A Study of Algal Diversity of Choral River with Reference to Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Cyanophyceae

By : Pradeep Mansore, Smriti Chitnis

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Abstract
A study was carried out algal diversity of Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Cyanophyceae to record of Choral river. The colonial, filamentous, non-filamentous algal genera were recorded in this research study. Total 33 algal taxa were observed from three sites, i.e. site 1, site 2, and site 3 belonging to 8 orders and 17 species of Chlorophyceae, i.e. Spirogyra, Gonium, Pithophora, Oedogonium, Ankistrodesmus, Cosmarium, Closterium, Scenedesmus, Pediastrum, Tetraspora, Coelastrum, Mougeotia, Hydrodictyon, Staurastrum, Actinastrum, Selenastrum, Tetraedron Similaraly Bacillariophyceae members, i.e. Surirella, Navicula, Pinnularia, Cymbella, Gomphonema, Nitzschia, Rhopalodia, Pleurosigma 6 order and 9 species and Cyanophyceae members, i.e. Spirulina, Synechocystis, Oscillatoria, Anabaena, Microcystis, Nostoc, Merismopedia, of 4 order and 7 species were recorded. This paper deals with the identification of algal species from freshwater samples collected from different sites of river.

Authors :
Pradeep Mansore and Smriti Chitnis
Departmentof Botany, Mata Jijabai Govt. P.G. Girls’ College, Moti Tabela Indore.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2021.37.02.20