EPA-600/3-7MQ1 September 1977 Environmental Protection Agent Ecological Research Series DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN MISSISSIPPI LAKES EJBD ARCHIVE EPA 600- 3- 77- 101 Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 ------- RESEARCH REPORTING SERIES Research reports of the Office of Research and Development. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have been grouped into nine series. These nine broad cate- gories were established to facilitate further development and application of en- vironmental technology. Elimination of traditional grouping was consciously planned to foster technology transfer and a maximum interface in related fields. The nine series are: 1. Environmental Health Effects Research 2. Environmental Protection Technology 3. Ecological Research 4. Environmental Monitoring 5. Socioeconomic Environmental Studies 6. Scientific and Technical Assessment Reports (STAR) 7. Interagency Energy-Environment Research and Development 8. "Special" Reports 9. Miscellaneous Reports This report has been assigned to the ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH series. This series describes research on the effects of pollution on humans, plant and animal spe- cies, and materials. Problems are assessed for their long- and short-term influ- ences. Investigations include formation, transport, and pathway studies to deter- mine the fate of pollutants and their effects. This work provides the technical basis for setting standards to minimize undesirable changes in living organisms in the aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. This document is available to the public through the-National Technical Informa- tion Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161. ------- \0\ Repository Material /'^- « i A iU*a'i/Nn EPA-600/3-77-101 ^ Permanent Collection September 1977 DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN MISSISSIPPI LAKES by L. R. Williams, W. D. Taylor, F. A. Hiatt*, S. C. Hern J. W. Hilgert*. V. W. Lambou, F. A. Morris*, R. W. Thomas, and M. K. Morris* Monitoring Operations Division Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 *Department of Biological Sciences The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 US EPA Headquarters and Chemical Libraries £p£ west Bldg Room 3340 Mailcode 3404T 1301 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20004 202-566-0556 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SUPPORT LABORATORY OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY LAS'VEGAS, NEVADA 89114 ------- 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. ------- 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 re- sulting 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 integrated moni- toring data base through multidisciplinary, multimedia programs designed to: • develop and optimize systems and strategies for moni- toring 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 5 lakes sampled by the National Eutrophication Survey in the State of Mississippi, along with results from the calculation of several commonly used biological indices of water quality and community structure. These data can be 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. Geofge 'B. Morgan Director Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory Las Vegas iii ------- CONTENTS Foreword 111 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. Summary of Phytoplankton Data 11 ------- 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 1973, the Survey sampled 250 lakes in 17 States. Over 700 algal species and varieties were identified and enumerated from the 743 water samples examined. This report presents the species and abundance of phytoplankton in the 5 lakes sampled in the State of Mississippi (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 MISSISSIPPI STORET No. Lake Name County 2801 2802 2804 2805 2806 Arkabutla Reservoir Enid Lake Ross Barnett Reservoir Sardis Lake Grenada Lake Desoto, Tate Yalo Busha, Panola Hinds, Madison, Rankin Panola, Lafayette Grenada, Yalo Busha ------- 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 CU.