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Dinobryon spp.

Dinobryon spp.

Ohio University

Found in hard-water and eutrophic lakes, cause taste and odor problems.

D - Dinobryon species are commonly among the dominant phytoplankton species during the summer. In Lake Superior, Dinobryon bavaricum, Dinobryon divergens, Dinobryon bavaricum var. vanhoeffenii, and Dinobryon sociale codominate. In Lakes Michigan and Ontario, D. divergens is the dominant species. In Lake Huron, D. barvaricum is the dominant species. No species of Dinobryon are among the 10 dominant summer phytoplankton of Lake Erie.

D. acuminatum, D. bavaricum, D. borgei, D. crenulatum, D. cylindricum, D. divergens, D. evenulatum, D. sectularia, D. sertularia, D. sociale, D. stokesii, D. tubaeformae, D. utriculus

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