Table 1 Palmer’s Pollution Index results for BML and BCR surface waters (≤ 0.6 m) by year and overall
From: Phytoplankton ecology in the early years of a boreal oil sands end pit lake
Phytoplankton Genus | Index Value | BML | BCR | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | Total | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | Total | ||
Cyclotella | 1 | – | 18S | – | – | – | 18S | – | 23S, 18S, 16S | 23S, 18S, CC | 23S, 18S, 16S, CC | 23S | 23S, 18S, 16S, CC |
Gomphonema | 1 | – | NA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | CC | – | CC |
Melosira | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Navicula | 3 | – | CC | CC | CC | – | CC | – | – | – | – | CC | CC |
Nitzschia | 3 | – | CC | CC | CC | – | CC | – | 18S, CC | – | – | – | 18S, CC |
Synedra | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | CC | – | CC |
Ankistrodemsus | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | NA | – |
Chlamydomonas | 4 | 23S, CC | 23S | – | – | – | 23S, CC | CC | – | – | – | – | CC |
Chlorella | 3 | 23S | 23S | 23S, 18S | 23S | 23S, 18S | CC | 23S | 23S | 23S | 23S | 23S, CC | |
Closterium | 1 | – | NA | – | – | NA | – | NA | – | – | – | NA | CC |
Micractinium | 1 | NA | – | NA | NA | NA | – | – | NA | – | – | NA | – |
Pandorina | 1 | NA | NA | CC | CC | CC | CC | NA | NA | NA | – | NA | – |
Scenedesmus | 4 | – | 18S | CC | 18S | 18S, CC | 18S, CC | CC | CC | CC | 18S | – | 18S, CC |
Stigeoclonium | 2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Anacystis | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Oscillatoria | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Phormidum | 1 | NA | – | CC | NA | NA | CC | NA | NA | – | NA | NA | – |
Euglena | 5 | 23S, CC | 23S, 16S, CC | 23S, 16S, CC | 23S | 23S | 23S, 16S, CC | – | 23S | 23S | – | 23S | 23S, CC |
Lepocinclis | 1 | – | 16S | CC | CC | CC | 23S, 16S, CC | – | 23S | 23S | 23S, CC | 23S, CC | 23S, CC |
Phacus | 2 | CC | 23S, 16S, CC | – | CC | CC | 23S, 16S, CC | – | – | 23S | CC | – | 23S, CC |
Score | 44 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 30 |
Low | High | High | High | Moderate | High | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | High | ||