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 Four m1llil1ters (ml) of Acid-LugoTs sollution (Prescott 1970) were added to each 130-ml sample from each site at the time of collection for preservation. The samples were shipped to the Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada, where equal volumes from each site 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 drop of superconcentra^e from the bottom of the test tube was placed in a ring of clear Karo Corn Syrup with phenol (a few crystals of phenol were added to each 100 ml of syrup) on a glass slide, 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 samgle material on a coverglass, heating in a muffle furnace at 400 C for 45 minutes, and mounting in Hyrax. 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 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 forms were observed which could not be identified to species or to genus. Abbreviated descriptions were used to keep a record of these forms Ce.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. ©Registered Trademark ------- QUALITY CONTROL Internal quality control checks on species identifications and counts were performed on a regular basis between project phycologists at the rate of 7 percent. 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. ------- RESULTS The Appendix summarizes all of the phytoplankton data collected from the State by the Survey. It is organized by lake, including 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 the Appendix. A question mark (?) was entered in these tables when the calculated 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 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. ------- TABLE 2. NYGAARD'S TROPHIC STATE INDICES ADAPTED FROM HUTCHINSON (1967) Index Calculation Ongotrophic Eutrophic Myxophycean Chlorophycean Diatom Euglenophyte Compound Myxophyceae Desmideae Chlorococcales Centric Diatoms Pennate Diatoms Euglenophyte Myxophyceae + Chlorococcales Myxophyceae + Chlorococcales + Centric Diatoms + Euglenophyta Desmideae 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 TABLE 3. ALGAL GENUS POLLUTION INDEX (Palmer 1969) TABLE 4. ALGAL SPECIES POLLUTION INDEX (Palmer 1969) Genus AnacysTis Ankistrodeemis Chlamydomonas Chlorella Closterium Cyclotella Euglena Comphonema Lepooinclis Melosira Micraatinium Navieula Nitzechia OsoilZatoi'ia Pandorina Phaaue Phormidium SoenedeemuB Sirigeoo Ionium Synedra. Pollution Index 1 2 4 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 1 2 1 4 2 2 Species Pollution Index AnK-istrodesmus faloatus 3 ^rtferoepira jermeri 2 Chlorella vulgcan.8 2 Cyclotella meneghin-uzna 2 Euglena groaHis 1 Euglena viridis 6 Gomphonema parvulum 1 Melosira varians 2 Naviaula cryptocephala 1 Nitzsehia aaiauleari-s 1 Nitzochia palea 5 Oecillatoria ohlorina 2 Osaillatoria limoea 4 Oecillatoria princeps 1 Oeoillatoria putrida \ Oecillatoria tenuie 4 Pandorina morum 3 Soenedesmus quadricauda 4 Stigeoalonium temte 3 Synedra ulna 3 ------- 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 for these types of samples can be estimated from the Shannon-Wiener formula (Shannon and Weaver 1963): S P. Inc ^X H = -Z P. log P. n Where P is the proportion of the ith taxon in the sample, which is cal- culated from n./N; n. is the number of individuals per milliliter of the ith taxon; N il the total number of individuals per ml; and S is the total number of taxa. 