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Plankton's dependency on physical parameters

Type of sample: 2.5µm quantitative. 10ml settling cell.

Date range from to

Compare physical parameter:
River Wyre height at St Michaels (range 0.3-5m)
Sunlight hours PCM at Bradford (range 25-250 hrs)
Tide height at Fleetwood (range 0.5-10.5m)
Salinity (‰) - note very limited data set
Temperature (range 6-20°C)
Wave Power (range 0-50kW/m)
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With count data for:

Aggregate

Polymer fibre (undet) (35) Cellulose fibres are excluded from counts due to contamination issues.
Total phytoplankton (59)
Total zooplankton (58)

Diatoms

Bacillariaceae

Bacillaria paxillifer (10)
Meuniera membranacea (cells) (2)
Pseudo-nitzschia seriata complex (21)

Chaetocerotaceae

Bacteriastrum hyalinum (4)
Chaetoceros debilis (26)
Chaetoceros decipiens (4)
Chaetoceros didymus (17)
Chaetoceros socialis (15)
Chaetoceros (undet) (38)

Coscinodiscaceae

Coscinodiscus asteromphalus (5)
Coscinodiscus concinnus (26)
Coscinodiscus granii (12)
Coscinodiscus radiatus (38)
Coscinodiscus wailesii (28)
Coscinodiscus (undet) (40)

Cymatosiraceae

Brockmanniella brockmannii (chains) (1)
Plagiogrammopsis vanheurckii (chains) (34) Littoral/beach species, chain count

Fragilariaceae

Asterionella glacialis (chains) (54) Previously: Asterionellopsis glacialis
Asterionella kariana (8) Previously: Asteroplanus karianus

Heliopeltaceae

Actinocyclus senarius (54) Previously: Actinoptychus senarius

Hemiaulaceae

Cerataulina pelagica (8)
Eucampia zodiacus (chains/rings) (23) Typically approx 8 cells to each chain (variable)

Hyalodiscaceae

Podosira stelligera (23)

Lauderiaceae

Lauderia annulata (22)

Leptocylindraceae

Leptocylindrus danicus (chains) (9)
Leptocylindrus minimus Chains (5)

Lithodesmiaceae

Bellerochea malleus (chains) (3) Originally mis-identified as Lithodesmium undulatum (52), data prior to 4/7/23 is not reliable for these species.
Ditylum brightwellii (47)
Lithodesmium undulatum (chains) (3) Bellerochea malleus (53) originally mis-identified as Lithodesmium undulatum, data prior to 4/7/23 is not reliable for these species.

Melosiraceae

Melosira moniliformis (1)

Naviculaceae

Pleurosigma (undet) (23)
Rhaphoneis amphiceros (4)

Paraliaceae

Paralia sulcata (30)

Rhizosoleniaciae

Guinardia delicatula (30)
Guinardia flaccida (33)
Guinardia striata (12)
Neocalyptrella robusta (5)
Proboscia alata (7)
Proboscia truncata (13)
Rhizosolenia hebetata (22)
Rhizosolenia imbricata (47) Prior to 27th September 2023 includes R. Styliformis.
Rhizosolenia setigera (30)
Rhizosolenia styliformis (12) Post 27th September 2023. Previously counted as R.imbricata
Rhizosolenia (undet) (15)

Skeletonemaceae

Skeletonema (undet) (3)

Stephanopyxidaceae

Stephanopyxis turris (15)

Thalassionemataceae

Thalassionema nitzschioides (6)

Thalassiosiraceae

Thalassiosira eccentrica (10)
Thalassiosira gravida (43) Previously: Thalassiosira rotula
Thalassiosira hendeyi (2)
Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii (7)
Thalassiosira (undet) (55)

Triceratiaceae

Odontella aurita (4)
Odontella regia (58) Originally mis-identified as mobiliensis, there is no evidence of O. mobiliensis in the Wyre.
Odontella rhombus (8) Accepted name: Zygoceros rhombus Ehrenberg, 1839
Odontella sinensis (38)

Dinoflagellates

Ceratiaceae

Tripos furca (15)
Tripos fusus (20)
Tripos horridus (3) Previously: Ceratium horridum
Tripos inflatus (1) Previously Ceratium inflatum
Tripos lineatus (11) Previously Ceratium lineatum
Tripos muelleri (20) Previously Ceratium tripos

Dinophysiaceae

Dinophysis (undet) (2)

Gonyaulacaceae

Lingulodinium machaerophorum (6) Dinocyst form of Lingulodinium polyedra.

Gymnodiniaceae

Gymnodinium (undet) (7)

Noctilucaceae

Noctiluca scintillans (17)

Prorocentraceae

Prorocentrum micans (1)

Protoperidiniaceae

Protoperidinium divergens (5)
Protoperidinium (undet) (27)

Other phytoplankton

Phaeocystaceae

Phaeocystis globosa (8)

Volvocaceae

Volvox (undet) (1)

Zooplankton

Bryozoa

Cyphonautes (undet) (2)
Pluteus (undet) (1)

Ciliophora

Tintinnidium (undet) (54)

Crustacea

Barnacle cyprid (1)
Barnacle nauplius (21)
Calanoid copepod (4)
Copepod nauplius (11)
Cyclopoid copepod (13) Typically Oithona sp.
Cyclopoid nauplius (25)
Harpacticoid copepod (13)
Harpacticoid nauplius (37)

Echinodermata

Juvenile echinoderm (2)

Foraminifera

Globothalamea - Spiral foram (21)
Lagenida - Chain foram (7)
Textularia - Biseriate foram (31)

Mollusca

Bivalvia - Bivalve (30)
Snail (11)

Nemertea

Nemertean Pilidium (1)

Polychaeta

Polychaeta - Juvenile (18)

Radiolaria

Acanthometra (undet) (2)

Rotifera

Rotifer (16) Most are Synchaeta sp. but we also get Trichocerca sp. in Wyre samples.

Tunicata

Oikopleura (undet) (3)