Class Charophyceae

 


 

Order Zygnematales

 

 

Cylindrocystis

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.Cylindrocystis

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/13/05

pH 5.13, 22.2 oC

 

 


 

Mesotaenium          

 

1.Mesotaenium

 

800x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 


 

Mougeotia .          

 

1.Mougeotia

 

320x

Perrault Bog

collected with floating algal mat

5/4/03

 

 

2.Mougeotia

 

Mougeotia_jason4_pbscum6_202.jpg (41003 bytes)

400x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

 

3.Mougeotia

 

250x

Traverse River

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

19.5 oC

 

 

4.Mougeotia

 

250x

same as above

 

 

5.Mougeotia

 

Mougeotia_jason9_pbog1_2016.jpg (52956 bytes)

320x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

10/14/01

 

 

6.Mougeotia

 

500x

pond behind Walmart

collected with plant material

10/16/07 (examined two days later)

 

 

7.Mougeotia

 

640x

pond adjacent to Osceola Rd.

collected with plant material

10/25/07

9 oC

 

 

 

Netrium .          

 

1. Netrium digitus

 

Netrium_J_P_BOG20_2020.jpg (45094 bytes)

400x

 

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

 

2.Netrium digitus

 

Netrium_J_P_BOG13_40125.jpg (61542 bytes)

500x

 

same as above 

 

 

3.Netrium digitus

 

640x

 

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

4.Netrium digitus var. constrictum

 

640x

 

same as above

 

 

5.Netrium oblongum

 

640x

 

Perrault Bog

collected with algal mat

10/11/05

11.5 oC

 

 

6.Netrium oblongum

 

640x

 

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

6/19/07

19.5 oC

 

 

7.Netrium

 

800x

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

10/23/07 (examined one day later)

 

 

 

Spirogyra .          

 

1.Spirogyra

 

Spirogyra_ditch1_3.15x.jpg (58286 bytes)

3.15x

 

  

roadside ditch outside Boston

dense mat

10/3/01

 

 

2.Spirogyra

 

Spirogyra_jason4_chassel2_20125.jpg (89070 bytes)

chloroplasts

250x

Spirogyra_jason4_chassel2a_20125.jpg (81333 bytes)

nuclei

250x

 

Chassell Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/30/01

 

 

3.Spirogyra

 

250x

250x

 

swampy area on Nara Trail

collected with plant material

9/15/05

14 oC

 

 

4.Spirogyra

 

250x

800x

 

pond behind Walmart

collected with plant material

10/16/07 (examined two days later)

 

 

5.Spirogyra

 

250x

250x

 

Chassell Bay

collected with plant material

10/20/05

11.5 oC

 

 

6.Spirogyra

 

Spirogyra_PERAULT_LAKE3_20125.jpg (50836 bytes)

250x

 

  

Perrault Lake

surface plankton tow

9/5/01

pH 6.0, 23.5 oC

 

 

7.Spirogyra

(conjugation)

 

400x

400x

400x

Gratiot River

visible algae attached to rocks in riffle

8/8/03

 

 

7.Spirogyra

 

250x

500x

 

Twelve Mile Lake

plankton tow

10/23/07

 

 

 

Spirotaenia          

 

1. Spirotaenia condensata

 

400x

400x

Rice Lake

surface plankton tow

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

2.Spirotaenia condensata

 

500x

 

same as above

 

 


 

Zygnema .          

 

1.Zygnema

 

250x

640x

 

Twelve Mile Lake

plankton tow

10/23/07

 

 

2.Zygnema

 

250x

 

 

swampy area off Osceola Rd

collected with aquatic plants

10/11/05

10 oC

 

 

3.Zygnema

 

250x

 

 

same as above

 

 

4.Zygnema

 

500x

800x

 

Dollar Bay from shore

surface plankton tow

6/19/07

19 oC

 

 

5.Zygnema

 

500x

 

 

MTU runoff settling pond

collected with aquatic plants

10/16/05

11 oC

 

 

5.Zygnema

 

320x

500x

800x

pond adjacent to Osceola Rd.

collected with plant material

10/25/07

9 oC

 

 

 

Zygnemopsis          

 

1.Zygnemopsis desmidioides

 

Zygnemopsis (1)_jason6_db_entrance12_402.jpg (41570 bytes)

800x

entrance to Dollar Bay

surface plankton tow

10/10/01

pH 7.51, 15.2 oC

 

 

 

 

 

Order Desmidiales

 

 

Actinotaenium .          

 

1.Actinotaenium

 

800x

Keweenaw Waterway at Lily Pond

oblique plankton tow

8/29/05

15 oC

 

 

2.Actinotaenium

 

800x

same as above

 

 

3.Actinotaenium

 

800x

same as above

 

 


 

Bambusina .          

