Summary
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.
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Station 1, which is more alkaline than station 4 harbours more algae both in number and species.
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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.
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Station 3, which is rich in silicates and oxygen supports a higher percentage of diatoms than the other stations.
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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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