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An ecological study of the algae of the River Moosi, Hyderabad (India) with special reference to water pollution

II. Factors influencing the distribution of algae

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The present communication deals with the factors influencing the distribution of different groups of algae at 4 different stations of the River Moosi. Marked differences in the flora as well as the physico-chemical nature of the water are very well established between stations 1 and 4. The following conclusions could be drawn from the results obtained during the present investigation extended over a period of two years.

  1. i.

    Station 1, which is more alkaline than station 4 harbours more algae both in number and species.

  2. ii.

    Chlorophyceae dominate the algal population at station 1, where the water is rich in oxygen and low in dissolved organic matter as compared to station 4.

  3. iii.

    Station 3, which is rich in silicates and oxygen supports a higher percentage of diatoms than the other stations.

  4. iv.

    Station 4 with its very high concentrations of oxidizable organic matter and total iron together with low oxygen and pH is dominated by the members of blue-greens and Euglenineae.

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Venkateswarlu, V. An ecological study of the algae of the River Moosi, Hyderabad (India) with special reference to water pollution. Hydrobiologia 33, 352–363 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029444

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