Alga flora of rice fields from Tiswadi taluka, Goa

Shetiya, C.; Kerkar, V.

dc.contributor.author	Shetiya, C.
dc.contributor.author	Kerkar, V.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-03T08:17:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-03T08:17:25Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.citation	Indian Hydrobiology. 7(1and2); 2004; 73-76.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/1594
dc.description.abstract	The present communication deals with algal flora of paddy fields from Merces (Tiswadi), North Goa. Frequent collections were made every fortnight from 5 paddy fields of Merces. Algal colonies were picked up by hand picking method. Epilithic, epiphytic and planktonic algae were collected. The present survey has resulted in the report of 46 algal taxa. Cyanophyta and Chlorophyta were the dominant algal groups. Altogether 25 genera with 30 species of green algae were recorded from this area. Spirogyra, Zygnema, Cosmarium, Closterium, and Pediastrum were the dominant genera of green algae. 14 genera with 16 species represented the Cyanophyta. The dominant blue-green algae were Merismopedia, Nostoc, Anabaena and Gleocapsa.
dc.publisher	Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology	en_US
dc.subject	Botany	en_US
dc.title	Alga flora of rice fields from Tiswadi taluka, Goa	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US