Intensive Survey of Sulphur River Segment 0303: August 13-17, 1984 Page: 9A
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PERIPHYTON
Periphyton are collected from streams and reservoirs from natural sub-
strates or from artificial substrates placed in the water. Standard
size, frosted microscope slides are commonly used as artificial sub-
strates and are held in place a few centimeters beneath the water surface
at the sampling sites in floating periphytometers. Following a 25 to 30
day incubation period the accrued materials are analyzed for chlorophyll a,
pheophytin a, and for identification and enumeration of the attached
organisms.
In the field, following retrieval of the periphytometer, two slides are
placed in a brown glass container containing 100 ml of 90 percent aqueous
acetone. The material from these two slides is used for pigment measure-
ments. Two slides are placed in another brown glass container containing
100 ml of 5 percent buffered formalin. The material from these two slides
is used for biomass measurements. The remaining slides are also placed in
buffered formalin and utilized for identification and enumeration of organ-
isms according to procedures discussed for the phytoplankton. The brown
glass jars containing the material for laboratory analyses (pigment and
biomass measurements) are placed in a deep freeze and kept frozen prior to
analysis.
The autotrophic index is calculated according to the equation given by
Weber and McFarland(9).
Autotrophic Index = Biomass (g/m2)
Chlorophyll a (g/m2)
Periphyton samples may also be collected from natural substrates by scraping
areas from each type of substrate available at each sampling location.
Scrapings are made from a range of depths from subsurface to the stream
bottom, from bank to bank, and at points spanning the range in stream
velocity. The scrapings from each sampling location are composited into
a container, preserved with Lugols solution and returned to the laboratory
for identification and enumeration following procedures discussed in the
phyfoplankt on section. fDiversity, redundancy, and equ stability stati st.ics
are calculated as described previously.
PLANKTON
Phytoplankton
Stream phytoplankton are collected immediately beneath the water surface
with a Van Dorn sampler or by immersing a sampling container. Phyto-
plankton samples are collected with a Van Dorn water sampler at depths
evenly spaced throughout the water column of reservoirs.A-9
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Ottmers, Donald D. Intensive Survey of Sulphur River Segment 0303: August 13-17, 1984, report, June 1986; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1623263/m1/49/?q=%221984~%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.