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 num- ber 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. 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, which 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 a 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, the total diversity (D) was calculated from HN, and the evenness component of diversity (J) was estimated from H/MaxH (Pielou 1966). Also given in the Appendix 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). land (1976) suggests that diversity indices be expressed in units of "sits", i.e., in logarithms to base S (where S is the total number of taxa in the sample) instead of in "bits", i.e., in logarithms to base 2. Zand points out that the diversity index in sits per individual is a normalized number ranging from 1 for the most evenly distributed samples to 0 for the least evenly distributed samples. Also, it can be used to compare different samples, independent of the number of taxa in each. The diversity in bits per individual should not be used in direct comparisons involving various samples which have different numbers of species. Since MaxH equals log S, the ex- pression in sits is equal to logs S, or 1. Therefore diversity in sits per individual is numerically equivalent to J, the evenness component for the Shannon-Wiener formula. 8 ------- SPECIES OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE The alphabetic phytoplankton species list for each lake, presented in the Appendix, 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 the presence of the species on that date in such a low concentration that it did not show up 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. ------- LITERATURE CITED Basharin, G. P. 1959. On a statistical estimate for the entrophy of a sequence of independent random variables, pp. 333-336. In N. Artin (ed.), Theory of Probability and Its Applications (translation of "Teoriya Veroyatnosei i ee Premeneniya") 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 laucustrine 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 Communication. 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. Zand, S. M. 1976. Indexes associated with information theory in water quality. Journal WPCF. 48(8):2026-2031. 10 ------- APPENDIX. 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, EUNOTIA ?, FLAGELLATE, FLAGELLATES, MICROSYSTIS INCERTA ?, CHLOROPHYTAN COCCOID CELLED COLONY). When species determinations were not possible, 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. 11 ------- LAKE NAME: ARKABUTLA RES. NUMBER: 2801 NYGAARD TROPHIC S^ATE INDICES DATE 06 13 n 08 28 73 11 01 73 MYXOPHYCEAN CHLOROPHYCEAN EUGLENOPHYTE DIATOM COMPOUND 02/0 E 01/0 E 1.33 E 02/0 E 09/0 E 03/0 E 02/0 E 1.20 E 5.00 E 16/0 E 3.00 E 1.00 E 1.25 E 3.00 E 12.0 E PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES DATE 06 13 73 08 28 73 II 01 73 ro GENUS SPECIES 06 00 02 00 06 00 SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES DATE AVERAGE DIVERSITY NUMBER OF TAXA NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH TOTAL DIVERSITY TCTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML EVENESS COMPONENT MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA OF POST ABUNDANT