Original scientific paper

Variability of the pennatae diatom Gomphonema ventricosum Gregory from far eastern lakes

Sakiko Yoshitake ; Shonan Junior College, 82 Inaoka-cho Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroshi Fukushima ; Institute of Phycology, 2-3-10 Uraga Kanagawa, Japan
Tsutomu Kimura ; Institute of Phycology, 2-3-10 Uraga Kanagawa, Japan
Ekatarina V. Lepskaya ; Kamchatka Institute for Fisheries Research and Oceanography, Peteropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, 683000
Tuyako Ko-Bayashi ; Institute of Phycology, 2-3-10 Uraga Kanagawa, Japan

Abstract

The present study examined by light microscope the morphological variations of 625 specimens of Gomphonema ventricosum Gregory collected from Lake Hövsgöl (Mongolia), Lake Baikal (Russia) and Lake Kurilskoye (Kamchatka, Russia). We classified the specimens into five types with respect to valve outline; (1) type A (type form of Gomphonema ventricosum), (2) type B (Lake Baikal type), (3) type C (Lake Karluk type), (4) type D (Gomphoneis septa type) and (5) type E (G. ventricosum f. curta type). Based on the relative frequencies of these five types, specimens from Lake Baikal were shown to be different from those of the other two lakes. Specimens from Lake Baikal are remarkably smaller both in length and breadth; specimens from the other two lakes are longer than those from Lake Baikal, though specimens from Lake Kurilskoye are wider than those from Lake Hövsgöl. Thus, clear differences in morphological features are recognized between the specimens from these three lakes.

Keywords

Diatom; Gomphonema ventricosum; morphology; variability; Lake Hövsgol; Lake Baikal; Lake Kurilskoye; Mongolia; Russia

Hrčak ID:

41439

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/41439

Publication date:

15.10.2009.

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