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-FW08MD009 Sample Label:
Sample ID: NRSA0067 Client Sample ID: 526054.1
Date Sample Collected: 07/15/2008 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) 1886 81.97 1886 22.13
249998 Unclassified (undifferentiated) diatoms> (dead) 204 8.89 204 2.40
261000 Green Algae Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 4 0.17 4 0.04
316008 Green Algae Closterium sp. 1 0.04 1 0.01
847990 Blue-Green Algae Geitlerinema sp. 1 ? 2 0.08 286 3.35
401000 Green Algae Gongrosira sp. 7 0.30 33 0.38
852004 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach 79 3.43 4056 47.58
852007 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) varians Geitler 1 0.04 36 0.42
852002 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix juliana (Meneghini) Kirchner 13 0.56 178 2.08
932002 Blue-Green Algae Komvophoron sp. 3 0.13 8 0.09
455000 Green Algae Oedogonium sp. 3 0.13 11 0.12
467001 Green Algae Pediastrum boryanum (Turpin) Meneghini 1 0.04 19 0.22
890039 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium chalybeum (Mertens ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 3 0.13 42 0.49
890025 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 18 0.78 224 2.62
890073 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 1 ANS DNREC 6 0.26 74 0.86
890991 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 2 ? 16 0.69 198 2.32
893002 Blue-Green Algae Pleurocapsa minor Hansgirg 10 0.43 259 3.03
510006 Green Algae Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat 1 0.04 4 0.04
510002 Green Algae Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat 1 0.04 2 0.02
948040 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte colony 13 0.56 385 4.51 Yes
948009 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte filament 22 0.95 397 4.65 Yes
1599006 Red Algae Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) 6 0.26 215 2.52
Report Date: 2/2/2023 Total Number of Taxa: 22 Total Natural Units: 2300
Total Number of Cells: 8522
Count Notes:
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Comments: 300 ncunits reached 88.5 mm
total transect length 647 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 um x 1-1.5 um
Naded 948040: 1.2 - 3.5 um
Counts version 3.3 - last revision 2/16/2021
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