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Fort Hays State University FHSU Scholars Repository Fort Hays Studies Series 1982 Annotated List of Diatoms Reported From Kansas Mark E. Eberle Fort Hays State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/fort_hays_studies_series Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Eberle, Mark E., "Annotated List of Diatoms Reported From Kansas" (1982). Fort Hays Studies Series. 64. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/fort_hays_studies_series/64 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fort Hays Studies Series by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. A..}JNOTATED LIST OF DIATOMS REPORTED FROM KA.HSAS .Mark E. Eberle Fort Hays State University is located on the eastern margin of the High Plains, an area of one of the most complete sections of late cretaceous rocks in North America. 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For further information and lists of studies still in print, write: Fort Hays Studies Committee Forsyth Library 600 Park Street Hays, Kansas 67601-4099 Copyright @ 1982 by Fort Hays Studies Committee TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv INTRODUCTION 1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 1 METHODS AND MATERIALS 6 ANNOTATED LIST OF DIATOMS 12 ADDENDUM 138 SUMMARY 139 LITERATURE CITED 140 ERRATA Page 42, Line 11, Should read: Navicula smithii -- in Curtis (1901) Page 131, Line 10, Should read: Apparently the wrong variety was listed { ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people played essential roles in the preparation of this paper. Foremost among them is Dr. Thomas Wenke who introduced me to diatoms and has helped in many ways to further my educa- tion and research. Dr. Ruth Patrick of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia offered me the invaluable opportunity to study diatom taxonomy at that museum. The staff at the Academy was extremely helpful in locating references from their library. My four week stay in Philadelphia during the swnmer of 1980 was supported by a grant from the McHenry Fund at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Mr. Danny Reinke of the State Biological Survey of Kansas and Dr. Joseph Thomasson of Black Hills State College provided references used in this paper that I might not have otherwise located. Dr. Jerry Choate of Fort Hays State University furthered my education in scientific writing by reviewing my manuscripts. I would also like to offer my sincerest thanks to Richard and Mildred Eberle, with whom I stayed during my two summers in Philadelphia, and to my parents , Hugh and Cyri Eberle, for all the help and encouragement they have given me. Thank you. 1 INTRODUCTION In recent years, increased interest in the diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of Kansas has greatly expanded both the number of taxa recorded for the state and their known distributions (Williams et al. 1978 and 1979, Reinke 1979a, Wujek et al. 1980, and Czarnecki and Reinke 1981). During the 95 years that separate these recent studies from the first known account of a diatom species in Kansas (Cragin 1886), many taxonomic revisions have been proposed. This annotated list has been prepared to organize all of the available information in the literature on the diatoms of Kansas. The litera- ture also has been reviewed to briefly summerize the history of research on diatoms in the state. REVIEW OF LITERATURE Prior to 1900, three publications mentioned diatoms in Kansas. The Bulletin of the Washburn College Laboratory of Natural History contained a report of Meridiones radialis from Douglas County (Cragin 1886); however, this name is of uncertain application. Three years later, the same journal contained a list of 23 taxa from Reno County identified by Wolle (1889). In "Diatomaceae of 2 North America," Wolle (1894) specifically listed Kansas in the distribution of BidduZphia Zaevis Ehr. Curtis (1901) made the first substantial con- tribution to the knowledge of the diatomaceous flora of Kansas. In 1899 and 1900, he read three accounts before the Kansas Academy of Science on collections of diatoms from Shawnee, Reno, and Kiowa counties. His lists included a total of more than 280 different entries. Some of his col- lections are in the diatom herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and were among the samples used by Patrick and Reimer (1966 and 1975) to check distributions for "The Diatoms of the United States." Boyer (1901) reported BidduZphia Zaevis Ehr. from Kansas, and listed this taxon, plus two other species with distributions that specifically included Kansas, in "Synopsis of North American Diatomaceae" (Boyer 1927a and 1927b). Elmore -l (1921) included 15 taxa from Lyon County in "The Diatoms (Bacillarioideae) of Nebraska." McNaught (1918 and 1920) included genera of diatoms in a survey of algae from city reservoirs in Kansas and wrote a key to genera of diatoms and to species of other algae (McNaught 1920). Hanna (1932) identified and photographed 26 Pliocene taxa of diatoms from Wallace County. Some 3 of those taxa are also found in Recent samples. Hanna also described two new taxa in that paper. