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Distribution of
Phytoplankton in
Washington Lakes
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EPA-600/3-79-121
December 1979
DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN WASHINGTON LAKES
by
F. A. Morris*, M. K. Morris*, W. D. Taylor,
L. R. Williams, S. C. Hern, and V. W. Lamhou
Water and Land Quality Branch
Monitoring Operations Division
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
*Departrnent of Biological Sciences
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada 89154
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SUPPORT LABORATORY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114
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DISCLAIMER
This report has been reviewed by the Environmental Monitoring and
Support Laboratory-Las Vegas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and
approved for publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does
not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
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FOREWORD
Protection of the environment requires effective regulatory actions
which are based on sound technical and scientific information. This
information must include the quantitative description and linking of
pollutant sources, transport mechanisms, interactions, and resulting effects
on man and his environment. Because of the complexities involved, assessment
of specific pollutants in the environment requires a total systems approach
which transcends the media of air, water, and land. The Environmental
Monitoring and Support Laboratory-Las Vegas contributes to the formation and
enhancement of a sound monitoring data base for exposure assessment through
programs designed to:
• develop and optimize systems and strategies for monitoring
pollutants and their impact on the environment
• demonstrate new monitoring systems and technologies by
applying them to fulfill special monitoring needs of the
Agency's operating programs
This report presents the species and abundance of phytoplankton in the
13 lakes sampled by the National Eutrophication Survey in the State of
Washington, along with results from the calculation of several commonly used
biological indices of water quality and community structure. These data can
he used to biologically characterize the study lakes, and as baseline data
for future investigations. This report was written for use by Federal,
State, and local governmental agencies concerned with water quality analysis,
monitoring, and/or regulation. Private industry and individuals similarly
involved with the biological aspects of water quality will find the document
useful. For further information contact the Water and Land Quality Branch,
Monitoring Operations Division.
George R. Morgan
Director
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
Las Vegas
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CONTENTS
Page
Foreword "Hi
Introduction 1
Materials and Methods 2
Lake and Site Selection 2
Sample Preparation 2
Examination 3
Quality Control 4
Results 5
Nygaard's Trophic State Indices 5
Palmer's Organic Pollution Indices 5
Species Diversity and Abundance Indices 7
Species Occurrence and Abundance 9
Literature Cited 10
Appendix A. Phytoplankton Species list for the State
of Washington 11
Appendix B. Summary of Phytoplankton Data 15
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INTRODUCTION
The collection and analysis of phytoplankton data were included in the
National Eutrophication Survey in an effort to determine relationships between
algal characteristics and trophic status of individual lakes.
During spring, summer, and fall of 1975, the Survey sampled 156 lakes in
11 States. Over 450 algal species and varieties were identified and
enumerated from the 430 water samples examined.
This report presents the species and abundance of phytoplankton in the
13 lakes sampled in the State of Washington (Table 1). The Nygaard's Trophic
State (Nygaard 1949), Palmer's Organic Pollution (Palmer 1969), and species
diversity and abundance indices are also included.
TABLE 1. LAKES SAMPLED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
STORE! No.
5301
5302
5303
5304
5305
5306
5307
5308
5309
5310
5311
5312
5313
Lake Name
American Lake
Banks Lake
Chelan Lake
Diamond Lake
Green Lake
Keechel us Lake
Mayfield Lake
Medical Lake
Moses Lake
Ozette Lake
Sammamish Lake
Whatcom Lake
Lower Granite Reservoir
County
Pierce
Grant, Douglas
Chelan
Pend Oreil le
King
Kittitas
Lewi s
Spokane
Grant
Cl al 1 am
King
Whatcom
Garfield, Whitman
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
LAKE AND SITE SELECTION
Lakes and reservoirs included in the Survey were selected through
discussions with State water pollution agency personnel and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Regional Offices (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1975). Screening and selection strongly emphasized lakes with actual or
potential accelerated eutrophication problems. As a result, the selection was
limited to lakes:
(1) impacted by one or more municipal sewage treatment plant outfalls
either directly into the lake or by discharge to an inlet tributary
within approximately 40 kilometers of the lake;
(2) 40 hectares or larger in size; and
(3) with a mean hydraulic retention time of at least 30 days.
Specific selection criteria were waived for some lakes of particular State
interest.
Sampling sites for a lake were selected based on available information on
lake morphometry, potential major sources of nutrient input, and on-site
judgment of the field limnologist (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1975).
Primary sampling sites were chosen to reflect the deepest portion of each
major basin in a test lake. Where many basins were present, selection was
guided by nutrient source information on hand. At each sampling site, a
depth-integrated phytoplankton sample was taken. Depth-integrated samples
were uniform mixtures of water from the surface to a depth of 15 feet
(4.6 meters) or from the surface to the lower limit of the photic zone
representing 1 percent of the incident light, whichever was greater. If the
depth at the sampling site was less than 15 feet (4.6 meters), the sample was
taken from just off the bottom to the surface. Normally, a lake was sampled
three times in 1 year, providing information on spring, summer, and fall
conditions.
SAMPLE PREPARATION
To preserve the sample 4 milliliters (ml) of Acid-Lugo!'s solution
(Prescott 1970) were added to each 130-ml sample from each site at the time of
collection. The samples were shipped to the Environmental Monitoring and
Support Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada, where equal volumes from each site
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were mixed to form two 130-ml composite samples for a given lake. One
composite sample was put into storage and the other was used for the
examination.
Prior to examination, the composite samples were concentrated by the
settling method. Solids were allowed to settle for at least 24 hours prior to
siphoning off the supernate. The volume of the removed supernate and the
volume of the remaining concentrate were measured and concentrations
determined. A small (8-ml) library subsample of the concentrate was then
taken. The remaining concentrate was gently agitated to resuspend the
plankton and poured into a capped, graduated test tube. If a preliminary
examination of a sample indicated the need for a more concentrated sample, the
contents of the test tube were further concentrated by repeating the settling
method. Final concentrations varied from 15 to 40 times the original.
Permanent slides were prepared from concentrated samples after analysis
was complete. A ring of clear Karo® corn syrup with phenol (a few crystals of
phenol were added to each 100 ml of syrup) was placed on a glass slide. A
drop of superconcentrate from the bottom of the test tube was placed in the
ring. This solution was thoroughly mixed and topped with a coverglass. After
the syrup at the edges of the coverglass had hardened, the excess was scraped
away and the mount was sealed with clear fingernail polish. Permanent diatom
slides were prepared by drying sample material on a coverglass, heating in a
muffle furnace at 400° C for 45 minutes, and mounting in Hyrax53. Finally, the
mounts were sealed with clear fingernail polish.
Backup samples, library samples, permanent sample slides, and
Hyrax-mounted diatom slides are being stored and maintained at the
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory-Las Vegas.
EXAMINATION
The phytoplankton samples were examined with the aid of binocular
compound microscopes. A preliminary examination was performed to precisely
identify and list all forms encountered. The length of this examination
varied depending on the complexity of the sample. An attempt was made to find
and identify all of the forms present in each sample. Often forns were
observed which could not be identified to species or to genus. Abbreviated
descriptions were used to keep a record of these forms (e.g., lunate cell,
blue-green filament, Navicula #1). Diatom slides were examined using a
standard light microscope. If greater resolution was essential to accurately
identify the diatoms, a phase-contrast microscope was used.
After the species list was compiled, phytoplankton were enumerated using
a Neubauer Counting Chamber with a 40X objective lens and a 10X ocular lens.
All forms within each field were counted. The count was continued until a
minimum of 100 fields had been viewed, or until the dominant form had been
observed a minimum of 100 times.
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QUALITY CONTROL
Project phycologists performed internal quality control intercomparisons
regularly on 7 percent of the species identification and counts. Although an
individual had primary responsibility for analyzing a sample, taxonomic
problems were discussed among the phycologists.
