Encyonopsis subminuta | Species - Diatoms of North America

Category

Asymmetric Biraphid
Length Range

10-15 µm
Width Range

3-4 µm
Striae in 10 µm

23-27

Contributor

Pat Kociolek - Mar 2011
Reviewer

Sam Rushforth - Jul 2011

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Identification

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Description

Valves are slightly asymmetrical to the apical axis, with both the dorsal and ventral margins slightly convex. The apices are protracted, relatively narrow and short. The axial area is very narrow, linear. A central area is absent. The raphe is slightly arched, filiform, with external proximal ends dilated slightly. Striae are radiate to nearly parallel.

Autecology

Size Range, µm3

11-100
Motility

Moderately motile
Attachment

Prostrate
Habitat

Benthic
Colony

Solitary
BCG

BCG 3
Waterbody

Inland
Distribution

Western rivers 2004 Southeast rivers 2014 California coastal rivers 2017 Great Lakes inventory
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Original Description

Author

Krammer and E.Reichardt 1997
Length Range

10-26 µm
Width

3.4-4.5 µm
Striae in 10µm

23-26

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Citations & Links

Citations

Krammer, K. (1997) Die cymbelloiden Diatomeen. Eine Monographie der weltweit bekannten Taxa. Teil 1. Allgemeines und Encyonema Bibliotheca Diatomologica 36: 1-382

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Kociolek, P. (2011). Encyonopsis subminuta. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/species/46361/encyonopsis_subminuta

Responses

The 15 response plots show an environmental variable (x axis) against the relative abundance (y axis) of Encyonopsis subminuta 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.