Seasonal structure of phytoplankton in Lake Qarun was estimated. A total of 50 algal taxa related to 4 classes were identified: Bacillariophyceae (36 taxa), Dinophyceae (9 taxa), Cyanophyceae (3 taxa) and Chlorophyceae (2 taxa). It was dominated by only 5 spp of diatoms (Cyclotella glomerata, C. kutizingiana, Nitzschia closterium, N. fonticola. and N. frustulum var. perpusilla) constituting about ...
Seasonal structure of phytoplankton in Lake Qarun was estimated. A total of 50 algal taxa related to 4 classes were identified: Bacillariophyceae (36 taxa), Dinophyceae (9 taxa), Cyanophyceae (3 taxa) and Chlorophyceae (2 taxa). It was dominated by only 5 spp of diatoms (Cyclotella glomerata, C. kutizingiana, Nitzschia closterium, N. fonticola. and N. frustulum var. perpusilla) constituting about ...