Twenty-five new records of algae in eight artificial fish ponds in Erbil

Joint Authors

Aziz, Farhad Hasan
Yasin, Sarah A.

Source

ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

Issue

Vol. 31, Issue 4 (31 Aug. 2019), pp.153-166, 14 p.

Publisher

Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications

Publication Date

2019-08-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

14

Main Subjects

Biology

Topics

Abstract EN

This study was carried out from March to October 2018 in eight artificial fish ponds within Erbil province Kurdistan region of Iraq which is the first work in such ponds.

A total of 116 algal species belong to 58 genera, 31 families, 19 orders, 9 class and 8 divisions were identified.

The dominant division was Chlorophyta with 58 species (50%), followed by Cyanophyta with 31 species (26.72%), Euglenophyta with 19 species (16.37%), Chrysophyta with 4 species with (3.45%) and each of Charophyta, Pyrrophyta, Rhodophyta and Cryptophyta was with one species (0.58%).

The dominant species were Euglena, Cosmarium, and Oscillatoria.

Among identified taxa, 25 species were new records to Iraqi algal flora.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Aziz, Farhad Hasan& Yasin, Sarah A.. 2019. Twenty-five new records of algae in eight artificial fish ponds in Erbil. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences،Vol. 31, no. 4, pp.153-166.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947629

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Aziz, Farhad Hasan& Yasin, Sarah A.. Twenty-five new records of algae in eight artificial fish ponds in Erbil. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences Vol. 31, no. 4 (2019), pp.153-166.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947629

American Medical Association (AMA)

Aziz, Farhad Hasan& Yasin, Sarah A.. Twenty-five new records of algae in eight artificial fish ponds in Erbil. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 2019. Vol. 31, no. 4, pp.153-166.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947629

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 165-166

Record ID

BIM-947629