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Volume 54, December 2012

Articles

Algal Diversity of Kaziranga National Park and Majuli River Island Hot Spots in Assam

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v54/2012/57436

Published 2012-12-01

  • S. P. Adhikary
    • ,
  • M. Jena

S. P. Adhikary
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731 235

M. Jena
P.G. Department of Botany, Berhampur University, Berhampur - 760 007, Odisha

Abstract

Seventy algal taxa belonging to 32 genera were recorded from Kaziranga National Park and Majuli river island of Assam. Of these 22 taxa belonging to 15 genera were recorded from different water bodies within Kaziranga National Park of these, 3 species belonged to 2 genera of Cyanophyceae (Cyanoprokaryota/Cyanobacteria), 2 species to 2 genera of Euglenophyceae, 8 species to 5 genera of Chlorophyceae and 9 species to 6 genera of Bacillariophyceae. The algal diversity in Mjuli island was higher compared to Kaziranga national park. In Majuli a total of 50 algal taxa belonging to 26 genera were recoded. Of these 3 species belonged to 3 genera of Cyanophyceae, 3 species to 2 genera of Euglenophyceae, 34 species to 14 genera of Chlorophyceae and 10 species to 7 genera of Bacillariophyceae. Only 2 species, Phormidium chalybeum (Mertens ex. Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komarek and Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Raffs were common to these localities showing location specific occurrence of most algal taxa in these two important "hot spots".

Keywords

Algae, Freshwater, Hot Spot, Kaziranga National Park, Majuli River Island.

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