| Genera | Source | Reflectance features (nm) (Pk: peak, Ab: absorption) |
| Aphanizomenon | Field | Pk: 554.9, Ab: 674.8, Pk: 701.1 |
| Cylindrospermum | Lab | Pk: 534.3, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 674.8, Pk: 706.4 |
| Dolichosperm | Both | Pk: 529.2, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 674.8, Pk: 706.4, Ab: 743.6 |
| Eucapsis | Lab | Pk: 524.1, Ab: 534.3, Pk: 544.6, Ab: 617.1, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 669.5, Pk: 701.1 |
| Gloeocapsa | Lab | Pk: 529.2 |
| Gloeotrichia | Lab | Pk: 513.8, Pk: 529.2, Ab: 565.2, Pk: 585.9, Ab: 622.3, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 674.6, Pk: 706.4 |
| Lyngbya | Lab | Pk: 534.3, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 648.5, Ab: 674.8, Pk: 711.7 |
| Merismopedia | Lab | Pk: 529.2, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 674.8, Pk: 690.6 |
| Microcystis | Both | Pk: 549.8, Ab: 674.8,Pk: 685.3 |
| Nostoc | Lab | Pk: 529.2, Ab: 539.5; Pk: 549.8 |
| Oscillatoria | Lab | Pk: 534.3, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 648.5, Ab: 669.5, Pk: 711.7 |
| Spirulina | Lab | Pk: 529.2, Ab: 539.5, Pk: 549.8, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 674.8, Pk: 701.1, Ab: 738.3, Pk: 759.6 |
| Tolypothrix | Lab | Pk: 529.2, Ab: 539.5, Ab: 627.6, Pk: 643.2, Ab: 674.8, Pk; 706.4 |