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Table 1 Checklist of identified phytoplankton taxa in the four Lakes Arenguade, Beseka, Chittu and Shala during the current study period

From: Temporal phytoplankton dynamics and environmental variables in four Ethiopian soda lakes

L. Arenguade

L. Beseka

L. Chittu

L. Shala

Bacillariophyceae

Achnanthidium minutissimum

Amphora sp.

Aulacoseira distans

Aulacoseira granulata

Cyclotella sp.

Cymbella affinis

Navicula sp.

Nitzschia sp.

Pinnularia sp.

Rhopalodia gracilis

Surirella engleri

Chlorophyceae

Coelastrum astroidem

Cosmarium sp.

Monoraphidium minutum

Cyanoprokaryota

Chroococcus minutus

Limnospira fusiformis

Raphidiopsis africana

Dinophyceae

Glenodinium sp.

Euglenophyceae

Euglena sp.

Phacus sp.

Bacillariophyceae

Achnanthidium minutissimum

Amphora aequalis

Amphora pediculus

Aulacoseira distans

Aulacoseira granulata

Cyclotella sp.

Cyclotella meneghiniana

Cymbella affinis

Diatoma sp.

Fragilaria sp.

Navicula sp.

Nitzschia sp.

Rhopalodia gibberula

Rhopalodia gracilis

Chlorophyceae

Closterium acutum

Coelastrum astroideum Desmodesmus communis

Oosystis sp.

Pediastrum duplex

Scenedesmus bicaudatus

Scenedesmus ellipticus

Cyanoprokaryota

Dolichospermum flos-aquae

Raphidiopsis africana

Dinophyceae

Peridinium sp.

Euglenophyceae

Euglena sp.

Bacillariophyceae

Achnanthidium minutissimum

Amphora pediculus

Cyclotella sp.

Cymbella affinis

Diatoma sp.

Epithemia gibba

Navicula sp.

Nitzschia sp.

Rhopalodia gibberula

Chlorophyceae

Cosmarium depresum

Monoraphidium minutum

Cryptophyceae

Cryptomonas marssonii

Cyanoprokaryota

Anabaenopsis abijatae

Limnospira fusiformis

Spirulina major

Bacillariophyceae

Achnanthidium minutissimum

Amphora veneta

Amphora pediculus

Aulacoseira distans

Aulacoseira granulata

Ceratoneis arcus

Cyclotella sp.

Cymbella affinis

Diatoma sp.

Epithemia frickei

Epithemia turgida

Fragilaria sp.

Frustulia rhomboides Gomphonema affine

Gomphonema minutum

Gomphonema sp.

Gyrosigma obtusatum

Navicula sp.

Nitzschia dissipata

Nitzschia sp.

Pinnularia sp.

Rhopalodia gibberula

Rhopalodia gracilis

Stephanodiscus sp.

Surirella engleri Chlorophyceae

Chlorella sp.

Closterium actum

Coelastrum astroidem

Cosmarium depresum

Monoraphidium minutum

Oosystis sp.

Scenedesmus sp.

Cyanoprokaryota

Anabaena sp.

Limnospira fusiformis

Microcystis aeruginosa

Raphidiopsis africana

Dinophyceae

Peridinium cinctum

Euglenophyceae

Euglena sp.

Phacus sp.