Authors : H. V. Wanjari and D. S. Dabhade
Page Nos : 274-279
Description :
Abstract:
Lonar Crater is the third largest natural salt-water lake in the world situated in Buldana district of Maharashtra State, India (19o58’N and 76o31’E). Lonar Lake is an inland saline crater of the only one of its kind in Asia, which depicts unique limnology and biodiversity. Due to its importance to the humans study was carried out with respect to plankton especially on Spirulina. It was observed to support luxuriant bloom of pytoplakton dominated by plantensis- a protein rich blue green alga of commercial important apart from spirulina, more algal species belonging to chlorophyceae, cyanophyceae and bacillariophyceae were also present in lonar lake water. Spirulina is well known indicator of brackish water or etrophic lake water, This Lake can be used for exploitation protein rich algal biomass. This paper discusses the abundant growth of Spirulina in the Lonar crater.
Keywords: Lonar Lake, Ecological wonder, Spirulina
