Brandywine Creek, PA, US
See lists of: 1 samples | 90 diatoms | 0 non-diatoms for this site.
site code: BR3 site_id: 15562 NEON domain: not applicable
state: Pennsylvania (PA)
This station was characterized by having an upper pool area, a riffle area, and a lower pool area below the riffle. Only that portion (about 1/2) of the pool area adjacent to the riffle was collected in each case. the Marsh Creek station was located about 500 feet upstream from its confluence with the East Branch of Brandywine Creek. This is just above the railroad bridge over Marsh Creek, near Dorlan, which is about 2 1/2 miles north of Downingtown on Rt. 282. The creek was about 20 feet wide at this point, and contained habitats comparable with those found at the other stations. (1964 report.) | latitude in decimal: 40.049883
longitude in decimal: -75.718933
waterbody type: stream / river
ecoregion: Eastern Temperate Forests Southeastern USA Plains Northern Piedmont country: United States (US)
1 algae samples were collected at this site:
sample BR10005 - 1964 General Multiple Habitats, collected 10/31
90 diatom species found at this site:
diatom, NADED ID 2004 - Achnanthes clevei Grunow diatom, NADED ID 2126 - Achnanthes deflexa Reimer diatom, NADED ID 2015 - Achnanthes lanceolata (Brébisson ex Kützing) Grunow diatom, NADED ID 2101 - Achnanthes lanceolata var. elliptica Cleve sensu Straub diatom, NADED ID 2030 - Achnanthes minutissima Kützing diatom, NADED ID 2034 - Achnanthes pinnata Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 2132 - Achnanthes subhudsonis var. kraeuselii (Cholnoky) Cholnoky diatom, NADED ID 7002 - Amphora ovalis var. affinis (Kützing) Van Heurck ex DeTony diatom, NADED ID 16005 - Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Grunow diatom, NADED ID 17004 - Coscinodiscus pygmaeus var. micropunctatus Brun et Peragallo diatom, NADED ID 20007 - Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing diatom, NADED ID 23073 - Cymbella affinis Kützing diatom, NADED ID 23009 - Cymbella lunata Smith diatom, NADED ID 23012 - Cymbella minuta Hilse ex Rabenhorst diatom, NADED ID 23051 - Cymbella sinuata Gregory diatom, NADED ID 23068 - Cymbella tumida (Brébisson ex Kützing) Van Heurck diatom, NADED ID 33026 - Eunotia incisa Smith ex Gregory diatom, NADED ID 34051 - Fragilaria capucina var. mesolepta (Rabenhorst) Rabenhorst diatom, NADED ID 34022 - Fragilaria leptostauron (Ehrenberg) Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 34030 - Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen diatom, NADED ID 37069 - Gomphonema angustatum var. intermedia Grunow diatom, NADED ID 37050 - Gomphonema angustatum var. productum Grunow diatom, NADED ID 37006 - Gomphonema dichotomum Kützing diatom, NADED ID 37048 - Gomphonema gibba Wallace diatom, NADED ID 37007 - Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg diatom, NADED ID 37008 - Gomphonema grunowii Patrick diatom, NADED ID 37010 - Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing diatom, NADED ID 37056 - Gomphonema sphaerophorum Ehrenberg diatom, NADED ID 38012 - Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve diatom, NADED ID 38004 - Gyrosigma spencerii (Smith) Griffith et Henfrey diatom, NADED ID 44004 - Melosira distans var. alpigena Grunow diatom, NADED ID 44006 - Melosira granulata var. angustissima Müller diatom, NADED ID 44073 - Melosira varians Agardh diatom, NADED ID 45001 - Meridion circulare (Greville) Agardh diatom, NADED ID 46005 - Navicula atomus (Kützing) Grunow diatom, NADED ID 46317 - Navicula canalis Patrick diatom, NADED ID 46272 - Navicula capitata Ehrenberg diatom, NADED ID 46168 - Navicula capitata var. hungarica (Grunow) Ross diatom, NADED ID 46013 - Navicula contenta var. biceps (Grunow) Van Heurck diatom, NADED ID 46014 - Navicula cryptocephala Kützing diatom, NADED ID 46255 - Navicula cryptocephala var. exilis Grunow diatom, NADED ID 46170 - Navicula cryptocephala var. veneta (Kützing) Rabenhorst diatom, NADED ID 46257 - Navicula decussis Østrup diatom, NADED ID 46370 - Navicula luzonensis Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 46039 - Navicula minima Grunow diatom, NADED ID 46042 - Navicula mutica Kützing diatom, NADED ID 46044 - Navicula notha Wallace diatom, NADED ID 46046 - Navicula paucivisitata Patrick diatom, NADED ID 93306 - Navicula pelliculosa (Kützing) Hilse diatom, NADED ID 46052 - Navicula pupula var. capitata Skvortzow et Meyer diatom, NADED ID 46388 - Navicula rhynchocephala var. germainii (Wallace) Patrick diatom, NADED ID 46155 - Navicula salinarum var. intermedia (Grunow) Cleve diatom, NADED ID 46395 - Navicula secreta var. apiculata Patrick diatom, NADED ID 46070 - Navicula seminulum Grunow diatom, NADED ID 46400 - Navicula symmetrica Patrick diatom, NADED ID 46089 - Navicula viridula var. linearis Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48110 - Nitzschia accomodata Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48002 - Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith diatom, NADED ID 48004 - Nitzschia amphibia Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48098 - Nitzschia bacata Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48006 - Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48138 - Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) Smith diatom, NADED ID 48018 - Nitzschia confinis Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48141 - Nitzschia constricta var. subconstricta Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48008 - Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48145 - Nitzschia filiformis (Smith) Van Heurck diatom, NADED ID 48011 - Nitzschia fonticola (Grunow) Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48013 - Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48201 - Nitzschia frustulum var. indica Skvortzow diatom, NADED ID 48014 - Nitzschia frustulum var. perminuta Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48147 - Nitzschia frustulum var. subsalina Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48148 - Nitzschia gracilis var. minor Skabitschevsky diatom, NADED ID 48153 - Nitzschia intermedia Hantzsch ex Cleve et Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48022 - Nitzschia kuetzingiana Hilse diatom, NADED ID 48023 - Nitzschia linearis (Agardh) Smith diatom, NADED ID 48024 - Nitzschia microcephala Grunow diatom, NADED ID 48025 - Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith diatom, NADED ID 48207 - Nitzschia paleaeformis Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 48045 - Nitzschia tropica Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 52011 - Pinnularia biceps Gregory diatom, NADED ID 52038 - Pinnularia maior (Kützing) Rabenhorst diatom, NADED ID 57001 - Rhoicosphenia curvata (Kützing) Grunow ex Rabenhorst diatom, NADED ID 65002 - Surirella angusta Kützing diatom, NADED ID 65017 - Surirella ovata Kützing diatom, NADED ID 65050 - Surirella ovata var. pinnata (Smith) Brun diatom, NADED ID 65040 - Surirella tenera var. nervosa Schmidt diatom, NADED ID 66018 - Synedra rumpens var. familiaris (Kützing) Hustedt diatom, NADED ID 66057 - Synedra rumpens var. meneghiniana Grunow diatom, NADED ID 66024 - Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg diatom, NADED ID 66069 - Synedra ulna var. constricta Venkataraman 0 non-diatom species found at this site.
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