Table 1.
Isolate | Habitat | Metrological data |
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Zygogonium ericetorum AUT‘purple morph’ (Zygogonium AUT-p) | Streamlet on Mt. Schönwieskopf (~2300 m a.s.l.), Tyrol, Austria (46.84804°N 11.01539°E); isolated on 18 August 2013; water depth 5-20 cm, open water surface; air temperature: 8.5 °C | Min. air temperature: -8-6 °C Max. air temperature: -3-12 °C Monthly rainfall days: 11-18 Monthly precipitation: 36.3-120.3 mm Annual rainfall: 839 mm |
Zygogonium ericetorum SCOT ‘purple morph’ (Zygogonium SCOT-p) | Wayside near Glencoe (~45 m a.s.l.), Lochaber, Scotland (56°41’05.6”N 5°05’25.9”W); isolated on 16 Aug 2014; algal filaments covered by thin water layer; air temperature: 16.9 °C | Min. air temperature: -0.7-9.7 °C Max. air temperature: -5.5-17.4 °C Monthly rainfall days: 14-20 Monthly precipitation: 77.0 -248.3 mm Annual rainfall: 1809.4 mm |
Habitat characteristics and meteorological data (temperatures expressed as means; www.worldweatheronline.com, http://www.metoffice.gov.uk) are given.