North American Diatom Ecological Database - NADED
Phycology Section, Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Soft Algae Count Report
Water Body: Merrimack River Site Location ID: NRSA-FW08MA019 Sample Label:
Sample ID: NRSA1013 Client Sample ID: 554954.1
Date Sample Collected: 09/16/2009 Count Finished: 12/29/2009
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) 252 62.84 252 26.86
249998 Unclassified (undifferentiated) diatoms> (dead) 98 24.43 98 10.44
261000 Green Algae Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 7 1.74 7 0.74
316005 Green Algae Closterium dianae Ehrenberg 1 0.24 1 0.10
389004 Green Algae Gloeocystis sp. 1 0.24 4 0.42
852004 Blue-Green Algae Homoeothrix (Tapinothrix) janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach 13 3.24 393 41.89
467002 Green Algae Pediastrum tetras (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1 0.24 8 0.85
890025 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 3 0.74 25 2.66
890073 Blue-Green Algae Phormidium sp. 1 ANS DNREC 6 1.49 46 4.90
897008 Blue-Green Algae Pseudanabaena sp. 1 NRSA 6 1.49 39 4.15
510006 Green Algae Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat 1 0.24 2 0.21
510003 Green Algae Scenedesmus acutus Meyen 2 0.49 6 0.63
510002 Green Algae Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat 2 0.49 10 1.06
510001 Green Algae Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 1 0.24 4 0.42
510005 Green Algae Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat 2 0.49 6 0.63
1299001 Cryptophytes Unknown Cryptophyte alga 1 0.24 1 0.10
948040 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte colony 1 0.24 6 0.63 Yes
948009 Blue-Green Algae Unknown Cyanophyte filament 3 0.74 30 3.19 Yes
Report Date: 2/1/2023 Total Number of Taxa: 18 Total Natural Units: 401
Total Number of Cells: 938
Count Notes:
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Comments: lugols ok
300 ncunits reached 21 mm
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Comments: NRSA data prep
Taxa Notes:
Naded 948009: 2.6 x 2 um
Naded 948040: with Homoeothrix
Counts version 3.3 - last revision 2/16/2021
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