Table 2 The dominant species (mean % for the growth season) in phytoplankton density (A) and biomass (B) in the Kuźnica clarification pond in 2014–2019.
From: A new charophyte habitat with a stabilized good ecological potential of mine water
Species | Phylum | FGs | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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(A) Relative density | ||||||||
Cyclotella meneghiniana | Bacillariophyta | C | 35 | 13 | 39 | 49 | 15 | 65 |
Nitzschia palea | Bacillariophyta | D | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | Chlorophyta | X2 | – | 56 | – | 13 | 14 | 4 |
Kirchneriella irregularis | Chlorophyta | F | – | 19 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
Monoraphidium contortum | Chlorophyta | X1 | 10 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 37 |
Cryptomonas erosa | Cryptophyta | Y | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Plagioselmis nannoplanctica | Cryptophyta | X2 | – | 3 | 17 | 14 | 41 | 16 |
Uroglenopsis americana | Ochrophyta | U | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
(B) Relative biomass | ||||||||
Cyclotella meneghiniana | Bacillariophyta | C | 39 | 10 | 34 | 54 | 9 | 40 |
Staurosira construens | Bacillariophyta | MP | 18 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Ulnaria ulna | Bacillariophyta | MP | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
Nitzschia palea | Bacillariophyta | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | Chlorophyta | X2 | – | 60 | – | 18 | 2 | 1 |
Cryptomonas erosa | Cryptophyta | Y | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 14 |
Plagioselmis nannoplanctica | Cryptophyta | X2 | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Trachelomonas armata | Euglenozoa | W2 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – |
Ceratium hirundinella | Miozoa | LO | – | – | 27 | - | 14 | – |
Peridinium cinctum | Miozoa | LO | – | 19 | 6 | 9 | 1 | – |
Uroglenopsis americana | Ochrophyta | U | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |