Thirty-Eight New Records for Algal Species of Iraq’s Marshes - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.3 No.1, January 2016

Thirty-Eight New Records for Algal Species of Iraq’s Marshes ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1102305 552 Downloads 1,504 Views Citations

Author(s)

Ahmed Aidan Al-Hussieny, Lamyia Abed Thijar

Affiliation(s)

Center of Water Research, Department of Environment and Water Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.

ABSTRACT

Mesopotamian marshes in Iraq occupy a vast network of wetland at southern region. This study contains the description of many algal species that were identified in the marshes of Iraq, and based on the study thirty-eights new records will be added to the Algal Flora list of Iraq. Samples were collected at (10) stations, situated on Hammar, Chebaish and Hawizeh marshes in Iraq in May 2014. Thirty-eight new records for algal species of marshes were determined. Among these algal species, there were 6 Chlorophyta, 7 Cyanophyta, 1 Chrysophyta, 15 Bacillariophyta, 7 Euglenophyta and 2 Pyrrophyta. The dominating of species depended on water salinity, pH, and electrical conductivity in addition to biomass of identified algae.

KEYWORDS

Algal, Marshes, New Records, Biomass, Chlorophyta, Cyanophyta, Chrysophyta

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Al-Hussieny, A. and Thijar, L. (2016) Thirty-Eight New Records for Algal Species of Iraq’s Marshes. Open Access Library Journal, 3, 1-16. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1102305.

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