Appendix 6 .3(31) . Phytoplankton species found in 

 inshore open waters in southeastern Louisiana 

 (Day et al. 1976) 



Taxa 



Characteristic Salinity Range 

 Saline Brackish Fresh 



COCCOID BLUE-GREEN 



Microcystis sp . 



FILAMENTOUS BLUE-GREEN 

 Anabaena sp . 

 Gomphospherea sp . 

 Merismopedia sp . 

 M. elegans 

 Oscillatoria sp . 

 Spirulina sp . 

 Gleocapsa sp . 



X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



COCCOID GREEN 



Chlorella sp . 

 Tetraedron trigonium 



X 



X 

 X 



FLAGELLATED GREEN 



Ch 1 amy d omon as sp. 



CENTRIC DIATOMS 



Coscinodiscus sp . 

 C_. radiatus 

 Cyclotella sp . 

 C_. meneghiniana 



X 

 X 

 X 



PENNATE DIATOMS 

 Amphora sp . 

 Cocconeis placentula 

 Epithemia argus 

 Fragilaria sp. 



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X 

 X 



X 



