Freshwater algae

Cotter River, ACT

Freshwater algae at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2016
Freshwater algae at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2016
Freshwater algae at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2016
Freshwater algae at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2016
Freshwater algae at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2016
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Identification history

Freshwater algae 2 Sep 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 28 Aug 2016 KenT

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User's notes

A simple looking sample from flowing water in a usually (for most of the year) dry drainage ditch adjacent to the road. It was anything but simple under the microscope - filamentous green algae, filamentous diatoms, branched green algae, single cell diatoms and motile cells not photographed.

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KenT wrote:
   29 Aug 2016
This is more a sighting of an algae community than of any one species, I'm not sure if CNM is interested in this sort of thing or how it should be reported

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 28 Aug 2016 04:28 PM Recorded on
  • KenT Recorded by

Species information

  • Freshwater algae Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 537.4m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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