Algae as Bioindicators - Freshwater Algae: Identification, Enumeration and Use as Bioindicators - page 105

Ta b l e 3 . 3 Lake Trophic Status: Phytoplankton Succession and Algal Bioindicators.

Lake Type Spring Summer Autumn Mid-summer Algal Bioindicators Example

DIA

Cyclotella comensis
Rhizosolenia spp .

Carinthian
Lakes 1
Wastwater 2
Ennerdale

DIATOMS
Cyclotella

Oligotrophic

DINO

Ceratium

G

Staurodesmus spp .

BG

Gomphosphaeria

DIATOMS CHRYSO DINO DIATOMS DIA

Tabellaria flocculosa

Lunzer
Untersee 1
Bodensee 3
Erken 4
Windermere 2
Grasmere

Mesotrophic

Asterionella Mallomonas Ceratium Asterionella

CHR

Dinobryon divergens, Mallomonas
caudata

BG

Gomphosphaeria
GREEN

G

Sphaerocystis schroeteri,
Dictyosphaerium elegans,
Cosmarium spp , Staurastrum spp

Sphaerocystis

DINO

Ceratium hirundinella

BG

Gomphosphaeria spp .

DIATOMS GREEN BG DINO DIATOMS DIA

Aulacoseira spp ., Stephanodiscus
rotula

Prairie Lakes 5
Norfolk Broad 2
Rostherne
Mere 2

Eutrophic

Asterionella Eudorina Anabaena Ceratium Steph.

CRYPT

Aphan.

BG G

Eudorina spp ., Pandorina morum,
Volvox spp .

Cryptomonas Microcystis

BG

Anabaena spp ., Aphanizomenon flos-
aquae, Microcystis aeruginosa

DIA

Stephanodiscus hantzschii

Fertilised
waters
e.g. T ř ebo ň
fishponds 6

Hypertrophic

SMALL DIATOMS GREEN GREEN BG G

Scenedesmus spp ., Ankistrodesmus
spp ., Pediastrum spp .

Steph. Scenedesmus Pediastrum Aphanocapsa

BG

Aphanocapsa spp ., Aphanothece spp ,
Synechococcus spp .

Main phytoplankton groups: BG, blue-green algae; CHRYSO, chrysophytes; DIA, diatoms; CRYPT, cryptomonads; DINO, dinolagellates; G, green algae; Genera: Steph.,
Stephanodiscus ; Aphan., Aphanizomenon .
Location of lakes: 1 Austria, 2 United Kingdom, 3 Germany, 4 Sweden, 5 United States, 6 Czech Republic.