Additional quality control checks were performed on the Survey samples by
Dr. G. W. Prescott of the University of Montana at the rate of 5 percent.
Quality control checks were made on 75 percent of these samples to verify
species identifications while checks were made on the remaining 25 percent of
the samples to verify genus counts. Presently, the agreement between quality
control checks for species identification and genus enumerations is
satisfactory.
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RESULTS
A phytoplankton species list for the State is presented in Appendix A.
Appendix B summarizes all of the phytoplankton data collected from the State
by the Survey. The latter is organized by lake, and includes an alphabetical
phytoplankton species list with concentrations for individual species given by
sampling date. Results from the application of several indices are presented
(Nygaard's Trophic State, Palmer's Organic Pollution, and species diversity
and abundance). Each lake has been assigned a four-digit STORET number.
(STORET (STOrage and RETrieval) is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
computer system which processes and maintains water quality data.) The first
two digits of the STORET number identify the State; the last two digits
identify the lake.
NYGAARD'S TROPHIC STATE INDICES
Five indices devised by Nygaard (1949) were proposed under the assumption
that certain algal groups are indicative of levels of nutrient enrichment.
These indices were calculated in order to aid in determining the surveyed
lakes' trophic status. As a general rule, Cyanophyta, Euglenophyta, centric
diatoms, and members of the Chlorococcales are found in waters that are
eutrophic (rich in nutrients), while desmids and many pennate diatoms
generally cannot tolerate high nutrient levels and so are found in
oligotrophic waters (poor in nutrients).
In applying the indices to the Survey data, the number of taxa in each
major group was determined from the species list for each sample. The ratios
of these groups give numerical values which can be used as a biological index
of water richness. The five indices and the ranges of values established for
Danish lakes by Nygaard for each trophic state are presented in Table 2. The
appropriate symbol, (E) eutrophic and (0) oligotrophic, follows each
calculated value in the tables in Appendix B. A question mark (?) following a
calculated value in these tables was entered when that value was within the
range of both classifications.
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
Palmer (1969) analyzed reports from 165 authors and developed algal
pollution indices for use in rating water samples with high organic pollution.
Two lists of organic-pollution-tolerant forms were prepared, one containing
20 genera, the other, 20 species (Tables 3 and 4). Each form was assigned a
pollution index number ranging from 1 for moderately tolerant forms to 6 for
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TABLE 2. NYGAARD'S TROPHIC STATE INDICES ADAPTED FROM HUTCHINSON (1967)
Index
Calculation
Oligotrophic Eutrophic
Myxophycean
Chlorophycean
Diatom
Euglenophyte
Compound
Myxophyceae
Desmideae
Chlorococcales
Desmideae
Centric Diatoms
Pennate Diatoms
Eu£lenophyta
Myxophyceae + Chlorococcales
Myxophyceae + Chlorococcales +
0.0-0.4
0.0-0.7
0.0-0.3
0.0-0.2
0.0-1.0
0.1-3.0
0.2-9.0
0.0-1.75
0.0-1.0
1.2-25
Centric Diatoms + Euglenophyta
Desmideae
TABLE 3. ALGAL GENUS POLLUTION INDEX
(Palmer 1969)
TABLE 4. ALGAL SPECIES POLLUTION
INDEX (Palmer 1969)
Genus
Anacystis
Ankistrodesmus
Chlamydomonas
Chlorella
Closterium
Qyclotella
Euglena
Gomphonema
Lepocinclis
Melosira
Micractinium
Navicula
Nitzschia
Oscillatoria
Pandorina
Phacus
Phormidium
Scenedesmus
Stigeoclonium
Synedra
Pollution
Index
1
2
4
3
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
3
3
5
1
2
1
4
2
2
Species
Ankistrodesmus falcatus
Arthrospira jenneri
Chlorella vulgaris
Cyclotella meneghiniana
Euglena gracilis
Eugjena viridis
Gomphonema parvulum
Melosira varians
Navicula cryptocepjiala
Nitzschia acicularis
Nitzschia palea
Oscillatoria chlorina
Oscillatoria limosa
Oscillatoria princeps
Oscillatoria putrida
Oscillatoria tenuis
Pandorina morum
Scenedesmus quadricauda
Stigeoclonium tenue
Synedra ulna
Pollution
Index
3
2
2
2
1
6
1
2
1
1
5
2
4
1
4
3
4
3
3
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extremely tolerant forms. Palmer based the index numbers on occurrence
records and/or where emphasized by the authors as being especially tolerant of
organic pollution.
In analyzing a water sample, any of the 20 genera or species of algae
present in concentrations of 50 per milliliter or more are recorded. The
pollution index numbers of the algae present are totaled, providing a genus
score and a species score. Palmer determined that a score of 20 or more for
either index can be taken as evidence of high organic pollution, while a score
of 15 to 19 is taken as probable evidence of high organic pollution. Lower
figures suggest that the organic pollution of the sample is not high, that the
sample is not representative, or that some substance or factor interfering
with algal persistence is present and active.
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
"Information content" of biological samples is being used commonly by
biologists as a measure of diversity. Diversity in this connection means the
degree of uncertainty attached to the specific identity of any randomly
selected individual. The greater the number of taxa and the more equal their
proportions, the greater the uncertainty, and hence, the diversity (Pielou
1966). There are several methods of measuring diversity, e.g., the formulas
given by Brillouin (1962) and Shannon and Weaver (1963). The method which is
appropriate depends on the type of biological sample on hand.
Pielou (1966) classifies the types of biological samples and gives the
measure of diversity appropriate for each type. The Survey phytoplankton
samples are what she classifies as larger samples (collections in Pielou's
terminology) from which random subsamples can be drawn. According to Pielou,
the average diversity per individual (H) for these types of samples can be
estimated from the Shannon-Wiener formula (Shannon and Weaver 1963):
H =
P.
i
log P.
3
where P is
from n-j/N;
taxon; N
of taxa.
the proportion of the ith taxon
n- is the number of individuals
in the sample,
per milliliter
which is calculated
of the ith
is the total number of individuals per ml; and S is the total number
However, Basharin (1959) and Pielou (1966) have pointed out that H
calculated from the subsample is a biased estimator of the sample H, and if
this bias is to be accounted for, we must know the total number of taxa
present in the sample since the magnitude of this bias depends on it.
Pielou (1966) suggests that if the number of taxa in the subsample falls
only slightly short of the number in the larger sample, no appreciable error
will result in considering S, estimated from the subsample, as being equal to
the sample value. Even though considerable effort was made to find and
identify all taxa, the Survey samples undoubtedly contain a fair number of
rare phytoplankton taxa which were not encountered.
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In the Shannon-Wiener formula, an increase in the'number of taxa and/or
an increase in the evenness of the distribution of individuals among taxa will
increase the average diversity per individual from its minimal value of zero.
Sager and Hasler (1969) found that the richness of taxa was of minor
importance in determination of average diversity per individual for
phytoplankton and they concluded that phytoplankton taxa in excess of the 10
to 15 most abundant ones have little effect on H. This was verified by our
own calculations. Our counts are in number per milliliter and since
logarithms to the base 2 were used in our calculations, H is expressed in
units of bits per individual. When individuals of a taxon were so rare that
they were not counted, a value of 1/130 per milliliter or 0.008 per milliliter
was used in the calculations since at least one individual of the taxon must
have been present in the collection.
