Species

Type

Diameter (μm)/Length (μm)

Surface Area (μm2)

Blooming Season

Cell (Number)

Cyanobacteria, Anabaena

Cylinder

7/80

1758

Fall,

Early Winter

Single

Cyanobacteria, Microcystis

Sphere

2.6 - 5.4/260 - 540

49,063

(13,800,000 - 123,609,000)

Spring, Summer

Colony (100)

Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoria

Cylinder

10/350

10,990

Fall

Single

Cyanobacteria, Aphanizomenon

Cylinder

2.8/100

70,650

(1,413,000)

Spring, Summer

Colony (20)

Cyanobacteria,

Cyclotella

Disk

27/30

2543

Spring

Single

Diatom,

Stephanodiscus

Disk

100/20

15,700

Spring

Single

Dinoflagellate, Cochlonidium

polykrikoides

Cylinder

35/25

(35/200)

17,172

(192,000)

Summer, Early Fall

Colony (8)