PJB-2008-92
OCCURRENCE OF PENNATE DIATOMS (BACILLARIOPHYTA) IN THE PUNJAB AND N. W. F. P., PAKISTAN
SYED TARIQ-ALI1, MASUD-UL-HASAN2 AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL3
Abstract
Seven species of diatoms, belonging to 6 genera and 5 families of the order Bacillariales were collected from various freshwater habitats of Gujranwala, Lahore and Sialkot districts of the Punjab and Attock of N. W. F. P. (Pakistan) during January and December 2004. They were taxonomically evaluated and described for the first time from their area of collection. They usually occurred in winter and spring, no sexual reproduction was observed in them. Among them, the genus Cymatopleura, its two species such as C. elliptica, C. solea and Tabellaria fenestrata are being reported for the first time from Pakistan.
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