Table 4 Phytoplankton species encountered along the cages and at the intermediate site (X = phytoplankton encountered before stocking fish in cages, + = phytoplankton encountered after stocking fish in cages, and X+ = phytoplankton encountered before and after stocking fish in cages)

Ankistrodesmus falcatus

X

X

Ankistrodesmus setigera

X

X

Chordatella subsala var. citriformis

X

Coelastrum cambricum var. nasutam

X

X

Coelastrum microporum

+

Coelastrum reticulatum

X

Dimorphococcus lunatus

X

Kirchneriella contorta

X

X

Oocystis lacustris

X

X

Oocystis solitaria

X

X

Pediastrum duplex

X

Pediastrum simplex var. microporum

X

X

Pediastrum simplex var. duodenarium

X+

Pediastrum simplex var. radians

+

Scenedesmus sp.

X

Staurastrum gracile var. nyassae

X

X

Staurastrum limneticum

X

Staurastrum sp.

X

Bacillariophyceae

 Aulacoseira granulata

+

+

 Coscinodiscus rudolfi

+

 Cyclotella kützingiana

X

 Navicula sp.

+

 Nitzschia acicularis

X+

X+

 Rhizosolenia victoriae

+

+

 Surirella biseriata

X

 Surirella fullebornii var. elliptica

X

 Synedra cunningtonii

X+

X+

 Synedra ulna

X+

+

Cyanophyceae

 Anabaena flos aquae

X+

X+

 Anabaena spirodes

X+

X+

 Anabaenopsis sp.

 Aphanothece nidulans

X+

 Chroococcus limneticus

X+

X

 Chroococcus sp.

+

 Chroococcus turgidus

X

+

 Coelosphaerium sp.

X

 Cylindrospermopsis curvispora

X

 Cylindrospermopsis philippinensis

X

 Merismopedia glauca

X

+

 Merismopedia tenuissima

X

X

 Microcystis aeruginosa

X

X

 Microcystis flos-aquae

X+

X+

 Planktolyngbya circumcreta

X+

X+

 Planktolyngbya contarta

X

 Planktolyngbya limnetica

X+

X+

 Planktolyngbya mertensiana

X

 Planktolyngbya tallingii

X+

X+

 Planktolyngbya undulata

X

X

 Pseudoanabaena spp.

X

X

 Romeria sp.

X

Dinophyceae

 Glenodinium sp.

X

 Ceratium limneticus

X

Xanthophyceae

 Ophiocytium cochleare

X