Identification of filamentous algae of the Balikhli River in the Ardabil Province and four new species records for algal flora of Iran

Panahy Mirzahasanlou, Jamileh; Nejadsattari, Taher; Ramezanpour, Zohreh; Imanpour Namin, Javid; Asri, Younes

doi:10.52547/nbr.7.3.331

Volume 7, Issue 3 (11-2020) nbr 2020, 7(3): 331-345 | Back to browse issues page

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Panahy Mirzahasanlou J, Nejadsattari T, Ramezanpour Z, Imanpour Namin J, Asri Y. Identification of filamentous algae of the Balikhli River in the Ardabil Province and four new species records for algal flora of Iran. nbr 2020; 7 (3) :331-345
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Identification of filamentous algae of the Balikhli River in the Ardabil Province and four new species records for algal flora of Iran

Jamileh Panahy Mirzahasanlou ^*

, Taher Nejadsattari

, Zohreh Ramezanpour

, Javid Imanpour Namin

, Younes Asri

Gonbad Kavous University , jamileh_panahy@yahoo.com

Abstract: (3798 Views)

Algae are the most important group of organisms which considerably affect the water quality. Although algae constitute one of the fundamental parts of the aquatic food chains, only few researches deal with the freshwater algae of Iran. Filamentous algae are important components of the river vegetation. The Balikhlou River is utilized as a source to obtain drinking water for the city of Ardabil, therefore, the algae flora of this river was studied and a total number of 18 taxa of filamentous algae were determined, of which nine species were belonged to the Cyanophyceae class of Cyanobacteriae, while five speciesof which were belonged to the Chlorophyta. In addition, four species were recorded for the first time from Iran, i.e., Audouinella eugenea, Arthrospira gigantea, Homoeothrix janthina and Tychonema bourrellyi.

Keywords: Epilthic, Epiphytic, Taxonomy, Cyanobacteria, Yamchi

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