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TAXONOMIC STUDY OF CHROOCOPHYCEAE (CYANOPHYTA) FROM NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN SABEEN NAZ, MASUD-UL-HASAN* AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL
Abstract: Forty-six
species of planktonic, edaphic, epipsammic, epioikotic, epilithic and epiphytic
blue-green algae belonging to the class Chroocophyceae have been collected from
various freshwater habitats in the Districts of Attock, Gujranwala, Jhang, Jhelum,
Khushab, Lahore, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Sialkot of the province of the Punjab,
from Bahrain and Kalam (Swat) in the province of N.W.F.P. as well as from Chenari,
Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley in Azad Kashmir during different seasons from March
1996 to August 2000. They were taxonomically investigated and found to belong
to two orders, three families and eleven genera. Johannesbaptistia and
Stichosiphon were represented by a single species, Aphanothece, Gleothece
and Synechocystis by two, Synechococcus by three, Aphanocapsa
by four, Microcystis by six and Chroococcus and Merismopedia
by eight species. Gloeocapsa exhibited the largest diversity with ten
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. |
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