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OCHROMONAS OSTREAEFORMIS NOV. SP., A LARGE COMPRESSED CHRYSOMONAD
Author(s) -
SWALE E. M. F.,
BELCHER J. H.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1966.tb06361.x
Subject(s) - phosphate , spring (device) , phosphorus , biology , botany , ecology , chemistry , physics , biochemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry
S ummaryOchromonas ostreaeformis nov. sp. is described from a pool in the English Lake District. The motile cells have been recorded each spring for 4 years, although the formation of cysts was first observed in 1965. Possible factors influencing periodicity are discussed, especially variation in the phosphate phosphorus content of the water, which tended to show an inverse relationship with the number of cells.