Psammothidium lacustre | Species - Diatoms of North America

Category

Monoraphid
Length Range

16.7-28 µm
Width Range

8.4-11.2 µm
Striae in 10 µm

22–26

Contributor

Marina Potapova - Mar 2014
Reviewer

Sarah Spaulding - Jan 2015

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Identification

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Description

Valves are lanceolate. The raphe valve has a linear axial area and a rectangular central area, occupying ½ to 2/3 of the valve breadth. The proximal raphe ends are slightly deflected internally. The terminal raphe fissures are long and deflected in opposite directions. The rapheless valve has a narrow axial area and round central area occupying 2/3 of the valve breadth. Striae are radiate. Areolae are 40–60 in 10 μm, with external round foramina, and internal expressions elongated transapically.

Autecology

So far, Psammothidium lacustre has been found only in oligotrophic lakes of the Washington Cascade mountain range.

Size Range, µm3

101-1000
Motility

Slightly motile
Attachment

Prostrate
Habitat

Benthic
Colony

Solitary
Waterbody

Inland
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Original Description

Author

Enache and Potapova 2013
Length Range

16.7-28 µm
Width

8.4-11.2 µm
Striae in 10µm

22-26

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Potapova, M. (2014). Psammothidium lacustre. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved December 16, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/species/49767/psammothidium_lacustre

Responses

The 15 response plots show an environmental variable (x axis) against the relative abundance (y axis) of Psammothidium lacustre from all the stream reaches where it was present. Note that the relative abundance scale is the same on each plot. Explanation of each environmental variable and units are as follows:

ELEVATION = stream reach elevation (meters)
STRAHLER = distribution plot of the Strahler Stream Order
SLOPE = stream reach gradient (degrees)
W1_HALL = an index that is a measure of streamside (riparian) human activity that ranges from 0 - 10, with a value of 0 indicating of minimal disturbance to a value of 10 indicating severe disturbance.
PHSTVL = pH measured in a sealed syringe sample (pH units)
log_COND = log concentration of specific conductivity (µS/cm)
log_PTL = log concentration of total phosphorus (µg/L)
log_NO3 = log concentration of nitrate (µeq/L)
log_DOC = log concentration of dissolved organic carbon (mg/L)
log_SIO2 = log concentration of silicon (mg/L)
log_NA = log concentration of sodium (µeq/L)
log_HCO3 = log concentration of the bicarbonate ion (µeq/L)
EMBED = percent of the stream substrate that is embedded by sand and fine sediment
log_TURBIDITY = log of turbidity, a measure of cloudiness of water, in nephelometric turbidity units (NTU).
DISTOT = an index of total human disturbance in the watershed that ranges from 1 - 100, with a value of 0 indicating of minimal disturbance to a value of 100 indicating severe disturbance.