A Survey sample for a given lake represents a composite of all
phytoplankton collected at different sampling sites on the lake during a given
sampling period. Since the number of samples (M) making up a composite is a
function of both the complexity of the lake sampled and its size, it should
affect the richness-of-taxa component of the diversity of our phytoplankton
collections. The maximum diversity (MaxH) (i.e., when the individuals are
distributed among the taxa as evenly as possible) was estimated from Iog2 S
(Pielou 1966), while the minimum diversity (MinH), was estimated from the
formula:
M1nH . _ JJ 1082
given by Zand (1976). The total diversity (D) was calculated from HN (Pielou
1966). Also given in Appendix B are L (the mean number of individuals per
taxa per milliliter) and K (the number of individuals per milliliter of the
most abundant taxon in the sample).
The evenness component of diversity (J) was estimated from H/MaxH
(Pielou 1966). Relative evenness (RJ) was calculated from the formula:
D1 _ H-MinH
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individual should not be used in direct comparisons involving various samples
which have different numbers of taxa. Since MaxH equals log S, the expression
in sits is equal to logs S> or !• Therefore diversity in sits per
individual is numerically equivalent to J, the evenness component for the
Shannon-Wiener formula.
SPECIES OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE
The alphabetic phytoplankton species list for each lake, presented in
Appendix B, gives the concentrations of individual species by sampling date.
Concentrations are in cells, colonies, or filaments (CEL, COL, FIL) per
milliliter. An "X" after a species name indicates that the species identified
in the preliminary examination was in such a low concentration that it did not
appear in the count. A blank space indicates that the organism was not found
in the sample collected on that date. Column S is used to designate the
examiner's subjective opinion of the five dominant taxa in a sample, based
upon relative size and concentration of the organism. The percent column (%C)
presents, by abundance, the percentage composition of each taxon.
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LITERATURE CITED
Basharin, G. P. 1959. On a statistical estimate for the entropy of a
sequence of independent random variables, pp. 333-336. In: Theory of
Probability and Its Applications (translation of "Teoriya Veroyatnosei i
ee Premeneniya"). N. Artin (ed). 4. Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia.
Brillouin, L. 1962. Science and Information Theory (2nd ed.). Academic
Press, New York. 351 pp.
Hutchinson, G. E. 1967. A Treatise on Limnology. II. Introduction to Lake
Biology and the Limnoplankton. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
1,115 pp.
Nygaard, G. 1949. Hydrobiological studies of some Danish ponds and lakes.
II. (K danske Vidensk. Selsk.) Biol. Sci. 7:293.
Palmer, C. M. 1969. A composite rating of algae tolerating organic
pollution. J. Phycol. 5:78-82.
Pielou, E. C. 1966. The measurement of diversity in different types of
biological collections. J. Theor. Biol. 13:131-144.
Prescott, G. W. 1970. How to Know the Freshwater Algae. William C. Brown
Company, Dubuque. 348 pp.
Sager, P. E., and A. D. Hasler. 1969. Species diversity in lacustrine
phytoplankton. I. The components of the index of diversity
from Shannon's formula. Amer. Natur. 103(929):51-59.
Shannon, C. E., and W. Weaver. 1963. The Mathematical Theory of Commu-
nication. University of Illinois Press, Urbana. 117 pp.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1975. National Eutrophication Survey
Methods 1973-1976. Working Paper No. 175. Environmental Monitoring and
Support Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Corvallis Environmental
Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon. 91 pp.
Wilhm, V. L., and T. C. Dorris. 1968. Biological parameters for water
quality criteria. Bio-Science. 18:477.
Zand, S. M. 1976. Indexes associated with information theory in water
quality. J. Water Pollut. Contr. Fed. 48(8):2026-2031.
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Aehnanthes microcephala
Actinastrum hantssehii
v. fluviatile
Amphora
Andbaena flos-aquae
Anabaena planctonica
Ankistrodesmus falcatus
Ankistrodesmus falcatus
V. aeicularis
Aphanizomneon flos-aquae
Aphanoeapsa delieatissima
Aphanoeapsa elachista
Aphanoeapsa elaehista
v. planctonica
Aphanothece elathrata
Aphanotheee nidulans
Arthrodesmus ineus
f- minor
Arthrodesums ineus
v• indentatus
Asterionella formosa
Botryocoecus braunii
Bulboehaete
Caloneis amphisbaena
Ceratium hirundinella
Ceratium hirundinella
f. earinthiaceum
Ceratium 'hirund-inella
f. fureoides
Ceratium hirundinella
f. scottieum
Chlamydcmonas
Chlorella
Chlorosareina consoeiata
Chrooeoeeus limnetieus
Chroocoeeus limnetieus
V. distorts
Chrooeoccus minimus
Chroocoeeus minutus
Chrooeoccus turgidus
Closterium aeieulare
Coeeoneis plaeentula
Coeeoneis plaeentula
V. lineata
Coelastrum mieroporum
Coelastrum reticulation
Coelosphaerium kuetzingianum
Coelosphaerium naegeliamm
Cosmarium
Crucigenia apiculata
Crueigenia rectangularis
Crucigenia tetrapedia
Cryptomonas erosa
C-ryptcmonas marssonii
Cyclotella bodanica
Cyclotella ccmta
Cyelotella meneghiniana
Cyclotella oeellata
Cyelotella stelligera
Cymatopleura solea
Cymbella mexicana
Dactylocoeeopsis
Desmidium baileyi
v. subeireulare
Desmidium swartzii
Diatcma vulgare
Dictyosphaerium pulchellum
Dinobryon eylindricum
Dinobryon divergens
Dinobryon sociale
Diploneis finniea
Diploneis smithii
Eldkathothrix gelatinosa
Elakatothrix -oiridis
Entomoneis
Epithemia adnata
V. proboscidea
Epithemia sorex
Epithemia turgida
Epithemia turgida
V. granulata
Eua strum
Eudorina elegans
Euglena
Eunotia arcus
v. bidens
Eunotia incisa
Eunotia naegelii
Eunotia pectinalis
v. minor
Fragilaria construens
Fragilaria crotonensis
Fragilaria leptostauron
Frustulia rhomboides
Glenodinium
Gloeocapsa
Gloeeystis
Gloeotheee rupestris
Golenkinia
Gomphoneis herculeana
Gomphonema acuminatum
Gomphonema gracile
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Gomphonema olivaceum
Gomphonema truncation
Ganphosphaeria lacustis
Gonatozygon
Gymnodinium albulum
Gyrosigma
Eannaea arcus
Hantzschia
Kirchneriella lunaris
Kirchnerialla subsolitaria
Lagerheimia
Lepocinclis
Lyngbya
Mallomonas acaroides
Melosira ambigua
Melosira distans
Melosira granulata
Melosira granulata
v. angustissima
Mel os ira -itdl-ica
Melosira italiea
V. tenuissima
Melosira undulata
Melosira various
Merismopedia minima
Merismopedia tenuissima
Micrasterias
Microcystis aeruginosa
Mierocystis incerta
Mougeotia
Navicula cuspidata
Navicula cuspid,ata
v. major
Navieula gastnon
Navicula pupula
v. rectangularis
Neidium
Nephrocytium agardhianwn
Netrium digitus
Nitzschia acicularis
Nitzschia angustata
Nitzschia filifomis
Nitzsc'hia holsatica
Nitzschia palea
Nitzschia vermicularis
Oocystis
Oscillatoria limnetica
Oscillatoria limosa
Pandorina morum
Pediastrum bon/anum
Pediastrum duplex
Pediastrum duplex
v. reticulatum
Pediastrum tetras
V. tetraodon
Peridinium ineonspiauwn
Peridinium tabulation
Peridinium willei
Phormidium mucicola
Pinnularia gent His
Pinnularia microstauron
Pinnularia nobilis
Quadrigula
Raphidiopsis curvata
Rhizosolenia eriensis
Rnoicosphenia curvata
Rhopalodia gibba
Scenedesmus abundans
Scenedesmus arcuatus
Scenedesmus balatonicus
Scenedesmus bicaudatus
Scenedesmus bijuga
Scenedesmus denticulatus
Scenedesmus denticulatus
v. linearis
Scenedesmus dimorphus
Scenedesmus intermedius
Scenedesmus opoliensis
Scenedesmus protuberans
Scenedesmus quadricauda
Scenedesmus quadricauda
V. quadrispina
Scenedesmus serratus
Schroederia setigera
Scytonema
Skeletonema potamos
Sphaeroeystis schroeteri
Spirulina labyrinthiformis
Spondylosium planum
Staurastum sebaldi
v. production
Stauroneis anceps
f. gracilis
Stauroneis phoenicenteron
Stephanodiscus niagarae
Surirella angustata
Surirella elegans
Surirella linearis
V. constricta
Surirella ovata
Synedra cyclopum
Synedra delicatissima
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Synedra delicatissima Tetrwedran minimum
V. angustissima V. serobieulatum
Synedra ulna Tetraedron muticum
Tabe11ar>ia fenestrata Tetrastrum staurogeniaeforme
Tetraedran eaudatum Treubarn-a
Tetraedran minimum Westelta botryoides
Xanfhidium
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APPENDIX B. SUMMARY OF PHYTOPLANKTON DATA
This appendix was generated by computer. Because it was only possible to
use upper case letters in the printout, all scientific names are printed in
upper case and are not italicized.