TAXON 06 13 73 08 28 73 11 01 73 H S M ;H D N J L K 2.82 16.00 3.00 4.00 2538. CO 900.00 0.71 56.25 232.00 2.46 24.00 3.00 4.58 2988.90 1215.00 0.54 50.63 633.00 3.27 17.00 3.00 4.09 1988.16 608.00 0.80 35.76 152.00 ------- LAKE NAPE: ARKABUTLA RES. STORE! NUMBER: 2801 CCNTINUED 06 13 73 08 28 73 11 01 73 TAXA ANA8AENA CENTRIC DIATOM CLCSTERIUM *1 CRYPTOMONAS CRYPTOMONAS EROS A CRYPTCMCNAS REFLF.XA CYANOPHYTAN FILAMENT CYCLOTELLA MENEGMNIANA CYCLCTELLA SPP. CYCLOTELLA STELLIGERA CYMBELLA DACTYLCCCCCCPSIS CACTYLOCOCCOPSIS IRREGULARIS EUGLENA #1 EUGLENA ACUS EUGLENA GRACILIS FLAGELLATE #1 FLAGELLATE *9 GLENODINIUH OCULATUM GYMNCOINIUC 7 GYMNODINIUM ORDINATUM LYNGBYA FALLCMCNAS ACAROICES MELOSIRA OISTANS ^ELOSIPA GRANULATA MELOSIRA GRANULATA V. ANGUSTISSIMA MCRCCYSTIS INCERTA OSCILLATORIA LIMNETICA PEMNATE CIATOM PHACCS CAUCATUS PHACUS OENNISII 7 FORM FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL COL FIL CEL CEL CEL ALGAL UNITS S XC PER ML 21 3.21 29 I 3 5 4 ' 6. A 25.8 12.9 11.3 3.2 6.4 24.2 58 X 232 116 X 102 X X 29 58 218 ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 3 5 1 4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 2.1 52.1 6.3 76 X 76 X X X X 76 X 76 25 X 633 76 X X X X ALGAL UNITS S JC PER ML 2 5 1 4 3 1 11.01 67 2.81 17 13.81 84 25.0 2.8 X 152 X IT 2.81 17 « 13.81 84 5.61 34 5.6| 34 2.8 17 8.4 51 X ------- LAKE NAME: ARKA8UTLA RES. STCRET NUMBERS 2801 CONTINUED 06 13 73 08 28 73 11 01 73 TAXA P^ERCMONAS FTERCMONAS ANGULCSA SCENEOESMUS OENTICULATUS SCENEDESMUS QUAORTCAUOA TETRAEDRON MINIMUM V. SCROBICULATUM TRACHELOMONAS PULCHELLA TRACHELCMOMS URCEOLBTA TRACKELOMONAS VOUVCCINA TREUBARIA TRIAPPEN01CULATA TOTAL FORM CEL CEL COL CCL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL S xc 6.4 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X X 58 X 900 S 2 tc 4.2 8.3 2.1 ALGAL UNITS PEP ML X 51 X 101 25 X 1215 S *c 2.8 2.8 ALGAL UNITS PER ML 17 17 X 608 ------- LAKE NAME: ENID LAKE SECRET NUMBER: 2802 NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES DATE 06 12 73 OE 27 73 11 01 73 MYXQPHYCEAN CHLOROPHYCEAN EUGIF.NOPHYTE DTATCM COMPOUND 3.00 * 1.00 E 0.50 E 4.00 E 10.0 E 1. 00 E 1.67 E 1.37 5 0.50 E 7.33 E 04/0 E 03/0 E 0.43 E 0.50 E 13/0 E PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES DATE 06 12 73 Ofi 27 73 11 01 73 GENUS SPECIES 01 00 04 02 02 00 SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES DATE 06 12 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 AVERAGE DIVERSITY NUMBER OF TAXA NUMBER OF SAMPLES CGMPOSITEC MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH TOTAL DIVERSITY TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML EVENESS COMPONENT MEAN NUMBER CF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA MiMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXQN H s M :H D N J L K 3.14 16.00 3.00 4.00 1466.38 467.00 0.79 29.19 116.00 2.79 37.00 3.00 5.21 6439.32 2308.00 0.54 62.38 1124.00 2.23 23.00 3.00 4.52 5018.23 2201.00 0.50 95.70 1024.00 ------- LAKE NAME: ENID LAKE STCPET NUMBER: 2802 CONTINUED 06 12 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 TAXA ANABAENA ANK I STRODE SMUS APHANIZCfENEN ? FLOS-AQUAE APHANIZCPENON FLOS-AQUAE CLOSTERIUM COELASTRUM PICROFORUH CPUCIGENIA TETRAPEOIA CPYPTOMCNAS CRYPTOMCNAS OVATA CRYFTOMONAS REFLEXA CYCLOTELLA MENEGHNIANA CYCICTEILA STEUIGERA CYMBELLA CYST DACTYLCCOCCOPSIS IRREGULARIS EUASTRUM DENTICULATUM EUDORINA ELEGANS EUGLENA ? «2 EUGLENA «1 EUGLENA #3 EUGLENA *4 EUGLENA AC US FLAGELLATE #1 LYNGBY* MALLCMCNAS ACARCIOES HELCSIRA OISTANS MELOSIRA GRANULATA MFRISMOPEDIA MCRCCYSTIS INCERTA NAVICULA #1 NAVICULA ANGLICA V. SU8SALSA FORM FIL CEL FIL FIL CEL COL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEC CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CF.L COL COL CEL CEL ALGAL UNITS S *C PEP ML 3 4 5 2 1 13.9 5.6 5.6 8.4 8.4 16.7 24.8 X 65 X 26 26 39 X X 39 78 X 116 ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 1 2 3 4 1 2.0| 46 1 13.81 319 0.6 9.2 1.3 3.3 0.6 48.7 3.9 3.3 0.6 15 X 213 30 76 X X X 15 X X 1124 91 76 15 X ALGAL UNITS S «C PER ML 3 5 2 I 2.3 1.2 8.1 4.6 X 51 26 179 X 102 X 2.31 51 46. 