta
Diatoms:
Asterionella |
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Gyrosigma |
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Aulacoseira (Melosira) ambigua |
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Nitzschia sigmoidea |
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Tabellaria fenestrata |
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Tabellaria fenestrata var asterionelloides |
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Tabellaria flocculosa |
Chlorophyta
Botryococcus |
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Closterium kutzingii |
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Closteriopsis |
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Euastrum didelta |
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Gloeocystis
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Hormidium 5.5µm. |
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Micrasterias sol |
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Mougeotia
11µm. |
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Oedogonium
8µm. |
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Pediastrum boryanum |
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Spirogyra
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Spondylosium |
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Staurastrum ?hirsutum |
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Staurastrum lunatum |
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Staurastrum ?planctonicum |
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Xanthidium antilopeum |
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Zygnema |
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Zygnemopsis |
Blue-greens:
Periphyton
Chlorophyta: |
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Gomphonema |
= dominant |
Mougeotia 14µm. |
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Oedogonium |
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Pediastrum boryanum |
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Spirogyra 32µm. |
= dominant |
Ulothrix 28µm. |
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Zygnema |
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Diatoms: |
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Tabellaria flocculosa |
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2: Tail Burn:
Small Tributaries of Tail Burn (ditches), at L. Skeen end
John Kinross,
page updated 14/12/2019