The alphabetic phytoplankton lists include taxa without species names
(e.g., EUNOTIA, EUNOTIA #1, FLAGELLATE, FLAGELLATES, MICROCYSTIS INCERTA 9,
CHLOROPHYTAN COCCOID CELLED COLONY). When species determinations were not
possible3 symbols or descriptive phrases were used to separate taxa for
enumeration purposes. Each name on a list, however, represents a unique
species different from any other name on the same list, unless otherwise
noted, for counting purposes.
Numbers were used to separate unidentified species of the same genus. A
generic name listed alone is also a unique species. A question mark (?) is
placed immediately after the portion of a name which was assigned with
uncertainty. Numbered, questioned, or otherwise designated taxa were
established on a lake-by-lake basis; therefore NAVICULA#2 from lake A cannot
be compared to NAVICULA #2 from lake B. Pluralized categories (e.g.,
FLAGELLATES, CENTRIC DIATOMS, SPP.) were used for counting purposes when taxa
could not be properly differentiated on the counting chamber.
15
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LAKE NAME! AMERICAN LAKE
STORE! NUMBER I 5301
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
RATE 04 01 75 o? 17 75 10 29 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOPOPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
2.00 E
6.00 E
0/08 ?
0.40 E
10.0 E
9.50 E
5.00 E
0/17 7
0.29 J
9.50 E
J.OO E
3.00 E
0/18 ?
0.50 E
6.67 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 04 01 75 07 17 75 10 29 75
GENUS
SPECIES
03
03
OS
03
07
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINK
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
04 01 75 07 17 75 10 29 75
H
S
M
XH
NH
D
N
J
RJ
L
K
2.56
20.00
3.00
4.32
0.15
3975.68
1553.00
0.59
0.58
77.65
435.00
2.50
34.00
3.00
5.09
0.27
3695.00
1478.00
0.49
0.47
43.47
529.00
3.19
33.00
3.00
5.04
0.22
5681.39
1781.00
0.63
0.62
53.97
438.00
16
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LAKE lUMCi AMERICAN LAKE
STORET NUHBCRl 5301
TAX*
ANABAEKA «1
ANABACNA 12
AHKISTRDDE8HU8 FALCATUS
APHAJUtOMENON FLOS-AQUAE
APHANOCAPSA DELICATIS8IMA
APHANOCAPSA ELACHISTA
APHANOTHECE T
A8TERIONELLA FORMOSA
BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII
CERATIUM HIDUNDINRLLO
CHROOCCCCU8
CHROOCOCCWS HINUTU8
CHROOMONA8 ?
COCCOREia PLACENTULA
COELASTRUM MICROPORUM
COELOSPHAEPIUM KUITZINGIANUM
COELOBfHAERIUM NABOELIANUM
C08MARIUM
CRUCIGENIt APIfULATA
CRYPTOhONAS
CRYPTOMDNI8 ICR08A
CRYPTOKON48 MARSftONII
CYCLOTFLLA COMTA
CYHBELLA
DICTYOSPHAIRIUM PULCHELLUM
niNORRTUN CJLINDRICUM
DINOBRYC1M DIVEROEHS
CUDOPINA ELEGAN8
fRACll/AHIA II
07 17 75
10 39 79
RIRCHNERlrllA
KIRCHNrRIELLA LUNARI8
KIRCHNEHIELLA 8UBSOLITARIA
MALbOMONAS ACAROIDE8
MELIJ8IPA ITALICA
MKL08IP.A IIALICA T'
NAVICULA PUPULA
V. RCCTANGULARIS
OOCY8TIS
08CILLATORIA
OSCItlATORJA «1
OSCILLATORIA 19
PANDORINA MORUM
PC01A8TRIIM BORYANUM
PEDIA8TRUM DUPLEX
PERIDINIUH HILLEI
PINNUt.ARIA NOBILIS
SCENEDE8MU8 DENTIC 11I,«IUS
8CENEDF.8HU8 QUAORICAUDA
SCHP.OEI'ERIA 8ETIGERA
8CYTDNHHA ?
SPHACROCY6TI8 8CHRPETERI
SPONDYLOSTUM Pl.ANUM
STAURASTRIIM II
STAMP ABTR1IM tj
STAIIRUNFIS
STCfHANOD18CU8 N1AGAKAE
SYNrDRA CYCLOPUK
TARtLLARIA FEHESTRATA
TETKAEbRnN MINIMUM
BOTRYOIDKH
TtlTAL
FORM
FIL
rit,
CEL
Fit
CDl
COl.
COL
CEL
cot
CEL
COL
CEt
CEL
CCL
COL
COL
cot
CEL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEl
CEL
CCL
COL
CEL
CIL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
TEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
TIL
FIL
rn
COL
COL
COL
CEL
CEL
POL
COL
CEL
FII,
COL
CEl.
CEL
CEL
CEL
CKL
CSL
CEL
CGL
CEL
CtlL
ALGAL
UNITS
S %C PER ML
s
4
1
1
1
4.0
J4.0
2.0
1.0
2.0
28.0
24.0
8.0
2.0
63
X
X
373
X
31
124
31
X
X
435
X
373
X
X
X
X
93
31
X
ALGAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
2
5
1
3
4
1
2. SI 37
3.7| 55
3.7
1.2
1.2
34.6
3.7
1.2
35.8
6.2
4.9
1.2
X
55
18
18
511
X
X
S5
X
X
18
529
X
X
X
X
X
91
X
73
X
X
X
X
X
X
18
X
X
X
X
X
ALGAL
UNITS
S %C PER ML
5
1
4
3
2
4.9
S.«
24. «
9.8
14.8
1.6
4.9
l.»
18.0
3.3
3.3
1.6
4.9
X
X
88
117
438
175
X
X
263
X
29
88
29
X
X
321
X
X
58
X
58
X
X
29
X
X
X
X
X
88
X
X
X
1553
1478
1781
17
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LAKE NAME I BANKS LAKE
8TDRET NUMBERl 53u2
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 04 03 75 07 22 75 09 10 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
02/0 E
0/0 0
0/02 ?
1.00 E
06/0 E
03/0 E
01/0 E
0/04 ?