51 1024 19.81 435 1.2 26 X ------- LAKE NAPE: ENID LAKE STCRET NUMBER: 2802 CONTINUED 06 12 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 TAXA NITZSCH1A N1TZSCHIA #1 N1TZSCHIA TRYBLICNELLA ? CFHICCYTIUM CAPITATUM OSCILLATCRIA LIMNETICA PAKOORINA PROTUBERANS PEDIASTRUM DUPLEX V. GRACILIMUM PEDIASTRUM DUPLEX V. RETKULATUM PENNATE DIATOMS PEP101NIUM INCONSPICUUM PER1DINIUM PENARHIFORME PHACUS PHACUS C-LABER PHACUS LCNGICAUD* PHACUS PLEURCNECTES PINNULARIA BRAUN11 V. AMPHICEPHALA PINNULARIA SUBCAPITATA V. PAUCISTRIATA PTERCMCNAS ANGULCSA SCENEDESMUS DENT'CULATUS SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUOA STAURASTRUM TETPACERUM SURIRELLA SYMEORA SYNEDRA #1 SYNEDRA ACUS TETRAEDRON R«EGUL*RE V. INCUS TRACHELCMONAS FORM CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL COL COL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL COL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL S *c 2.8 2.8 5.6 ALGAL UNITS PER ML 13 13 26 S 5 *C 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.0 0.6 2.6 3.3 ALGAL VJNITS PER ML 15 15 X 15 46 X X X X X 15 X 61 76 X X S A zc 13.9 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X X X X 307 X X X X X X ------- LAKE NAME: ENID LAKE NUMBERS 2802 TAXA TRACHELCMONAS INTERMEDIA ? TRACHELOMONAS PULCHELLA TRACHELOMONAS URCEOLATA TRACHELOMONAS VCLVCCINA CONTINUED 06 12 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 FORM C!L " CEL CEL CEt ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 1 1 1 5.6| 26 1 1 1 1 ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 1 1.3| 30 1 1 I 0.61 15 1 1 X ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 00 TOTAL 467 2308 2201 ------- LAKE NAME: ROSS EARNETT RES. STCPET NUMBER: 2804 NYGAARD TROPHIC STATE INDICES DATE 06 14 73 08 21 T3 U 02 73 MYXOPHYCEAN CHLOROPHYCEAN EUGLENOPHYTE DIATOM COMPOUND 06/0 F 07/0 E 0.38 E 6.00 E 24/0 E 4.00 F 3.50 E 0.33 E 0.60 E 11.5 E 2.25 E 3.75 E 0.12 ? 0.50 E 7.75 E PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES DATE 06 14 73 08 27 73 11 02 73 GENUS SPECIES 01 00 07 00 22 04 SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES DATE AVERAGE DIVERSITY NUMBER OF TAXA NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITEQ PAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH TOTAL DIVERSITY TOTAL KUMBEP OF INDIVIDUALS/ML EVENESS COMPONENT MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAXA NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON 06 14 73 08 27 73 11 02 73 H S M ;H D N J L K 2.21 32.00 4.00 5.00 2934.88 1328.00 0.44 41.50 865.00 2.42 36.00 4.00 5.17 14435.30 5965.00 0.47 165.69 2419.00 4.13 54.00 4.00 5.75 33147.38 8026.00 0.72 148.63 1569.00 ------- LAKE NAME: ROSS BARNETT RES, STCRET NUMBER: 2804 CONTINUED po O 06 14 73 08 27 73 11 02 73 TAX A ANABAENA ANABAENA ? #2 ANABAENA #1 ANABAENCPSIS ANKISTRODESMUS ANKISTROOESMUS 7 APHANIZCMENCN FLCS-AOUAE ATTHEYA CHLAPYDCMCNAS CHLCROGCNIW CHLOPOPHYTAN COCCOIO CELL COELASTRUM MICROPORUM CCELASTRUM RETICULATUM COSMARIUM CRUCIGEN1A FENESTRATA CRUCIGENIA TETRAPEDIA CRYPTOMCNAS CRYFTCMCNAS EROS* CRYPTOMONAS EROSA V. REFLEXA