North American Diatom Ecological Database - NADED
Phycology Section, Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Soft Algae Count Report
Water Body: Potomac River Site Location ID: NRSA-FW08MD012 Sample Label:
Sample ID: NRSA0066 Client Sample ID: 526154.1
Date Sample Collected: 07/16/2008 Count Finished: 12/29/2008
Subsample ID: PR1 Slide Replicate ID: a Count Replicate ID: 1
Counted By: Babs Rinkel Sample Type:
Naded Type Taxon Name #Units Percent #Cells Percent Notes
249999 Unclassified (undifferentiated) (diatoms) 2942 84.33 2942 38.67
249998 Unclassified (undifferentiated) diatoms> (dead) 284 8.15 284 3.73
803001 Blue-Green Algae Anabaena sp. 2 0.05 49 0.64
261000 Green Algae Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 1 0.02 1 0.01
327001 Green Algae Cosmarium sp. 1 0.02 1 0.01
401000 Green Algae Gongrosira sp. 2 0.05 5 0.06
852004 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach 33 0.94 1218 16.00
852002 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix juliana (Meneghini) Kirchner 11 0.31 178 2.33
932002 Blue-Green Algae Komvophoron sp. 2 0.05 24 0.31
863016 Blue-Green Algae Leptolyngbya sp. 4 0.11 114 1.49
455000 Green Algae Oedogonium sp. 1 0.02 3 0.03
890039 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium chalybeum (Mertens ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 5 0.14 76 0.99
890025 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 46 1.31 746 9.80 Yes
890073 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 1 ANS DNREC 69 1.97 780 10.25
897003 Blue-Green Algae Pseudanabaena sp. 25 0.71 281 3.69
510003 Green Algae Scenedesmus acutus Meyen 1 0.02 3 0.03
510002 Green Algae Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat 5 0.14 20 0.26
510001 Green Algae Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 2 0.05 6 0.07
510005 Green Algae Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat 2 0.05 12 0.15
948040 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte colony 2 0.05 14 0.18 Yes
948009 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte filament 30 0.85 720 9.46 Yes
1599006 Red Algae Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) 18 0.51 130 1.70
Report Date: 2/9/2023 Total Number of Taxa: 22 Total Natural Units: 3488
Total Number of Cells: 7607
Count Notes:
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Comments: 300 ncunits reached 58.5 mm
total transect length 640 mm
lugols levels very light
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Comments: NRSA data prep
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Comments: Diatoms multiplied up per Babs Rinkel request Apr 2010
Taxa Notes:
Naded 948009: 1.5-2 x 1.5 um
Naded 890025: 3.5-4 um x 3.5-4 um
Naded 948040: 2-4 um
Counts version 3.3 - last revision 2/16/2021
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