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- phia (1958) sampled the Kansas River for the DuPont Company. Powers (1969) sampled it again for the Federal Water Pollution Control Administra- tion and cited the Academy report. These two studies recorded many of the same taxa. Jantzen (1960) reported genera of diatoms from Stafford County. Williams and Scott (1962) and Williams (1964 and 1972) listed dominant taxa from water-quality sampling stations in the United States, including stations at Coolidge and Kansas City, Kansas. McFarland et al. (1964) reported 13 taxa of diatoms in their algal survey of Chey- enne Bottoms in Barton County. Wujek (1965) pub- lished a list of what were thought to be pre- viously unreported diatoms from eastern Kansas; however, a number of those taxa apparently had been reported in earlier publications. Youngsteadt (1972) studied the distribution of Asterionel'la, Fragilaria, and two other genera of algae with respect to parent soil materials. He sampled 15 artificial lakes and seven ponds in southeastern Kansas. Selva (1976) studied the Tertiary diatoms of the Ogallala Formation in western Kansas. He listed and provided photographs of 203 taxa, some 4 o f which he could not i d e n tify to s pecies and variety. Selva (1981) subseq uently n a med seve n new t a xa and rep orted observ a tions on two other taxa that he f ound in his initia l s t udy. Recently, a number of new taxa a nd new dis- tributional records have been rep orted from col- lections of Recent diatoms. Reinke (1979a) re- ported 11 taxa as new for Kansas and one new dis- tributional record for a previously recorded taxon. 1 He also expanded the known distribution of RhopaZodia gibba (Ehr.) o. Mull. (Reinke 1981), and published a preliminary checklist of all algae reported from Kansas (Reinke 1979b). Williams et al. (1978 and 1979) published an account of algae from major reservoirs in the state as part of the National Eutrophication Survey. Wujek et al. (1980) reported 165 taxa of diatoms from several western counties. Czarnecki and Reinke (1981) reported 36 taxa of diatoms as new for the state and listed 17 nomenclatural changes for previously recorded taxa , some of which will be proposed for- mally in a paper to be published in the Transac- tions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Patrick and Reimer (1966 and 1975) included four taxa, with distributions that specifically included Kansas , that were not mentioned in any of the above references . They listed 14 other taxa from "Kansas" plus a number of others from the 5 "Plains States." Three additional references that pertain in some way to diatoms in Kansas were located in the literature, but none listed taxa from specific locations. Van Landingham (1970) included eco- logical data from diatomaceous deposits in Wallace County. He cited an unpublished manuscript (Van Landingham 1960) as the source of his information. Crotty (1889) published methods of collecting, cleaning, and mounting diatoms in the Transactions of the Kansas Academy 0£ Science. Also in that journal, Almeida et al. (1971) discussed holo- graphic microscopy techniques used to examine Cyclotella spp. and Navicu la spp. Although the latter two articles did not include taxonomic or ecological accounts of diatoms, they are likely to be found in literature searches on Kansas diatoms and are mentioned for this reason. Taxa from unpublished Master's theses have not been included in this list, but taxa from the unpublished Ph.D. dissertation by Selva (1976) and the unpublished Kansas River Survey conducted by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1958) have been incorporated. The latter two are major surveys that added greatly to the known diatomaceous flora o f Kansas, whereas most o f the unpublished Master's theses mentioned few taxa of diatoms. 6 METHODS AND MATERIALS This annotated list generally follows the taxonomic treatment by Patrick and Reimer (1966 and 1975) for the species, varieties, and forms included in that monograph. Taxa above the level of genus are not considered in this list to facil- itate its use by those who subscribe to different classification schemes. Patrick and Reimer (lac.