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Ecological studies of some aquatic phycomycetes

II. Fungi in relation to chemical factors of the water

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    An attempt has been made to correlate the distribution of fungi in a group of small ponds and a lake, with the principal chemical factors of their water and other variables of the year.

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    The maximum production of fungi takes place during the months of August to March, after which they decrease.

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    Fungal production is favoured by a fall in temperature, accompanied by an increase of nutrients and dissolved oxygen content.

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    There appears to be some correlation between phytoplankton and the fungi.

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    Of all the factors investigated, pH, ammonia, nitrate, chloride and dissolved oxygen were found to be most significant in controlling fungal periodicity.

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  1. Ram Dayal

    Present address: College of Agriculture, Benaras Hindu University, Vavanasi, India

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  1. Botany Department, University of Allahabad, India

    Ram Dayal & R. N. Tandon

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Dayal, R., Tandon, R.N. Ecological studies of some aquatic phycomycetes. Hydrobiologia 22, 324–330 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036429

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