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-FW08MD020 Sample Label:
Sample ID: NRSA0077 Client Sample ID: 526084.1
Date Sample Collected: 07/14/2008 Count Finished: 01/07/2009
Subsample ID: PR1 Slide Replicate ID: b Count Replicate ID: 1
Counted By: Babs Rinkel Sample Type:
Naded Type Taxon Name #Units Percent #Cells Percent Notes
249999 Unclassified (undifferentiated) (diatoms) 563 80.56 563 33.02
249998 Unclassified (undifferentiated) diatoms> (dead) 91 13.14 91 5.38
850006 Blue-Green Algae Heteroleibleinia sp. 2 0.28 50 2.93
852004 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach 7 1.00 221 12.96
852002 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix juliana (Meneghini) Kirchner 1 0.14 26 1.52
890028 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium autumnale (Agardh) Trevisan ex Gomont 1 0.14 65 3.81
890025 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 13 1.85 444 26.04
897003 Blue-Green Algae Pseudanabaena sp. 1 0.14 4 0.23
799004 Green Algae Unknown Chlorophyte filament 2 0.28 14 0.82
948001 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte coccoid 3 0.42 12 0.70
948040 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte colony 1 0.14 12 0.70 Yes
948009 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte filament 7 1.00 175 10.26 Yes
1599006 Red Algae Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) 6 0.85 27 1.58
Report Date: 9/22/2023 Total Number of Taxa: 13 Total Natural Units: 698
Total Number of Cells: 1704
Count Notes:
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Comments: 300 ncunits reached 318.5 mm
total transect length 636 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 948009: 1-1.5 um
Naded 948040: 2-4 um
Counts version 3.3 - last revision 2/16/2021
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