CRYPTOM(^AS OVATA CRYPTOMONAS REFLEXA ? CYCLOTELLA MENEGHNIANA CYCLCTELLA SPP. CYCLOTELLA STELLIGERA CYHBELLA CACTYLOCCCCOPSIS OINOBRYON BAVABICUM EPITHEMIA EUASTRUM EUGLENA EUGLENA «1 FORM FIL FIL FIL FIL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL COL COL CEL COL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL S 5 3 *C 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 4.0 ALGAL UNITS PER ML 18 X 18 18 18 18 53 X " X S 4 1C 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 3.3 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X 194 16 16 X 32 32 194 X X S I 2 4 ALGAL UNITS JC PER ML 3.0) 244 X 0.6 51 X X 0.3) 26 0.51 39 0.61 51 1 3.51 283 X X 5.3 424 X 19.51 1569 2.11 167 1 X 0.31 26 0.21 13 1 ------- LAKE NAME: RCSS EARNETT RES, STORET NUMBER: 2804 CONTINUED TAXA FUGLENA #2 EUC-LENA GRACILIS FLAGELLATE #1 FLAGELLATE #7 FRANCEIA OROESCHERI FRANCEIA QUACRISETA GLENOOINIUM OCUL.^UM GOLENKINIA GOLENKIMA RADIATA GOMPHONEHA ANGUSTATUM GYMNODIN1UM GYMNOOINIUP ORDINATUN GYROSIGMA 7 KIRCHNERIELLA KIRCHNERIELLA CCNTOPTA LYNGBYA LYNGBYA LIMNETICA PALLCMCNAS PALLCMCNAS ACAR01DES PELOSIRA MELOSIRA DISTANS MELOSIPA GRANULATA HELOSIPA GRANULATA V. ANGLSTISS1MA fELOSIRA ITALICA PEPISMOPEDIA TENUISSIMA MICROCYSTIS HICRCCYSTIS A?RUG!NOSA P1CRCCYSTIS INCERTA NAVICULA NAVICULA #1 NAVICULA #2 06 U 73 08 27 73 11 02 73 FORM CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL COL COL COL COL • CEL CEL CEL S 1 %c 4.0 1.4 5.3 65.1 ALGAL UNITS PER ML 53 18 X 71 865 X X X S 3 5 *C 0.8 0.3 0.8 ' 6.8 3.5 0.3 2.4 0.3 ALGAL UNITS PER ML 48 X X X 16 X 46 X X 403 210 16 145 16 X X X S 3 5 ALGAL UNITS %C PER PL 1 1 9.01 720 1 1 0.31 26 1 0.51 39 1 1 0.3) 26 I 1 7.11 566 1 4.0| 322 1 0.21 13 1 X 1 12.01 965 1.91 154 1 1 1 4.91 386 1 X 1 9.11 733 1.91 154 1 1 ------- LAKE NAPE: ROSS EARNETT RES. STORET NUMBER: 280* CONTINUED 06 14 73 08 27 73 11 02 73 ro ro TAXA NITZSCHIA NI7ZSCKIA ACICULARIS NI7ZSCHIA HOLS AT 1CA NITZSCHIA PALEA NITZSCHIA SPP. OSCILLATGRIA OSCILLATORIA LIMNETICA PAKDOPINA PROTUBERANS PEDIASTRUM PEDIASTRUM DUPLEX V. CLATHRATUH PFDIASTRUM DUPLEX V. RETICULATUM PER1DINIUM INCONSP1CUUM PHACLS CURVICAUOA RAPHIDIOPSIS 7 CURVATA SCENEDESfUS ABUNCANS SCENEDESMUS BJCALDATUS SCENEDESMUS BTJUCA SCFNEDESMUS DENTICULATUS SCENEDESMUS DIMORPHUS SCENEDESMUS QUAORICAUDA SPHAEBOCYSTIS SCHROETERI SPIRULINA ST«URASTRUH *l STAURASTRUM #2 STEPHANODISCUS SURIRELLA SYNEORA SY^URA ? TEfRAEDPCN V. LCNGISPINU*1 FORM CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL m COL COL COL COL CEL CEL F!L COL CCL COL COL COL COL COL FIL CEL CEL Ct=L CEL CEL CEL CEL ALGAL UNITS S %C PER ML 2 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.6 5.3 X 18 18 X 18 X 35 X X X 71 X ALGAL UNITS S tC PER ML I 2 0.5 40.6 0.3 0.5 34.1 0.3 32 2419 16 32 X 2032 16 X ALGAL UNITS S K PER ML 3.2 1.0 0.3 0.2 X X X 25* 77 26 X 13 0.6| 51 1.8) 142 1.01 77 0.31 26 1.91 154 1 0.21 13 1 X 0.61 51 1 1 X 0.21 13 1 0.61 51 ------- LAKE NAME: ROSS BARNETT R5S. STCRET NUMBER: 2304 CCNTUUED 06 73 OS 27 73 11 02 73 TAXA TETRAEDRON MUTICUM TRACHELCMCNAS TPACHELCMONAS INTERMEDIA TPACI-ELCMONAS PULCHELLA TPACHELCMOKAS URCEOLATA TRACHELCMONAS VOLVOCINA TOTAL FORM CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 1 1 1 1 1 1 X 1 1 <•! 