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Table No. 13. Deep Water Habitats 



Habitat numbers. 

 Field numbers. . . 



Depth of water (in feet) . 

 Character of bottom 



Fig. of material 



Date (July) 



Lemna trisidca 



Myriophyllum vcrticillatum. 



Najas flexilis 



Vallisneria spiralis 



cxlv 

 801 



10 



mud 



15 



clx 



1043 

 14 



sand 

 gravel 



26 



4. L0CALITIi:S AT A DISTANCE FROM LoWER SoUTII BaY 



Several localities at some distance from the Lower South 

 Bay region were visited and collections, more or less exten- 

 sive, were made. These should be recorded, although the 

 data does not appear in the quantitative tables. 



I. Tuttle Brook, Chittenango Creek. This small stream 

 empties into Chittenango Creek about three-fourths of a mile 

 from the point of entrance into Oneida Lake (in a straight 

 line) at the State Protectors' Camp. Although the brook is 

 small, it fairly teems with life and would seem to afford good 

 feeding ground for small fish. Filamentous alg^e (Cladophora 

 fracta, Qidogomum grande, and Qldogonium regtdosum) are 

 very abundant, in some places almost choking the water. 

 Other plants noted were Water- weed (Elodea canadensis), 

 Duck- weed (Lenina trisulca), and a Pond- weed (Potamoge- 

 ton species). The bottom is of black mud. A pint of algae 

 was gathered from an area approximately 20 by 3 feet, bor- 

 dering the shore, just above the bridge which crosses the 

 stream at this point. Table No. 14 shows the animal life 

 present. The gastropod mollusk (Planorbis parvus) and the 

 amphipod (Hyalella) were the most abundant, followed by 

 the beetle (Creniphilus) and chironomid larvae. The large 

 Humber of groups represented is noteworthy. A study of this 

 little stream, as well as of the larger creek, would doubtless 

 be of interest. The latter is said to be upwards of 35 feet 