 

1.Bambusina

 

250x

800x

Rice Lake

surface plankton tow

10/23/05

8.5 oC

 

 

2.Bambusina

 

500x

 

beaver pond on Hungarian Creek at US41

surface plankton tow

10/11/05

11 oC

 

 

3.Bambusina

 

640x

 

Rice Lake

surface plankton tow

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

4.Bambusina

 

800x

800x

Dollar Bay from shore

surface plankton tow

6/19/07

19 oC

 

 


 

Closterium .          

 

1. Closterium venus

 

Closterium_jason_dbplants28_4025.jpg (59646 bytes)

1000x

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/26/01

 

 

2.Closterium venus

 

Closterium_jason_dbplants30_402.jpg (40966 bytes)

800x

same as above

 

 

3.Closterium parvulum

 

640x

Traverse River

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

19.5 oC

 

 

4.Closterium

 

640x

swampy area adjoining Rice Lake

plankton tow through aquatic plants

10/23/05

7 oC

 

 

4.Closterium peracerosum

 

Closterium_jason_pbog27_4016.jpg (63686 bytes)

640x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

 

5.Closterium acutum

 

Closterium_P_BOG_WATER11_4016.jpg (43513 bytes)

640x

same as above

 

 

6.Closterium navicula

 

800x

Arnheim Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

14 oC

 

 

7.Closterium littorale

 

Closterium_jason4_prss2_4016.jpg (34478 bytes)

640x

Peepsock discharge stream

collected with aquatic plants

9/19/01

 

 

8.Closterium

 

Closterium_jason4_prss1_4016.jpg (35455 bytes)

640x

Peepsock discharge stream

collected with aquatic plants

9/19/01

 

 

9.Closterium setaceum

 

250x

Sturgeon River Sloughs

surface plankton tow

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

 

10.Closterium pronum

 

250x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

11.Closterium acutum

 

500x

Peepsock discharge stream

collected with plant material

8/10/03

27 oC

 

 

12.Closterium

 

320x

Sturgeon River Sloughs

collected with plant material

10/20/05

10.5 oC

 

 

12.Closterium gracile

 

400x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

13.Closterium

 

320x

Perrault Bog

collected with algal mat

10/11/05

11.5 oC

 

 

14.Closterium

 

250x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

15.Closterium

 

250x

same as above

 

 

16.Closterium baillyanum

 

250x

beaver pond on Hungarian Creek at US41

collected with aquatic plants

10/11/05

11 oC

 

 

7.Closterium baillyanum var. alpinum

 

320x

swampy area adjoining Rice Lake

plankton tow through aquatic plants

10/23/05

7 oC

 

 

17.Closterium toxon

 

400x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 


 

Cosmarium .          

 

1. Cosmarium contractum var. papillatum

 

800x

Rice Lake

surface plankton tow

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

2.Cosmarium contractum var. papillatum

 

500x

same as above

 

 

3.Cosmarium contractum

 

800x

swampy area adjoining Rice Lake

plankton tow through aquatic plants

10/23/05

7 oC

 

 

4.Cosmarium

 

800x

pond adjacent to Osceola Rd.

collected with plant material

10/25/07

9 oC

 

 

5.Cosmarium contractum

(dividing)

 

Cosmarium_jason_dbplants19_4025.jpg (61365 bytes)

1000x

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/26/01

 

 

6.Cosmarium bioculatum

 

Cosmarium_BEAVER_POND19_402.jpg (53863 bytes)

800x

beaver pond near Isle Royale School

surface plankton tow

9/5/01

pH 6.54, 26.5 oC

 

 

7.Cosmarium  pyramidatum var. convexum

 

Cosmarium_J_P_BOG18_40125.jpg (40342 bytes)

500x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/5/01

pH 3.81, 25.7 oC

 

 

8.Cosmarium pyramidatum var. convexum

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with algal mat

10/11/05

11.5 oC

 

 

9.Cosmarium botrytis

 

800x

pond on Peepsock Trail

plankton tow through aquatic plants

10/12/05

13.5 oC

 

 

10.Cosmarium botrytis

 

800x

beaver pond on Hungarian Creek at US41

collected with aquatic plants

10/11/05

11 oC

 

 

11.Cosmarium botrytis

 

800x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

12.Cosmarium

 

800x

Perrault Bog

collected with plant material

9/13/05

pH 5.13, 22.2 oC

 

 

13.Cosmarium circulare

 

800x

Rice Lake

collected with aquatic plants

9/27/05

20 oC

 

 

14.Cosmarium punctulatum var. subpunctulatum

 

800x

same as above

 

 

15.Cosmarium

 

800x

Gratiot River

collected with Spirogyra attached to rock in riffle

8/8/03

 

 

16.Cosmarium undulatum var. minutum

(dividing)

 

Cosmarium_JASON2_DBPLANTS25_4025.jpg (55904 bytes)

1000x

Dollar Bay

collected with aquatic plants

9/26/01

 

 

17.Cosmarium depressum

 

Cosmarium_jason6_prss7_402.jpg (51229 bytes)

800x

Peepsock discharge stream

collected with aquatic plants

9/19/01

 

 

18.Cosmarium depressum var. achondrum