Twenty new Records of Algae in some Springs around Safeen Mountain Area
Keywords:
Species, Non-diatom algae, Phytoplanktonic and Tychoplanktonic algae, Epilithic, Epipelic
Abstract
This study was carried out in 2015-2016 within Erbil governorate. A total of 151 algal species were identified from 8 divisions, 9 classes, 24 orders, 37 families and 72 genera. The majority of species were belonged to Chlorophyta with 68 species (45.033%), followed by Cyanophyta with 46 species (30.463%), Euglenophyta with 18 species (11.92%), Chrysophyta with 12 species (7.947%), Charophyta with 3 species occupied (1.987%), Rhodophyta with 2 species (1.32%) and each of Cryptophyta and Pyrrophyta with one species occupied (0.662%). Among them, 20 species and 6 genera are new records to Iraqi flora viz.: Komvophoron constrictum, Nephrocytium agardhianum, Lepocinclis fusiformis, Petalomonas sp., Heteronema acus, Peranema trichophorum and Chilomonas paramecium were recorded as new to the Iraqi algal flora.
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[6]. Aziz, F.H. (2006). Benthic algae responses to some ecological factors in mountainous stream Erbil-Iraq. Sci. J. of Babilon Univ., 13: 905-916.
[7]. Aziz, F.H. (2008). Further contribution of algae in higher mountain areas to Iraqi flora. Zanco J. Pure Appl. Sci., 4(20): 63-82.
[8]. Aziz, F.H. (2011). Checklist of the algal survey in Iraqi Kurdistan region – Iraq with particular references to habitats. Zanco J. Pure Appl. Sci., 23(3): 30-72.
[9]. Aziz, F.H. (2014). New record of the genus Porphyridium purpureum From Kurdistan. J. Adv. Lab. Res. Biol., 6(2): 54-57.
[10]. Aziz, F.H. and Rasoul, B.H. (2016). Thirty Two Algae New Records Reported in Ponds at Gwer Sub-District, Erbil-Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus., 14(1): 27-41.
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[12]. Aziz, F.H. and Ganjo, D.G.A. (2002). Nutrient status and algal flora in the Halgurd (Hasarost) mountain area within Erbil province, Iraq. Zanco Sci. J. of Duhok Univ., 5(2): P.1-12.
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[15]. Aziz, F.H., Hassan, F.M. and Rasul, B.H. (2014). An Ecological Observation on Inland water Ecosystem in Erbil –Iraq Kurdistan with particular reference to blue-green algae Glaucospira. Baghdad Science Journal, 11(3): 1387-1396.
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[17]. Bilbas, A.H.A. (2004). Phycolimnological study on some springs within Erbil province. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Salahaddin, Iraq.
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[19]. Bony, A.D. (1975). Phytoplankton. Edward Arnold Publisher, London, U.K, 116 pp.
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[49]. Zewayee, F.A.Q. (2011). A phycolimnological study on some springs and streams within Erbil province. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Salahaddin-Erbil, Iraq.
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