Taxonomic Analysis of Algoflora of the Akdarya Reservoir (Basin of the Zarafshan River, Uzbekistan)

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Forming and development of algoflora of the Akdarya reservoir depends on state of phytoplankton of the Zarafshan River. Algoflora of the reservoir comprises 71 intra-species taxa (63 species, 16 varieties and 1 form) of 4 phyla, 10 orders, 14 families and 24 genera. Maximal species number belong to Bacillariophyta (56 IST), Cyanophyta comprise 9 IST (8 species and 1 form), Xanthophyta and Chlorophyta – respectively 4 and 2 species. Classes Hormogoniophyceae, Pennatophyceae and Heterotrychophyceae were polymorphic, they comprised 65 IST (91% of total number), 6 polymorphic families (62 IST, 88%) and 7 polymorphic genera (53 IST, 75%).

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10.1615/hydrobj.v54.i1.50

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