0.62 E
09/0 E
04/0 E
0/0 0
0/04 1
0.75 E
07/0 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 04 03 75 07 22 75 09 10 75
GENUS
SPECIES
00
00
OJ
03
06
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMBER OF SAMPLFS COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
04 03 75 07 22 75 09 10 75
H
S
M
XH
NH
D
N
J
RJ
L
K
1.32
14.00
5.00
3.81
0,04
5203.44
3942.00
0.35
0.34
281,57
3034.00
2.45
22.00
5.00
4.46
0.18
3383.45
1381.00
0.55
0.54
62.77
662.00
2.74
14.00
5.00
3.81
0.07
6173.22
2253.00
0.72
0.72
160.93
624.00
18
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LAKE NAMEl BANKS LAKE
ETURET NUMBER! 5302
TAXA
ANAttAENA II
ANARAENA (2
ANKtSTRODESMUS FALCATUS
APHANIZQMENON
APHANIZOMENQN FLOS-AOtUE
»STBHIONELLA FORMOSA
CENTRIC DIATOM
CHROOMONAS 7
CRYPTOHONAS
CYMBELLA
DACTYLOCOCCOPSI8
hlNOBRYON DIVERGENS
EPITHEMIA BOREX
FLAGELLATE >9
FRAGILARIA CROTONENSI8
GYHHOUINIIIH
LYHGBYA
MELOHIRA GRANULATA
V. ANGUSTISSIMA
MELOSIRA ITALIC*
MELOSIRA VARIANS
MOUGEOTIA
NITJJSCHIA
NITZSCHIA HOL3ATICA
NITISCHIA VERMICULARIS
nSCILLATORIA
STEPHANODISCUS
STEPHAKODISCUS NIACARAE
dYNCDRA
!!YNEDHA CYCtOPUH
TARELLARIt FENESTRATA
ULOTHRIX ?
TOTAL
CONTINUED
04 OJ 75
07 12 75
09 10 75
FORM
Fit
Fit
TEl
Fit,
FIT,
CEL
cet
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEt
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
Fit,
PEL
CEL
CEL
FIL
CEL
CEL
CEL
FIL
CCL
CEL
CEL
CEL
ALGAL 1 ALGAL I ALGAL
UNITS 1 UNITS 1 UNITS
• »C PER ML IS tC PER ML IS %C PER ML
1
5
3
4
77.0
1,»
1.4
1.4
1.0
4.1
12112.01 166 1
141 4.0| 55 1
1034
72
96
X
9*
119
X
X
167
X
X
X
X
CEL 111 4.11 150
FIL 1 1 1
1 4.0) 55 1
1 1 14
51 2.01 28 1
3110.01 148 11
1 1 1
1 4.01 55 1
1
1
I
I
1
1 2.0
1 2.0
I
1
I
1 2.0
1147.9
1
1
1 2.0
|
1
|
1
|
1
1
1
1
1
X 1
1
X 1
X 1
28 1
28 13
1
1
1
28 15
662 1
X 1
X 1
28 1
X 1
1
1
X 1
X 1
X 1
1
3.11 69
1 X
1
7.71 173
|
27.71 624
I
10.81 243
1 X
|
1
1 X
|
I
18.51 416
1
1
I
7.71 17J
1 X
1
1
1
1
1
3.11 ««
1
1.
-------
LAKE NAMEl CHELAN LAKE
STORET NUMBER! 5303
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 04 02 75 07 21 75 09 11 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
0/0 0
02/0 E
0/02 ?
0.25 ?
04/0 E
01/0 E
02/0 E
0/03 ?
0/03 ?
03/0 E
01/0 E
0/0 0
0/01 ?
0/OJ 7
01/0 E
PALMER'A ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 04 02 75 07 21 73 09 11 75
GENUS
SPECIES
01
00
00
00
00
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER UP TAXA
NUMBER Or SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OP MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
04 02 75 07 21 75 09 11 7B
H
S
M
XH
NH
D
N
J
RJ
L
K
1.74
13.00
7.00
3.70
0.18
126b.72
72B.OO
0.47
0.45
56.00
374.00
1.62
10.00
6.00
3.32
0.20
764.64
472.00
0.49
0.46
47.20
262.00
0.00
5.00
7,00
2.32
0,27
0.00
122.00
0.00
-0.13
24.40
122.00
20
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LAKE NAMEl CHELAN LAKE
STORM NUMBER) 930}
TAXA
APHANOTHECC
AST'RTCINEM.A FORMOSA
CHLAMYOUHONAS
CHLOROPHYTAN COLONY
COELASTRUM MICROPORUH
CRYPTOMONAS
CrCLOTELLll OCELLATA
CYMBCLLA
DINOBRYON CYLINORICUM
EUNOTIA
EUNOTIA NACGELII
FRACILARIA
NALLOMONAS
MCLOBIRA
NAVICULA
HITZSCHIA
OOCYSTI8
03CILLATORIA
8CENEDESMU8 SCRRATU8
8UR1RCLLA ANSUSTATA
3YNEDRA T
TABCttARIA FGNESTRATA
TETRASTRUM gTAUROSfNIHErnRME
TOTAL
CONTINUED
04 0] 75
07 31 75
09 II 75
FORM
COL
CSI,
eet,
COL
COL
CBL
cet
CEL
CCL
CEL
CEL
CEL
ceii
CEL
CEL
CCL
CEL
FIL
COL
CEL
CEL
ALCAL 1 ALGAL
UNITS 1 UNITS
1 %C .PER ML l« %C PER ML
1 1 Ml S. 5| 26
1IS1. 41 374 12132.31 105
1
4
S
20.1
2.»
2.9
1 1 1
13116.71 79
X
146
11
X
X
X
X
21
1 X
1 X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ALGAL
UNIT*
8 1C PER ML
CEL IJIJJ.tl 1«6 11155.51 369 111100.
COL III XIII II
X
X
X
X
123
73< 473 122
21
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LAKE; NA.MEI DIAMOND L»KE
STORET NUMBERl 5304
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 06 04 75 07 23 75 09 10 75 10 24 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
1.00 E
3.00 E
0/04 ?
0.20 ?
5.00 E
0.67 E
0.17 0
0X10 ?
0.11 ?
1.00 0
2.67 E
1.33 E
0.09 ?
0.15 1
5,67 E
c.oo e
4.00 E
0/10 ?
0.25 I
11.0 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 06 04 75 07 23 75 09 10 78 10 24 75
GENUS
SPECIES
01
00
09
00
19
00
00
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVFRAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVKNNFSS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OP INDIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
06 04 75 07 23 75 09 10 75 10 24 75
H
S
M
XH
NH
D
N
J
RJ
L
K
2.27 -
17.00
2.00
4.09
0.25
1582.19
697,00
0,56
0.53
41.00
306,00
3.85
51.00
2.00
5,67
0.14
19461.75
5055.00
0,68
0,68
99.12
969,00
4.53
52.00
2.00
5.70
0.18
17114.34
3778.00
0,79
0,79
72.65
366,00
0,68
22.00
2.00
4.46
0,62
225.08
331,00
0.15
0.02
15,05
289.00
22
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LAKE NAMEl DIAMOND LAKE
8TORET NUMBER I 5104
TAXA
ACHNANTHE8
ANABAENK
ANMBTRODEBMU8 FALCATUS
V. ACICULARI8
APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE
APHANOCAPSA ELACHI8TA
APHANOTHECE
APHANOTNECF, NIDULANS
A8TCRIONELLA FORMOSA
BOTRTOCOCCU8 8RAUNII
BULBOCHAETE
rEllATIUM HIRUNDINELLA
CHLDROPHYTAN FILAHENT
CHLORUSftPCINA CPN8PCIATA
CHROOCOCCUS LIMNETICUS T
CHKOOCOCCU8 L1NNETICUS
V. DIBTArS
CHRUOCOCCII8 MINIMUS
PHRODCOCCUS TUP.GIDU8
CHROOHONAS »
CL08TKRIUM
COCCONEI8 PLACENTULA
COELABTRUM MICRDPORUM
COELOBPHAERIUM KUETZTNG1 AHUM
C08MAPIUM
COStAPIUH rl
COAMARIUM 12
C08NAHIUM »1
COBHARIUH 14
COSMARIUM IS
C08MARIUM 8PP,
CRYPTOMONAS
CRYPTOMONAS ER06A
CRTPTOMONA8 MAR8SONTT
CYANOFHYTAN FILAMENT
CYCLOTELLA
CYCLOIELLA COMTA
CYCLOTKLLA SPP.