1.4| 16 1 1 X 1328 S ?C 0.5 ALGAL UNITS PEP ML 32 5965 S ALGAL UNITS %C PER ML 0.31 26 1 1 0.31 26 1 0.31 26 8026 ------- LAKE NAME: SARD1S IAKE STCPET NUMBER: 2805 NYGAAP.D TROPHIC STATE INDICES DATE 06 13 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 MYXOPHYCEAN CHLOROPHYCEAN EUGLENOPHYTE DIATCM COMPOUND 02/0 E 01/0 E 0.33 E 1.33 E 08/0 E 2.00 E 0/01 C 1.50 E 3.00 E 8.00 E 2.50 E 1.50 E 0.25 E 1.25 E 7.50 E ro PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES DATE 06 13 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 GENUS SPECIES 01 00 01 00 04 00 SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES DATE AVERAGE DIVERSITY NUMBER OF TAXA NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED FAXIMU* DIVERSITY MAXH TOTAL DIVERSITY TCTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML EVENESS COMPONENT MEAN NUMBER CF INDIV 10UALS/TA.XA NUMBER/ML CF MOST ABUNDANT TAXON 06 13 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 H S M ;H 0 N J L K 1.05 16.00 4.00 4.00 3535.35 3367.00 0.26 210.44 2782.00 1.33 15.00 4.00 3.91 2276.96 1712.00 0.34 114.13 1289.00 1.79 29.00 4.00 4. 96 4390.87 2453.00 0.37 84.59 1699.00 ------- LAKE NAME: SARPIS LAKE STCRET NUMBER: 2805 CCNTINUED ro en 06 13 73 08 27 73 11 01 73 TAXA ANABAENA ANABAENA PLANCTCNTCA ANKISTRODESMUS FALCATUS CENTRIC OIATCM CERATIUf HIRUNDINELLA CHLCPOPHYTAN COLCNY CLCS7FRIUM CRYPTOMONAS CRYPTOMCNAS #1 CRYPTOMCNAS REFLEXA CYANOPHYTAN COCCOID CELLED COLONY CYANCPHYTAN FILAMENT CYCLOTELLA STELLIGERA CYMBELLA D^'CBRYCN EAVARICUM EUASTRUM EUGLENA EUGLENA #1 FLAGELLATE #1 FLAGELLATE 92 FLAGELLATE #9 FLAGELLATES LAGERHEIM1A LEPOCINCLIS LYNGBYA LIMNETICA ? HALLCMCNAS PELOSIRA DISTANS f'FLOSIRA GRANULATA ^ELCSIRA GRANULATA V. ANGLSTISSIMA fELOSIRA ITALICA NAVICULA FORM FTL FIL CEL CEL CEL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL S 2 3 4 1 *C 0.9 0.4 6.1 5.6 2.6 82.5 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X X 29 • X 15 X 205 X X 190 S3 2782 S 3 A 1 5 2 ?C 5.9 4.7 75.3 2.3 9.4 ALGAL L'NITS PER ML X X 101 81 X 1289 40 X 161 S 3 5 2 4 1 *C 4.9 0.7 6.3 0.7 0.7 69.3 1.4 4.2 7.7 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X X X X 120 X X X 17 154 17 X 17 X X 1699 X X 34 103 189 X X ------- ro CTl LAKE NAPE: SAROTS LAKE STCRET NUMBER: 2805 CONTINUED TAXA CSCULATCPIA LIMKET1CA PEDIASTRUM DUPLEX V. RETICULATUM 7 PENN4TE DIATOMS PERIOINIUM INCONSPICUUM PERIOIN1UM UMBONATUM ? PHACL'S OREICULARIS 7 RHI20SOLENIA SCHRCEDERIA SET1GERA STEPHANOOISCUS SYNEORA SYNEORA «1 TABELLARIA FENESTRATA TRACHELCMONAS DUBIA 7 TCTAL 06 13 73 08 27 73 11 01 13 « FORM FIL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL S 5 XC 1.3 0.4 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X 43 15 X 3367 S 1C 2.3 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X X X X 40 X 1712 S XC 0.7 0.7 2.8 ALGAL UNITS PER ML X X 11 X 17 69 2453 ------- LAKE NAHE: GRENADA LAKE STCRET NUMBER: 2806 NYGAARC TROPHIC STATE INCICES DATE 06 14 73 08 28 73 11 02 73 MYXOPHYCEAN CHLOROPHYCEAN EUGLENOPHYTE DIATOM COMPOUND 02/0 E 0/0 0 0/02 ? 1.50 E 05/0 E 5.00 P. 4.00 E 0.56 E 2.50 E 19.0 E 06/0 E 0/0 0 0.33 E 2.00 E 17/0 E PALMER'S ORGANIC POLLUTION INDICES DATE 06 14 73 08 28 73 11 02 73 ro GENUS SPECIES 01 00 01 00 01 00 SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE INDICES DATE AVERAGE DIVERSITY NUMBER OF TAXA NUMBER OF SAMPLES COMPOSITED MAXIMUM DIVERSITY MAXH TOTAL DIVERSITY TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/ML EVENESS COMPONENT MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS/TAX A NUMBER/ML OF MOST ABUNDANT TAXCN 06 14 73 08 23 73 11 02 73 H S M ;H 0 N J I K 1.95 9.00 3.00 3.17 2591.55 1329.00 0.62 147.67 772.00 2.77 28.00 3.00 4.81 1282.51 463.00 0.58 16.54 141.00 1.52 27.00 3.00 4.75 3734.64 2457.00 0.32 91.00 1796.00 ------- LAKE NAME: GRENADA LAKE NUMBER: 2806 CONTINUED ro 03 TAXA ANABAENA #2 ANABAEN* PLANCTCN1CA ANKISTRCDESMUS CRYPTQMONAS CPYPTOHCf»AS QVATA CYCLQTELLA MENEGHIN1ANA CYCLOTELLA STELLlGERA