Diatoms of North AmericaDiatoms of North America

Eunotia charliereimeri

Edlund and L.A.Brant 2010

Eunotia Charliereimeri Guide
  • Category
    Eunotioid
  • Length Range
    23.4-71.7 µm
  • Width Range
    4.9-6.7 µm
  • Striae in 10 µm
    16.7-20.8

Identification

Eunotia charliereimeri LM2 Eunotia charliereimeri LM1 908 45 4 Eun Cwr 808 40 4 Eun Cwr 621 31 1 Eun Cwr Eunotia charliereimeri LM3
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Eunotia charliereimeri SEM1

Description

Frustules lanceolate in girdle view because of amphoroid symmetry. Valves strongly arcuate with convex dorsal and concave ventral margins; margins parallel in larger valves, more dorsally arched in smaller valves. Ends slightly protracted in longer valves, acutely rounded in shorter valves. Small but distinct helictoglossae located subterminally along ventral margin. Two rimoportulae per valve, located at each valve end. Striae parallel, slightly finer density at valve ends.

Autecology

Eunotia charliereimeri is currently known only from its type locality, Bear Meadows Bog in Pennsylvania. Bear Meadows is classified as a poor fen and its open wetland is dominated by Sphagnum, sedges, swamp laurel (Kalmia polifolia), blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), and sundews (Drosera rotundifolia). The woody plants Rhododendron (spp.), alder (Alnus spp.), Spiraea (spp.), and mountain holly (Nemopanthus mucronatus) form the border between the open wetland and surrounding forest. L.B. has measured water chemistry in the bog for many years with pH values as low as 4.0 and as high as 5.0, and electrical conductivity measurements from 19 to 38 µS (Orion Model 24). Diatom taxa found with E. charliereimeri in Bear Meadows Bog include E. tauntoniensis, E. flexuosa, E. curvata, E. naegelii, E. paludosa var. trinacria, E. serra, Fragilariforma constricta, Frustulia rhomboides var. saxonica, Pinnularia subcapitata, P. hilseana, P. abaujensis, Stenopterobia delicatissima, Aulacoseira spp., and Neidium spp.

Bear Meadows Lowres
Credit: Lynn Brant
Bear Meadows Bog, Pennsylvania.

Original Description

Frustules sublanceolate in girdle view with truncate ends. Valve lunate or arcuate, with strongly convex dorsal margin and concave ventral margin, 4.9-6.7 μm wide, 23.5-71.4(84.0?) μm long. Apices of valve acute or rounded, narrowing to slightly attenuated ends. Short terminal raphe nodules are distinct on the ventral margin and slightly removed from the apices. Two rimoportulae per valve, one rimoportula at each valve end. Striae are fine and parallel, 17.0-20.8 in 10 μm, and somewhat finer at the valve ends.

  • Author
    Edlund and L.A.Brant 2010
  • Length Range
    23.5-71.4 µm
  • Width
    4.9-6.7 µm
  • Striae in 10µm
    17-20.8

Original Images

Type Eun Cwr Edlund Et Brant 2010

Cite This Page

Edlund, M., Burge, D., Brant, L. (2017). Eunotia charliereimeri. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved October 30, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/species/eunotia_charliereimeri

Responses

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