CYCLOTELLA
CYHATUPtEURA
CYHBEU.A II
CIMBELLA I]
CYNBELLA I)
CKHetl.LA 14
8PP.
M BAILEYt
y. 8UBCIPCULAPE
DE8MIIIIUM 6HARTZII
DIATOHA VULCARC
V. BREVE T
DINORRYON DIVEP.6EN8
DIPLONEI8 SMITHII
ELAKATOTHRIX 6ELATIN08A
ELAKATOTHRIX VIPIDIS
rPITHF.MIA II
FPITHF.MIA ADNATA
V. PROBOSCIDEA
EPITHEMIA 80REX
EPITHEKIA IURGIDA
V. GRANULATA
CONTINUED
OK 04 75
75
09 10 75
10 14 75
El'GLEMA
EUULENOPHYTAII CELL
CUKOTIA ARCU8
1. BIDEN8
EUNOTIA 8PP.
EUNOTIA VALIDA T
FRAUII.ARIA II
FRAGILARIA CON8TRUEHS
GLOEOCAPRA
GLOEOCAP8A ?
GLOEOTHECE RUPE8TRI8
GQMPHONCMA ACUMINATUM
GOHPHONEMA GRACILE
GOMPHONEMA OMVACEUH
GONATUZYGOH
GTHNODIMUM
LYNCBYA
MELU8/RA GRANULATA
MELOStRA ITALIC*
MERI8NOPEDIA MINIMA
MICRA8TERIA8
NAVICULA
NAVICIILA II
f ORM
CEl
Fit
CEL
Fit
COL
COL
COL
CEL
COL
FIL
CEL
FIL
COL
COL
COL
COL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CUL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CtL
CEL
CEL
CtL
crt
FIL
CEL
CEL
CEt
cet
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CtL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEl,
CEL
e.n
COL
COL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
FIL
CEL
CtL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEI,
ALGAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
S
4
a
i
4.0| ?B
8.0
1.0
4.0
34,0
41.9
X
56
56
X
X
78
U7
106
X
X
X
X
X
ALGAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
1 1
2111.01 554
1
1
5
4
1
4.8
1.4
1.4
1.4
4.1
0.7
0.7
s.e
3.1
0.7
0.7
11.0
!.5
11.6
X
X
242
69
69
69
X
X
X
X
X
241
15
15
X
X
X
X
146
104
X
15
X
15
X
854
X
177
580
X
X
X
X
X
7.71 118
1
ALGAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
1
5
1
1.1
0.5
9,7
1.1
0.5
0.5
1.1
1.1
4.*
7.5
1.1
4.1
0.5
0.5
l.i
6.5
1.2
7.0
1.1
1.1
5.4
5.4
41
10
X
166
122
X
20
20
41
11
1*1
X
214
X
142
161
20
X
20
X
X
X
X
61
X
244
X
122
264
X
81
X
61
X
201
201
X
ALGAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
2
1
6.1
6.3
1
1
X
21
X
X
X
X
X
X
21
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
23
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LAKE HAMEl DIAMOND LAKE
NTClKKT NUMBERl 5104
TAXA
NAVICULA 12
NAVIC'JLA 13
NAVICULA SPP.
NETR1HH DICITUS
NITZ8CHIA
IJOCY8TIS
llSCILbATOHIA
OSCILLATOR!* L1MOSA
PEMI0INIUM TABULATUM
PERIDINIUM NILbEI
PHORNIDIUH
CONTINUED
07 JJ 75
09 10 75
tO 14 75
PINNULARIA MICROSTAURON
RHOPAbODIA SIIBA
SCENEDBSMIIS
SCBKBDESNUB ARCUATIIS
8CKNEDE8MU8 IIJUQA
8CEHEOESHU8 DENTICULATUS
V. LINKASIS
SCENEDBRHU^ QilADRICA'lDA
V. QUADRISPIMA
3CYTONEHA
8TAURA8TRUM
STAURA8TRUM II
STAURASTRUM 8EBALOI
r. PROPUCTUM
STAURONEI8
STAURONEIS ANCEP8
r, OPACILIS
8TEPHANODI8CU3
SURtRELlA UNEARIS
V. CONSTRICT*
STNCDRA ULNA
TABELLARIA FENESTriATA
TETRAEDRON MINIMUM
V. 8CRORICULATUM
(AKTHIDIUM
TOTAL
FORM
CEL
CEL
CEI>
CEI>
CEI,
COL
rib
rib
CEb
CEL
riL
CEb
CEL
cut
CUL
COb
COb
cob
COb
rib
CEb
CEb
CEb
CEL
CEb
CEb
CEb
CEL
CEb
CEb
CEL
a
)
%c
• .0
AI.CAb
UNITS
PER Mb
S*
X
X
8
1
»C
6.8
0.7
19.2
0.7
2.1
l.«
0.7
0.7
0.7
ALGAL
UNITS
PER ML
X
146
X
35
X
9«9
X
X
15
104
69
X
35
15
J5
I
4
1
ALGAL
UNITS
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1
6.51 944
1
t.«i «l
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1.11 41
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1
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1
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1.11 41
1
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1
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17.3
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X
X
X
X
219
«97
5055
311
24
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LAKE NAMEl GREEN LAKE
STHRE'f NUMBER! 5305
NYGA.ARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 04 01 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOHOPHYUBArf
EUGLFINtlPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
02/0 E
03/0 C
0/05 ?
0,38 E
10/0 E
1.33 E
0.67 ?
0/06 1
0.25 ?
2.67 E
1.00 E
1.50 E
0/10 ?
0.62 E
3.75 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDTCES
DATE 04 01 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
GENUS
SPECIES
00
00
07
00
00
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE 04 01 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OP TAXA
NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER Of INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVTDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
H
8
M
XH
NH
D
N
J
RJ
L
K
1.85
31.00
2.00
4.95
0.05
15321.70
6282.00
0,37
0.37
267.16
3960.00
2.19
22.00
2.00
4,46
0.23
2323.59
1061.00
0.49
0.47
48.23
341.00
2.48
32.00
2.00
5.00
0.26
3583.60
1445.00
0.50
0.47
45.16
676.00
25
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LAKE NAME! GREEN LAKE
STORST NUMBER! $30!
CONTINUED
04 01 7S
07 18 7S
10 19 79
TAX*
AMPHORA
AN4BACNA
ANABAENA tl
ANKI8TRODESMUS FACCATUS
APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAS
AJTERIONELLA FOBHOSA
CENTRIC DIATOM
CHLAMYDOMONAS I
CHLOROPHYTAH COLONY
CHROOHONAS I
CHRYSOPHYTAN FLAGEbLATE
CHRYSOPHYTAN FLAGELLATED EPIPHYTE
CLOSTERIUM
COCCONEIS PLACENTULA
V. T
COELASTRUM MICRDPORUM
COELASTRUM RETICULATtIM
COSMARIUM
CRYPTOMONAS
CYCLOTELLA BOOANICA
CYMATOPLEURA SOLEA
CYMBELLA II
CYMBELLA I?
