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Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery
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Green Algae of the Division Chlorophyta are characterized by containing
the pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. This is an extremely diverse
order.
Taxonomy of the group has undergone several revisions - this website
uses the taxonomic classifications of Prescott.
Dominant Great Lakes Green Algae
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Great Lakes Green Algae Species List (Desmids Incomplete)
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Based on: G.W. Prescott. 1962. Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area. Wm. C. Brown Co., Inc. With additions from:  Plankton
in Lake Michigan 1983 - 1992. EPA Plankton
in Lake Ontario 1986 - 1992. EPA |
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in Lake Michigan 1983 - 1992 . EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton
and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Michigan,
1983 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis and Paul Bertram.
October 1994. [Reports Stylotheca aurea - Other references to this
species of Chrysophyte cannot be found so this species is not included
in the above list] # E Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List. Ds Dm Dh De Do - Dominant algae species of each Lake - Per H Brown and Manny. 1983. Nearshore Plankton of Hammond Bay, Lake
Huron. Additional taxonomic placements based on: Prescott. 1970. how to know the Freshwater Algae. Wm. C. Brown Co. [Ankyra, Chlorogonium, Lobomonas, Phacotus, Pyramidomonas, Sphaerellocystis, Bitrichia, Chromulina, Chrysarachnion, Chrysochromulina, Chrysococcus, Epipyxis, Kephyrion, Monosiga, Ochromonas, Pseudokephyrion, Salpingoeca, Stichogloea, Uroglena, Chilomonas, Rhodomonas, Amphidinium, Enteromorpha, Nitellopsis] Additional taxonomic placements based on: Additional taxonomic placements based on: European Register of Marine Species [Hymenomonas] Additional taxonomic placements based on: Additional
taxonomic placements based on: ?Additional Taxonomy, uncertain.[Chodatellopsis, Diplochloris, Echinocoleum, Gloedactinium, Chrysolykos, Isthmochloron, Sphacelariales] |
Great Lakes Electronic Key Not Available |
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