Simonsenia delognei | Species - Diatoms of North America

Category

Nitzschioid
Length Range

9.5-14.5 µm
Width Range

2.5 µm

Contributor

Carrie Graeff - Oct 2012
Reviewer

Sarah Spaulding - Oct 2012

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Identification

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Description

The valves are small and lanceolate or linear-lanceolate with apices that are extremely narrowly rounded and often protracted. The striae are generally biseriate but become multiseriate and disorganized near the raphe canal. The striae are not resolvable in the LM, but the presence of transapical costae gives the valves the appearance of having resolved striae. The costa density is 18 in 10 microns.

Autecology

Size Range, µm3

11-100
Motility

Slightly motile
Habitat

Benthic
BCG

BCG 3
Waterbody

Inland
Distribution

Western rivers 2004 Southeast rivers 2014 California coastal rivers 2017
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Original Description

Basionym

Nitzschia delognei
Author

Grunow in Van Heurck 1885

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Citations

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Graeff, C. (2012). Simonsenia delognei. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/species/48868/simonsenia_delognei

Responses

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