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First record of Prestauroneis tumida Levkov and accompanying species in Poland Cover

First record of Prestauroneis tumida Levkov and accompanying species in Poland

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|Mar 2017

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Figure 1

Map of sampling sites on the Czarna Staszowska River
Map of sampling sites on the Czarna Staszowska River

Figure 2

LM photomicrographs of Prestauroneis tumida Levkov (1-4); SEM images of external view (5-7); SEM image of internal view (8)
LM photomicrographs of Prestauroneis tumida Levkov (1-4); SEM images of external view (5-7); SEM image of internal view (8)

Figure 3

Comparison of valve morphology of Prestauroneis tumida and Parlibellus protracta. A. LM photomicrograph of Prestauroneis tumida; Arrow 1: rounded apices; Arrow 2: pseudosepta on apices. B. LM photomicrograph of Parlibellus protracta; Arrow: capitate apices. C. SEM image of Prestauroneis tumida, internal view; Arrow: presence of pseudosepta. D. SEM image of Parlibellus protracta, internal view: pseudosepta absent
Comparison of valve morphology of Prestauroneis tumida and Parlibellus protracta. A. LM photomicrograph of Prestauroneis tumida; Arrow 1: rounded apices; Arrow 2: pseudosepta on apices. B. LM photomicrograph of Parlibellus protracta; Arrow: capitate apices. C. SEM image of Prestauroneis tumida, internal view; Arrow: presence of pseudosepta. D. SEM image of Parlibellus protracta, internal view: pseudosepta absent

Values of physical and chemical water parameters in the spring section of the Czarna Staszowska River from 2014 and the water quality class according to Polish standards compatible with OJ pos_ 1482 from 2014

Water parametersSpringsection(sites 1, 2)Water QualityClass
Temperature (°C)10.5I
pH7.6-7.9I
Conductivity 20°C (µS cm 1)405I
Dissolved oxygen (DO) (mg O2 dm−3)10.0I
BOD5 (mg O2 dm−3)1.9I
N-NH4 (mg dm−3)0.23I
N-NO3 (mg dm−3)2.0I
Total N (mg dm−3)2.783I
P-PO4 (mg dm−3)0.1I
Total P (mg P dm−3)0.13I
Calcium (mg Ca dm−3)64I
Magnesium (mg Mg dm−3)10I
Total hardness (mg CaCO3 dm−3)202I

Comparison of morphological features of species similar to Prestauroneis tumida, in chronological order

LengthWidthNumber of striae in 10 μmNumber of areolae in 10 μmPlate/Figure
Hustedt (1930)Navicula crucicula var. obtusata Grunow25-5010-16---
Cleve-Euler (1953)Navicula crucicula β obtusata GrunowNavicula crucicula var. minor Agardh Cleve25-5030-5010-1610-1319---Fig. 884cd
Germain (1981)Navicula protracta (Grunow) Cleve30-358-1014-17-Plate 83, Fig. 6
Krammer & Lange Bertalot (1986)Navicula crucicula var. crucicula (W. Smith) DonkinNavicula protracta (Grunow) Cleve35-10017-608-235-1014-1814-20--Fig. 54: 1Fig. 55: 5, 6
Simonsen (1987)Navicula protracta f. elliptica Hustedt----Plate 659, Fig. 1, 2
Levkov et al. (2007)Parlibellus protractus (Grunow) Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin32-449-1114-16-Plate 64, Fig. 12
Levkov & Williams (2011)Prestauroneis tumida Levkov22-449-1114-1745Fig. 69-82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 30 - 37
Submitted on: Feb 10, 2016
Accepted on: Jun 24, 2016
Published on: Mar 6, 2017
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2017 Barbara Rakowska, Ewelina Szczepocka, Joanna Żelazna-Wieczorek, Rafał M. Olszyński, published by University of Gdańsk
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