stream_algae_report_short_AP

Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Biological Monitoring Program
Stream Algae Report

Model Results and Variables

Blue = this sample. Boxplots = range of all samples. Grey shaded areas = 90th and/or 10th percentile of reference site values.

Statutory Class = B

Final Determination = B

Attains Class = YES

Reason = Model

Model Result = B

Prob. Class A = 0.33

Prob. Class B = 0.67

Prob. Class C = 0.00

Prob. NA = 0.00

Additional Metrics

Stream Characteristics and Water Chemistry

Blue = this sample. Boxplots = range of all samples. Grey shaded areas = 10th to 90th percentile of reference site values

Bankfull width = 42 m

Wetted width = 41 m

Depth = 43 cm

Water velocity = 74 cm/s

Riffle = 90 %

Run = 0 %

Pool = 10 %

Canopy Cover = 2 %

Bedrock = 0 %

Boulder = 40 %

Cobble = 50 %

Gravel = 10 %

Sand = 0 %

Silt = 0 %

Clay = 0 %

Viewing Bucket and Land Use

Statutory Class: B

Nutrient Response Indicator Criterion: <24% Nuisance Algae Cover

Nuisance Algae in Survey: 0 % cover

Meets Nutrient Response Indicator Criterion: Yes

Site Information

Name:	Little Madawaska River - Station 731	Sampled by:	Biomonitoring Unit
Town:	Caribou	Method:	Rock Scrapings 1 Inch Circles
Sample Date:	2009-07-22	Sample ID:	SA-731-2009R (904)

Taxa List (See key at end of report)

Name	Group	RA	RB	Oxy	Sap	Sal	Tr	Mot	GF	Tol	TN	TP
Homoeothrix janthina	Filamentous Cyanobacteria	0.642	0.010							43	19	21
Gongrosira	Filamentous Green	0.075	0.292							37.3	37	NA
Phormidium autumnale	Filamentous Cyanobacteria	0.073	0.023							42.6	37	72
Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (Chantransia)	Red Algae	0.058	0.094							47.5	48	68
Phormidium	Filamentous Cyanobacteria	0.046	0.013							42.6	60	NA
Achnanthidium minutissimum	Pennate Diatom	0.041	0.004	1	2	2	7	N	P	41.2	NA	NA
Achnanthidium altergracillima	Pennate Diatom	0.014	0.002			2	1	N	P	NA	26	31
Achnanthidium deflexum	Pennate Diatom	0.009	0.002		1	2	3	N	P	43.5	40	52
Synedra rumpens	Pennate Diatom	0.007	0.003			2	2	N	E	34.3	20	32
Scenedesmus ecornis	Colonial Green	0.006	0.001							39.9	23	69
Closterium parvulum	Desmid	0.006	0.122							31.7	14	28
Stigeoclonium lubricum	Filamentous Green	0.004	0.005							42.6	18	34
Oedogonium	Filamentous Green	0.004	0.328							37.6	27	47
Ankistrodesmus falcatus	Colonial Green	0.003	0.001							45.7	58	75
Fragilaria capucina	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.001		2	2	3	N	V	32.9	59	51
Pseudostaurosira brevistriata	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.000	1	1	2	7	N	E	32.2	46	45
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.002	3	2	2	5	N	P	51.5	62	82
Cymbella affinis	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.003	1	2	2	5	V	S	36.4	36	39
Reimeria sinuata	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.001	1	2	2	3	M	P	60.9	65	88
Gomphonema minusculum	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.000					N	S	NA	38	51
Gomphonema olivaceoides var. hutchinsoniana	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.000					N	S	51.6	43	75
Navicula cryptocephala	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.001	3	3	2	7	M	P	56.3	55	80
Nitzschia linearis	Pennate Diatom	0.001	0.005	2	2	2	4	H	P	54.2	68	87
Cosmarium	Desmid	0.001	0.051							NA	18	15
Closterium venus	Desmid	0.001	0.032							NA	25	33
Cyclotella meneghiniana	Centric Diatom	0.000	0.001	5	4	3	5	N	U	72.6	55	73
Fragilaria vaucheriae	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000	3	3	2	5	N	V	44.2	36	NA
Staurosirella leptostauron	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.001	1	1	2	4	N	V	NA	NA	NA
Ulnaria acus	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.001	2	3	2	5	N	E	31.7	29	48
Achnanthidium affine	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000		1	2		N	P	64.7	NA	67
Eucocconeis laevis	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000	1	1	1	1	V	P	29.5	17	18
Delicata delicatula	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000	1	1	1	1	V	S	31.3	21	22
Encyonopsis subminuta	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000					V	S	NA	30	36
Encyonopsis krammeri	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000					V	S	NA	NA	NA
Gomphonema dichotomum	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000	1	2	2	4	N	S	NA	NA	NA
Gomphonema gracile	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000	1	1	2	3	N	S	21.9	13	20
Navicula tripunctata	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.001	2	2	2	5	M	P	69.4	76	88
Nitzschia dissipata	Pennate Diatom	0.000	0.000	2	2	2	4	H	P	60.9	48	75

Taxa List Key

Column	Name	Description
RA	Relative Abundance	number of cells (density of cells per square centimeter) in a sample / total abundance of all taxa
RB	Relative Biovolume	Volume of a taxon’s cells in a sample / volume of all algae cells in a sample
Oxy	van Dam Oxygen tolerance	1=100% DO saturation, 2=>75% DO saturation, 3=>50% DO saturation, 4=>30% DO saturation, 5=<30% DO saturation
Sap	van Dam Saprobic value	Saprobic values relate to the amount of organic pollution, biological oxygen demand, and DO concentrations. Values range from 1 (intolerant of organic pollution) to 5 (highly tolerant of organic pollution)
Sal	van Dam Salinity value	1=freshwater (<100 mg/L chloride) , 2=fresh-brackish (<500 mg/L), 3=brackish-freshwater (500-1000 mg/L), 4=brackish (1000-5000 mg/L)
Tr	van Dam Trophic value	1=oligotraphentic, 2=oligo-mesotraphentic, 3=mesotraphentic, 4=meso-eutraphentic, 5=eutraphentic, 6=hypereutraphentic, 7=indifferent to trophic state
Mot	Motility of Diatoms	Motility (capability of movement in water or on substrates) based on genus (Wang et al. 2005): N= not motile, M = motile , H = highly motile, V=variable within genus
GF	Growth Forms	E= erect, P=prostrate, S=stalked, U=unattached, V=variable (based on communication with R. Jan Stevenson)
Tol	Tolerance value	Tolerance to a combination of watershed disturbance, conductivity, and nutrient enrichment (based on Maine data). Value range from 1=most senstive to 100=most tolerant.
TN	TN value	Preference for total nitrogen (TN) based on Maine data. Values range from 1=low TN concentrations to 100=high TN concentrations.
TP	TP value	Preference for total phosphorus (TP) based on Maine data. Values range from 1=low TP concentrations to 100=high TP concentrations.