CICTYOSPHAEHIUM PULCHELLtlM
DINOBRYON CYLINDRICUM
DIPLONEI8 IINNICA
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MEIUSIRA ITALICA
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FIL
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COL
COL
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CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
COL
CEL
CEL
C«L
CEL
COL
CEL
CCL
CEL
CEL
CEL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
TEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEb
rib
COL
CEb
CEb
CEb
CEL
COb
CEL
CEb
CCL
CEL
CEL
CEb
CEL
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UNITS
8 %C CER ML
S
I
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4
1
1
1
0.5| II
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10.01 2487
47,81 3960
0.71 57
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0.2
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0.2
X
JB
X
X
19
X
X
X
X
X
287
1301
X
X
X
jr
X
X
X
X
19
19
X
ALGAL
UNITS
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1
|
1
1
|
1
1
1
1
110.7
1
1
41 3.6
1
1
1
1
1
1
2117.8
1
1
1
|
|
1
|
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
91 3.6
1
1
1
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1
1
1
1132,1
1
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1
1
3132,1
1
1
|
1
1
1
1
|
1
1
1
1
X 1 1
X
X
X
114
38
X
X
X
189
X
X
X
X
38
X
X
141
X
341
X
X
X
ALGAL
UNITS
8 1C PER ML
1
2
1
S
4
10,9
8.9
46,8
1.1
14.1
I.I
10.9
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2.1
1.1
2.1
X
X
1S7
X
94
676
16
204
X
X
X
X
X
47
X
X
X
X
X
1S7
16
X
X
11
16
X
X
X
31
X
X
X
8282
1061
1445
26
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LAKE NAME! KEECHELUS LAKE
STORE! NUMBERI 5306
NYGAAkD THOPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 07 21 75 09 12 75 10 28 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EHGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
01/0 E
0/0 0
0/01 ?
2.00 E
03/0 K
02/0 E
01/0 E
0/03 1
0.25 ?
05/0 E
1.00 E
0/01 0
0/01 ?
01/0 E
2.00 E
PALMERi8 ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 07 21 75 09 12 75 10 28 75
GENUS
SPECIES
02
no
01
no
00
oo
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY H
NUMllKR OF TAXA S
NUMBER OF S&MPI,FS CHMPOSTTED M
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY D
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML N
EVENNESS COMPONENT J
RELATIVE EVENNESS RJ
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA L
NUMBER/ML UP MOST ABUNDANT TAXON K
07 21 75 09 12 75 10 28 75
1.30
6.00
3.00
2.58
0.08
865.80
666.00
0.50
0.49
111.00
466.00
1.75
18.00
3.00
4.17
0.33
948.50
542.00
0.42
0.37
30.11
195.00
1.01
7.00
3.00
2.81
0.86
48.48
48.00
0.36
0.08
6.86
24,00
27
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LAKE NAME! KEECHELWS LAKE
SIORI.T NUMPERI 5J06
CONTIHUED
07 21 75
09 12 75
10 39 75
TAXA
ANABAENA
ANABAENA rl08-AQUAE
APHANOCAP8A
CERATIUM HIRUNDINELLA
f. CARINTHIACEUM
CHLURELLA
CHLOROPHYTAN CELL
CHLOROPHYTAN COLON*
CHROOMONAS 7
COSMARIUM
CRTPTOMONAS
CyCLOTEtiLA 8TELLIGER1
CTMBELLA
DINQRRYON SOCIALE
rRACILARIA CROTONENRIS
MELOSIRA nisnos
MELOSIRA GRANULATA
NAV1CULA
NCIDIUH
NITZSCHIA
NITZ8CHIA VERMICULARI3
OaCILLAtDRIA LIMNCTICA
PENNATE DIATOM
PERIDINIUM INCONSPICUUM
TABEbLARIA rENESTRATA
TOTAL
fCIRM
TIL
rit
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
COL
CEI,
CEL
CEL
rei
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
TIL
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CEL
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8 »C PER ML
4
J
1
2
13.4
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70.0
11.4
X
89
22
466
89
X
ALOAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
1
1
|
1
1
|
7136.0
1
1
1
41 4.1
1
1
11)6.0
1
1124.0
1
1
1
1
1
1
|
1
X
X
X
19S
22
X
199
X
130
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1 1 X
AI.CAL
UNITS
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1
2
1
so.o
50.0
X
X
24
X
X
24
X
666
542
41
28
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LAKE NAMEl MAYFIELD LAKE
STORET NUMBER! 5307
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 03 28 7S 07 17 75 10 30 7S
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
2.00 E
i.OO E
0/03 ?
0.22 7
S.OO E
0/0 0
0/0 0
0/0 7
0.29 ?
02/0 E
01/0 E
0/0 0
0/01 T
0.50 E
04/0 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 03 30 75 07 17 75 10 30 75
GENUS
SPECIES
01
00
00
00
00
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY H
NUMBER OF TAXA S
NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED M
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY D
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML N
EVENNESS COMPONENT J
RELATIVE EVENNESS RJ
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAI.S/TAXA L
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON K
03 29 75 07 17 75 10 30 75
0.66
11.00
3.00
3.46
0.51
114.84
174.00
0.19
0.06
15.82
145.00
1.33
18.00
3.00
4.17
0,40
574,56
432.00
0,32
0.25
24,00
297,00
0,51
12.00
3.00
3. SB
0.10
687.48
1348.00
0,14
0,12
112.33
1223.00
29
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LAKE NAMEl MAYFXELD LAKE
STORI'T NUMBER I 5107
TAX*
ANABAENA
APHANIIOMENON FLOS-AOUAE
ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA
CHLOROPH1TTAN FILAMENT
CHRUOMONAS 1
CLOBTERIUM
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CYHBS'LLA MEXICAN*
DINORRYON CYLINDRICU1
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rUNUTIA PECTINALI8
V. MINOR
FRAQILARIA
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MEL08IRA ITALIC*
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08CIM,AIORIA
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8TEPHANODI8CUS II
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8YNEURA
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0) It 75
10 30 75
FORM
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CEL
CEL
CCL
CEL
CEI>
CEL
CEL
COL
CEL
CCL
CEL
CCl
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
FIL
CEL
CEL
COL
CEL
CCL
CEL
CCL
CEL
ALGAL
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8 %C PER ML
4
2
1
1
6.2
1«.7
««.7
6.7
X
X
27
X
X
11
X
X
X
X
297
X
27
X
X
X
X
ALOAL
UNITS
S »C PER ML
1
I
90.7
1.9
1
1221
X
29
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1 X 111 7.41 100
ALGAL
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8 %C PER ML
1
2
83.1
IS. 7
X
145
29
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
412
1148
174
30
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LAKH; NAMEI MEDICAL LAKE
STORE! NUMBER! 5308
NYCAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 06 03 75 07 23 75 09 11 75 10 24 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLDROPHYCEAN
EUCLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
os/o e
0«/0 E
0/10 1
0/01 1
10/0 E
2.00 K
1.50 E
0/07 ")
0/02 t
3.50 E
4.00 E
2.00 E
0/06 1
0.50 E
7.00 E
2.00 E
1.00 E
0/06 7
0.25 t
a. so E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 06 03 75 07 23 75 09 11 75 10 24 75
GENUS
SPECIES
01
00
05
OS
03
00
01
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBtR Or INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
06 03 75 07 23 75 09 11 75 10 24 79
H
8
M
XH
NH
D
N
J
RO
L
K
1.62
13.00
2.00
3.70
0,08
3538.08
1944.00
0.49
0.49
149.54
769.00
2.22
14.00
2.00
3.61
0,04
9403.92
4236.00
0.58
0.58
302.57
2267.00
2.52
12.00
2.00
3.58
0.04
10059.84
3992.00
0.70
0.71
332.67
1331.00
0.83
16.00
2.00
4.00
0.08
2047.41
2467.00
0.21
0.20
154.19
2032.00
31
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LAKE NINCt MEDICAL LAKE
STORET NUMBERl $308
TAXA
ANABABDA
ANABACNA FLOS-AQUAE
AHABAENA PLANCTOHICA
APHANITOMENON FLOS-AQUAE
APHANOCAPEA DELICATISSIMA
ABTEKIONELLA FORMOSA
CHROOMONAS ?
