Authors : D. S. Jain
Page Nos : 94-96
Description :
While studying the biodiversity of algae from lentic water body of Dhule district, of Maharashtra. Geographically Sonvad Project dam is located at North latitude 210.4 1 and longitude 740.501 East. The Devbhane dam is situated at Devbhane of Taluka and Dist. Dhule. It lies at 210, 21 North latitude and 74 0 , 481 East longitude. Dhule are rich in lentic water systems supporting a rich algal flora. Attempt have been undertaken to analyze and bring out the algal floristic of this region. The present contribution is to study the biodiversity of Scenedesmus. Author collected 11 taxa and have been described in present communication. Line drawings were made by Camera Lucida. Taxa were identified with the help of standard monograph and recent literature. All taxa are being reported for the first time from this area. The present work enriches our knowledge of algal flora of this state.
Keywords: Biodiversity , Scenedesmus , Lentic , Maharashtra.
