Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

CHLOROPHYCEAN ALGAE OF KHELNA RESERVOIR IN AURANGABAD DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA.

J. H. Sawdekar, Milind J. Jadhav

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          The present paper deals with the Chlorophycean algae of Khelna reservoir in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. Algal samples were collected from four selected sites of reservoir at monthly intervals from October 2014 to September 2016. A total of 50 taxa under 25 genera were identified and recorded. Free floating, planktonic, submerged and attached epiphytic Chlorophycean algal taxa were recorded. On the basis of number of taxa the abundant genera of Chlorophyceae were Oedogonium, Spirogyra, Scenedesmus, Cosmarium, Gloeocystis, Tetraspora, Ulothrix, Trochischia, Pediastrum, Tetraedron, Zygnema, Closterium, Coelastrum and Euastrum. Genera Stigeoclonium, Chlorococcum, Trebouxia, Schroderia, Chlorella, Ankistrodesmus, Crucigenia, Mougeotia, Clostridium and Selenastrum were also found.

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J. H. Sawdekar, Milind J. Jadhav, CHLOROPHYCEAN ALGAE OF KHELNA RESERVOIR IN AURANGABAD DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾7 | July‾2017

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