CLOSTERIUM
CL08TERIUM ACICULARE
COELABTRUM MICROPORUM
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06 0} 75
07 93 7S
09 11 75
10 94 7S
CRYPTOMONA8 EROS*
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ELAKATOTHHIX CELATIN0.1A
fbAQELLATF:
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KICROCYBTI8 AERUGINOgA
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08CILLATORIA
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PHORKIDrUM MUCICOLA
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FORM
FIL
TIL
FIL
FIL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
COL
COL
CEL
TEL
CEL
FIL
CEIi
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CEL
CUL
COL
COL
CEL
CEL
CEL
FIL
COL
COL
COL
COL
CEL
FIL
FIL
CEL
CEL
COL
CEL
ALCAL
UNITS
8 %C PER ML
1
t
4
J
19.6
11. «
0.9
34.9
X
X
769
X
216
X
X
X
X
X
»71
878
X
ALCAL
UNITS
S %C PF.R ML
S
4
J
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1
|
|
1
2.01 Bft
6.11 757
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1
1 X
t X
|
1
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9.11 385
|
1
1 X
2.01 86
1
1
1
1
1
14.11 599
1
1.01 43
|
53.51 2267
|
1
t X
1
|
1
1
4.01 171
1
1
1
1 X
ALGAL
UNITS
S %C PER ML
4
I
3
1
5
1
1
3. SI 138
1
1
1
1 X
1
1
1
1
5.71 229
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
11,11 551
1
2.11 92
1
31.11 1311
5.71 229
1
1
1
|
1
1 X
1
|
5.71 229
1
28.71 1147
1
1.21 46
1
1 X
ALGAL
UNITS
8 tC PER ML
1 1
1111.81 290
1
2
83.4
5.9
X
X
X
X
X
X
3012
X
145
X
X
X
X
X
X
1944 4236 3991 3467
32
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LAKE NAME! MOSES LAKE
STORE! NUMBERI 5309
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 04 03 75 07 21 73 04 10 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUCLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
2.00 E
8.00 E
0/10 ?
0,16 ?
14.0 E
10.0 E
18.0 E
0/28 ?
0,b7 E
32.0 £
3.50 E
5.00 E
0.12 ?
1.50 E
11.0 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 04 03 75 07 21 75 09 10 75
GENUS
SPECIES
10
04
14
06
10
04
SPECIER DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE 04 03 75 07 21 75 09 10 75
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MIKH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INOIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
H
S
M
:H
H
D
N
J
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L
K
O.C9
45.00
5,00
5.49
0.02
28257.57
40953.00
0.13
0.13
910.07
37528.00
2.78
41.00
5.00
5.36
0.05
34421.96
12382.00
0.52
0.52
302.00
5406.00
1.89
30.00
5.00
4.91
0.04
19982.97
10573.00
0.38
0.38
352.43
7171.00
33
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LAKE IIAMEl MOSES LAKE
8TORIT NUMBERI 5309
TAXA
ACTINASTRUM
AMPHORA
ANABAENA
ANABAENA ll
ANKISTRODESHU8 FALCATU8
V. ACICULARI8
APHANJZOMFNO* FLOS-AOIIAE
ASTE.1IONELLA FORMOSA
CALOKEIS AMPHISBAENA
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F. SCOTTICUN
CHROOCOCCUS LIMNETICUS
CHROOMONAS 7
rOCCONEIB PIACENTULA
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COELASTRUM MICRDPORUM
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CYMATOPLEURA SOLE*
CYMBELLA II
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NAVICULA
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LAKE NAHEl OZETTE LAKE)
STORE! NUMBERI 5310
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 03 31 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPKYCEAN
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DATE 03 31 75 07 18 75 10 39 75
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LAKE NAME! 8AMMAMI8H LAKE
STOPET NUMBER! 5311
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 03 31 75 07 17 75 10 28 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
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EUGLENOPHYTE
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2.00 E
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DATE 03 31 75 07 17 75 10 28 75
GENUS
SPECIES
03
00
01
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01
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DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMPF-R OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
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TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
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38
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LAKE NAME! aAMMAMIIH LAKE
8TOREY NUMBER I 5311
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STURET NUMBKRI 5312
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 03 31 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
0/0 0
01/0 E
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0.67 E
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2.00 E
1.00 E
0/06 ?
0.33 E
3.50 E
1.50 E
1.00 E
0/05 ?
0.40 E
3.50 E
PALMER'S OPGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE C3 31 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
GENUS
SPECIES
01
00
02
00
01
00
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAXA
NUMBfcR OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MINH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML
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RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INUTVIDUAI.S/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
03 31 75 07 18 75 10 29 75
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184.00
40
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LAKE HAMEI HHATCOM LAKE
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LAKE NAME! LOWER GRANITIC RES.
STORE? NUMBERl 5313
NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES
DATE 07 23 75 09 12 75
MYXOPHYCEAN
CHLOROPHYCEAN
EUGLENOPHYTE
DIATOM
COMPOUND
1.00 E
7.00 E
0/08 ?
0.58 E
15.0 E
04/0 E
03/0 E
0/07 ?
0.40 E
13/0 E
PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES
DATE 07 23 75 09 12 75
GENUS
SPECIES
03
01
15
03
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES
DATE
AVERAGE DIVERSITY
NUMBER OF TAX*
NUMBER OK SAMPLES COMPOSITED
MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH
MINIMUM DIVERSITY MIKH
TOTAL DIVERSITY
TOTAL NUMBER OP INDIVIDUALS/ML
EVENNESS COMPONENT
RELATIVE EVENNESS
MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA
NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON
07 23 75 09 12 75
H
S
M
XH
NH
0
N
J
RJ
L
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2.28
33.00
6.00
5.04
0.23
3762.00
1650.00
0.45
0.43
50.00
630.00
3.59
31.00
6.00
4.95
0.13
10346.38
2882.00
0.73
0.72
92.97
778.00
42
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LAKE NAMEl LONER GR.AHITE RES.
STORET NUMRERI 5311
CONTINUED
07 33 75
09 12 75
TAXA
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COCCONEIS PLACENTULA
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COSMARIIIM
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CYCLOTELLA
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TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
(Please read Instructions on the reverse before completing)
1. REPORT NO. 2.
EPA-600/3-79-121
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN WASHINGTON LAKES
7F*XIHfto
10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.
1 BD884
11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.
13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVEREI
02-21-75 to 12-11-75
14. SPONSORING AGENCY CODE
EPA/600/07
15. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
16. ABSTRACT
This is a data report presenting the species and abundance of phytoplankton
in the 13 lakes sampled by the National Eutrophication Survey in the State of
Washington. Results from the calculation of several water quality indices are also
included (Nygaard's Trophic State Index, Palmer's Organic Pollution Index, and
species diversity and abundance indices).
17. KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
a. DESCRIPTORS
*aquatic microbiology
lakes
*phytoplankton
water quality
18. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT
RELEASE TO PUBLIC
b. IDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDEDTERMS
Washington
lake eutrophication
Nygaard's trophic indices
Palmer's organic pollu-
tion indices
Species diversity and
abundance
19. SECURITY CLASS (This Report)
UNCLASSIFIED
20. SECURITY CLASS ( This page)
UNCLASSIFIED
c. COS AT I Field/Group
06 C, M
08 H
13 B
21. NO. OF PAGES
50
22. PRICE
EPA Form 2220-1 (Rev. 4-77)
PREVIOUS EDI TION IS OBSOLETE
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