CYMBELLA OtNCBRYON BAVAR I CUM DINCFLAGELLATE CYST EUGLENA *1 EUGLENA GRACILIS EUGLENA CXYURIS FLAGELLATE «l GLENODINIUM OCULATUM ? GLENCDINIUf PENAPDIFORME GYMNODINIUM ORDINATUH K1RCHNERIELLA CCNTOPTA LYNGBYA HALLCMCNAS ACAROIDES MELOSIRA KELOSIRA f4 MELOSIPA DISTANS PELOSTPA GRANULA^A fELOSIRA GRANULATA V. ANGUSTISSIMA PELOSIRA ITALICA MCRISMOPEDTA TENUISSIMA fICPCCYSTIS A5RUC-INOSA NTTZSCHIA ? NITZSCHIA ACICULARIS CSCILLATOPIA 06 73 08 28 73 11 02 73 ALGAL UNITS FORM IS *C PER ML FlL 151 4.21 56 ML CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL COL FIL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CCL COL CEL CEL FIL 1115.91 211 I 1 31 0.9) 12 4 2 11.4 3.5 4.2 58.1 X 152 47 56 772 ALGAL UNITS S «C PER ML 3 2 1 4 5 2.2 13.2 2.2 26.1 2.2 4.3 30.5 6.5 3.6 10 X X 61 X 10 X X X 121 X 10 20 141 30 X 40 X X ALGAL UNITS S *C PER ML 41 0.81 19 3 5 2 1 I X 1 1 x 2.01 49 0.41 10 0.81 19 1 1 1 X 1 0.81 19 1 X 0.91 19 1 0.41 10 0.41 10 1 1 1 X 1 x 0.41 10 15.81 388 73.11 1796 1 1 1 0.41 10 1 x 1.61 39 1 0.4| 10 ------- LAKE NAME: GRENACA LAKE STCRET NUMBER: 2806 CONTINUED 06 14 73 08 28 73 11 02 73 PO ID TAXA OSCILLATOR1A LIMCSA PAKDCRINA PCRUM PENNATE DIATOM PENNATE DIATQMS PHACLS CAUCATUS PHACLS SUECICUS 7 PINNULARIA BRAUN1I V. AMPHICEPHALA PTERCMONAS SCENEOESfUS DENTICULATUS V. LINEARIS SPHAEROCYSTIS SCHROETERI STAURASTRUM LEPTCCLADUC TRACHELOMONAS INTERMEDIA ? TRACKELCMONAS PULCHELLA TRACHELCMONAS URCEOLATA TRACHELCMONAS VOLVOCINA FORM FIL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL COL COL CEL CEL CEL CEL CEL 1 S SEC 1.7 ALGAL UNITS PER ML 23 S « 2.2 2.2 ALGAL UMTS PER ML X X X 10 X X X X 10 S *c 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 ALGAL UNITS PEP ML 10 1 ! 19 X 10 X 10 TOTAL 1329 2457 ------- TECHNICAL REPORT DATA , REPORT NO. EPA-600/3-77-101 3. RECIPIENT'S ACCESSION-NO. 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN MISSISSIPPI LAKES 5. REPORT DATE September 1977 6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE 7-AUTMOWS)L.R. Williams, W.D. Taylor, F.A. Hiatt, S.C.HeH J.W. Hilgert, V.W. Lambou, F.A. Morris, R.W. Thomas, 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO. M.K. Morris ». PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO. Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency las Veoas^ NV 1BA608 11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO. 12. SPONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Las Vegas, NV Office of Research and Development Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory las Vpnas. MV ftOII/l ._ 13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED 03-07-73 to 11-14-73 14. SPONSORING AOCNCY CODE EPA/600/07 IS. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Previously released in limited distribution No. 685 in the Working Paper Series for the National Eutrophication Survey. This is a data report presenting the species and abundance of phytoplankton in the 5 lakes sampled by the National Eutrophication Survey in the State of Mississippi. 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 DESCRIPTORS b.lDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDED TERMS fc. COSATI FWd/Groop *aquatic microbiology lake *phytoplankton water quality Mississippi lake eutrophication Nygaard's trophic indices Palmer's organic pollu- tion indices Species diversity and abundance indices 06 C 08 H 13 B > indi 'CLASS I 18. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT RELEASE TO PUBLIC «PA P«TM I1M-1 (•»?*) 1B. SECURITY CLASS (TMs Report) UNCLASSIFIED Z1. NO. Of PMBU 36 2O. SECURITY CLASS (TMtptgrf UNCLASSIFIED ------- |