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-FW08MD008 Sample Label:
Sample ID: NRSA0068 Client Sample ID: 521484.1
Date Sample Collected: 07/17/2008 Count Finished: 12/30/2008
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) 3828 81.01 3828 44.70
249998 Unclassified (undifferentiated) diatoms> (dead) 605 12.80 605 7.06
820006 Blue-Green Algae Chroococcus sp. 1 0.02 32 0.37
309001 Green Algae Cladophora sp. 24 0.50 75 0.87 Yes
327012 Green Algae Cosmarium granatum Brébisson ex Ralfs 1 0.02 1 0.01
847990 Blue-Green Algae Geitlerinema sp. 1 ? 2 0.04 116 1.35
401000 Green Algae Gongrosira sp. 14 0.29 57 0.66
850006 Blue-Green Algae Heteroleibleinia sp. 1 0.02 62 0.72
852004 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach 54 1.14 1403 16.38
852007 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) varians Geitler 6 0.12 89 1.03
852002 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix juliana (Meneghini) Kirchner 14 0.29 418 4.88
932002 Blue-Green Algae Komvophoron sp. 4 0.08 14 0.16
860008 Blue-Green Algae Lyngbya sp. 4 0.08 44 0.51
455000 Green Algae Oedogonium sp. 16 0.33 45 0.52
888010 Blue-Green Algae Oscillatoria sp. 1 0.02 23 0.26
890039 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium chalybeum (Mertens ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 3 0.06 78 0.91
890025 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 58 1.22 492 5.74
890073 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 1 ANS DNREC 5 0.10 59 0.68
897003 Blue-Green Algae Pseudanabaena sp. 13 0.27 132 1.54
510002 Green Algae Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat 1 0.02 4 0.04
510005 Green Algae Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat 1 0.02 4 0.04
543002 Green Algae Stigeoclonium sp. 1 0.02 7 0.08
948040 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte colony 6 0.12 105 1.22 Yes
948009 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte filament 34 0.71 524 6.11 Yes
1599006 Red Algae Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) 28 0.59 347 4.05
Report Date: 2/3/2023 Total Number of Taxa: 25 Total Natural Units: 4725
Total Number of Cells: 8564
Count Notes:
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Comments: 300 ncunits 45.5 mm
Total transect length 640.5 mm
no lugols present
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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 309001: young developing cell groups
Naded 948009: 2 um x 1.5 um
Naded 948040: 1.2 - 2.5 um
Counts version 3.3 - last revision 2/16/2021
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