Project Diatoms and chrysophyte stomatocysts from Medicine Lake. Samples collected September 15-16, 1999. John A. Barron, Sarah Spaulding, Scott W.Starratt Sediment, rock and wood scraping, and macrophyte samples were collected from several locations around the perimeter of Medicine Lake.
Generic diversity is variable ranging from five to sixteen.
Species diversity within each genus has not been evaluated in detail. Click here for more images. There are at least ten different chrysophyte stomatocysts . None of the cysts observed is known to have an affinity to a vegetative form of chrysophyte. Environmental interpretations using chrysophyte cysts are difficult to make owing to the lack of knowledge of the relationship between each stomatocyst and the physical and chemical parameters favored by its vegetative form.