Credit: Loren Bahls
Savage Lake, Lincoln County, Montana: paratype locality of Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei.
Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei
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Length Range36-61 µm
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Width Range5.5-6.8 µm
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Striae in 10 µm17-20
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ContributorLoren Bahls - May 2013
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ReviewerPat Kociolek - Aug 2013
Identification
Description
Valves are linear and weakly dorsiventral, with triundulate or slightly concave dorsal and ventral margins. Apices are subrostrate and deflected ventrally. The axial area is narrow. The central area is rounded and asymmetric, about one half the valve width. The raphe is lateral, becoming filiform near the proximal and distal ends. Proximal raphe ends are weakly inflated and deflected dorsally. Distal raphe fissures are very prominent, comma-shaped, and concave toward the ventral side. Striae are radiate throughout.
Autecology
Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei was collected from the benthos of two lower elevation lakes in northwest Montana. Here pH measured 8.0 and 8.3 and specific conductance measured 350 and 230 µS/cm.
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Original Description
Valves linear, not or slightly dorsiventral, triundulate or with slightly concave dorsal and ventral margins. Apices subrostrate, deflected ventrally. Valve length 36–61 µm; valve width 5.5–6.8 µm. Axial area narrow. Central area rounded, asymmetric, about one half the valve width. Raphe lateral, filiform near the proximal and distal ends. Proximal raphe ends weakly inflated, deflected dorsally. Distal raphe fissures very prominent, comma-shaped, concave toward the ventral side. Striae radiate throughout, 17–20 in 10 µm.
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AuthorBahls 2013
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Length Range36-61 µm
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Width5.5-6.8 µm
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Striae in 10µm17-20
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Index Nominum Algarum
Cite This Page
Bahls, L. (2013). Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/species/49314/encyonopsis_lacuscaerulei
Responses
The 15 response plots show an environmental variable (x axis) against the relative abundance (y axis) of Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei 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.
Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei
- Valves linear
- Valve margins triundulate or concave
- Terminal raphe fissures very prominent
- Apices deflected ventrally
Encyonopsis lacuscaerulei has linear valves with triundulate or concave margins. Terminal raphe fissures are very prominent and hooked towards the ventral margin. The apices are deflected ventrally.