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Fourteen algae new records reported in five artificial ponds in the main parks within Erbil City, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Joint Authors
Aziz, Farhad Hasan
Bapeer, Umran H. K.
Najm al-Din, Sana Kayfi
Source
Mesopotamia Environment Journal
Issue
Vol. 4, Issue 1 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.12-22, 11 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon Environmental Research and Studies Center
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Monthly sample collection in ten studied sites foralgal species composition in five artificial ponds in main parks within Erbil city was carried out fromAugust 2015 to April 2016.
A total of 163 algal species belong to 69 genera, 41 families, 23 orders and 7 divisions were identified.
The dominant division was Chlorophyta with 61 species (37.42%), followed by Bacillariophyta with 46 species (28.22%), Cyanophyta with 35 species (21.47%), Euglenophyta with 13 species (7.98%), Cryptophyta with 4 species (2.45%) and each ofPyrrophyta and Chrysophyta was with two species(1.23%).Thedominant species among the nondiatoms were Scenedesmus, Cosmarium, and Oscillatoria, while among the diatoms were Cymbella and Nitzchia.Among non-diatomsEremosphaeraviridis, Radiococcusnimbatus, Pectodictyoncubicum, Cylindrocystisbrebissonii, Staurastrumpunctulatum, Cosmariumtenue, Petalomonaspusilla, Petalomonascantuscygni, Entosiphonsulcatum, Tovelliasanguinea, Chroomonasacuta, Chroomonascoerulea, Chilomonas paramecium, Cryptomonasovatawere recorded as a new species to Iraqi algal flora.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Aziz, Farhad Hasan& Bapeer, Umran H. K.& Najm al-Din, Sana Kayfi. 2017. Fourteen algae new records reported in five artificial ponds in the main parks within Erbil City, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Mesopotamia Environment Journal،Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.12-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-903284
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Aziz, Farhad Hasan…[et al.]. Fourteen algae new records reported in five artificial ponds in the main parks within Erbil City, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Mesopotamia Environment Journal Vol. 4, no. 1 (Dec. 2017), pp.12-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-903284
American Medical Association (AMA)
Aziz, Farhad Hasan& Bapeer, Umran H. K.& Najm al-Din, Sana Kayfi. Fourteen algae new records reported in five artificial ponds in the main parks within Erbil City, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Mesopotamia Environment Journal. 2017. Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.12-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-903284
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 20-22
Record ID
BIM-903284