List of Common Taxa

Common Taxa from Baseline-Monitoring Sites

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Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms)	Cyanophytes (Blue Green Algae)	Chlorophytes (Green Algae)
*Achnanthes minutissima*	*Anabaena sp.*	*Chlorococcum sp.*
*Cocconeis pediculus*	*Gloeocapsa sp.*	*Cladophora sp.*
*Cyclotella meneghiniana*	*Oscillatoria agardhii*	*Haematococcus sp.*
*Cymatopleura solea*	*Oscillatoria tenuis*	Oedogonium sp.
*Cymbella spp.*	*Oscillatoria splendida*	*Pediastrum sp.*
*Denticula elegans*	*Oscillatoria spp.*	*Platymonas sp.*
*Diatoma vulgare*	*Phormidium sp.*	*Rhizoclonium sp.*
*Epithemia sorex*	*Pseudanabaena sp. #1*	*Scenedesmus sp.*
*Fragilaria sp.*	*Pseudanabaena sp. #2*	*Spirogyra sp.*
*Gomphonema spp.*	*Pseudanabaena sp. #3*	*Ulothrix sp.*
*Gyrosigma spencerii*	*Spirulina sp.*	*Zygnema sp.*
*Mastogloia smithii*
*Melosira varians*	Actinomycetes
*Navicula spp.*	*Streptomyces sp.*
*Nitzschia sigmoidea*
*Nitzschia spp.*
*Pinnularia brebissonii*
*Rhoicosphenia curvata*
*Rhopalodia gibba*
*Surirella pseudovalis*
Synedra affinis
Synedra spp.

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