Table 24-3. List of Phytoplankton Species or Categories 
to which the Counts in Samples from the MERL Tanks 
have been Assigned 
Diatoms 
1. Asterionella japonica (1) 
2. Attheya decora (2) 
3. Biddulphia aurita 
4. Ceratulina bergonii (3) 
5. Chaetoceros affinis (4) 
6. Chaetoceros compressus (5) 
7. Chaetoceros costatus 
8. Chaetoceros curvisetum (6) 
9. Chaetoceros danicus (7) 
10. Chaetoceros decipiens (8) 
11. Chaetoceros didymus 
12. Chaetoceros gracilis (9) 
13. Chaetoceros lorenzianus (10) 
14. Chaetoceros subtilus v. abnormis (11) 
15. Chaetoceros perpusillus (12) 
16. Chaetoceros sp. (solitary, small) (13) 
17. Coretheron hystrix (14) 
18. Coscinodiscus concinnus 
19. Coscinodiscus spp. (1 5) 
20. Coscinosira polychorda 
21. Dactyliosolen mediterraneus 
22. Detonula confervacea (16) 
23. Ditylum brightwelli (17) 
24. Eucampia zoodiacus (18) 
Flagellates 
49. Amphidinium spp. (38) 
50. Dinobryon spp. (39) 
51. Dinophysis sp. (40) 
52. Distephaneus speculum 
53. Ebriasp. (41) 
54. Eutreptia sp. 
55. Glenodinium sp. 
56. Exuviaella baltica 
57. Exuviaella sp. 
58. Gymnodinium simplex (42) 
59. Gymnodinium sp. 1 
60. Gymnodinium spp. (43) 
61. Gyrodinium sp. (44) 
25. Guinardia flaccida 
26. Lauderia borealis (19) 
27. Leptocylindrus danicus (20) 
28. Leptocylindrus minimus (21) 
29. Melosira nummoloides 
30. Nitzschia closterium (22) 
31. Nitzschia longissima (23) 
32. Nitzschia seriata (24) 
33. Phaeodactylum tricornutum (25) 
34. Rhizosolenia delicatula (26) 
35. Rhizosolenia fragilissima (27) 
36. Rhizosolenia hebetata 
37. Rhizosolenia setigera (28) 
38. Skeletonema costatum (29) 
39. Stephanopyxis turris 
40. Thalassionema nitzschioides (30) 
41. Thalassiosira aestivalis (31) 
42. Thalassiosira decipiens 
43. Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii (32) 
44. Thalassiosira rotula (33) 
45. Thalassiosira sp. (solitary cells) (34) 
46. Thalassiosira sp. (unidentified) (35) 
47. Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii (36) 
48. n pennates (37) 
62. Masartia rotundatum (45) 
63. Olisthodiscus luteus 
64. Oltmanziella sp. 
65. Peridinium steinii 
66. Peridinium triquetrum (46) 
67. Peridinium trochoideum (47) 
68. Peridinium spp. (48) 
69. Prasinocladus sp. (49) 
70. Prorocentrum redfieldii (50) 
71. Prorocentrum scutellum (51) 
72. Prorocentrum triangulatum (52) 
73. Pyramimonas torta (53) 
74. ju flagellates (54) 
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