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PJB-2004-54

BIODIVERSITY OF OSCILLATORIA (NOSTOCOPHYCEAE, CYANOPHYTA) FROM NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN

SABEEN NAZ, MASUD-UL-HASAN* AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL
Abstract

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Specimens of the blue-green algal genus Oscillatoria Vaucher have been collected from various freshwater habitats in the districts of Gujranwala, Jauharabad, Jhang, Kasur Pasrur, Sargodha, Sialkot, Lahore and Sheikhupura, from the province of the Punjab and from Utrod River and Kalam (Swat) in the province of N.W.F.P. as well as from Muzaffarabad, Neelum Valley and Chenari in Azad Kashmir during different seasons of 1996-2000. They were taxonomically investigated and found to belong to 45 species.

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