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Conservation Department 



Appendix VI 



Data from Soundings in Conesus Lake, N. Y., September 1-3, 192G 



Transect 

 number 



Nature of 

 bottom 



Animal life 

 observed 



Rooted aquatic plants 

 observed 



No mud obtained 

 in 2 trials. 



I\lud and sand . 



Stony. 

 Mud..' 



Mud and fine ooze 



Mud 



Mud and sand . 



Many bloodworms 

 (Chironomussp.) 



Stony. 



Mud 



Mud and fine ooze 



Shallow mud and 

 much grit and 

 shells 



Many bloodworms 

 (Chironomus sp.) 



Stony.. . 

 Gravelly . 



Edge of sloping 

 shelf 



Mud. 



Many bloodworms 

 (Chironomus sp.) 



Profuse bed of Chara sp. 



Profuse growth of Chara 



sp. 

 Myriophyllum sp. (many) 

 Potamogeton comprcssus 



(few) 

 Sparse growth of Chara sp. 

 Ceratophyllum demorsuin 

 Potamogeton compressu.s 

 None 

 Chara 



Potamogeton compressus 

 P. Richardsonii 

 Najas fiexilis 

 Elodea canadaensis 

 Ceratophyllum demersum 

 Chara sp. 

 None 



Chara 



Najas fiexilis 



Ceratophyllum demersum 

 Chara, very much (Rocks 



covered with Scytonema 



sp.) 

 Vallisneriaamericana (small 



plants) 

 Chara 

 None 

 None 



Potamogeton compressus 

 Vallisneria americana 

 Myriophyllum sp. 

 Chara (few plants) 

 Elodea " " 

 Chara sp. 



Vallisneria americana 

 Potamogeton sp. 

 Potamogeton pectinatus 

 P. Richardsonii 

 P. compressus 

 P. epihydrus 

 P. crispus (small) 

 Vegetation very profuse 



consisting of same species 



as " IS " 

 Potamogeton comprcssus 

 P. Richardsonii 

 \'allisneria americana 

 (P. compressus in flower 



and many winter buib.) 

 None 



Sandy . 

 Stony . 



Elodea canadensis 

 Elodea canadensis, domi- 

 nant 

 Potamogeton Richardsonii 

 Vallisneria americana 

 (Chidophora sp. very com- 

 mon »on rocks near shore 

 of.McPherson Pt.) 



