Algal flora of Vikramsila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (Bihar) is documented for the first time with a record of sixty five taxa including 13 taxa of Cyanophyceae of 11 genera, 24 taxa of Chlorophyceae of 15 genera, 21 taxa of Bacillariophyceae of 16 genera, 5 taxa of Euglenophyceae of 1 genus and one taxon each under Dinophyceae and Xanthophyceae. Six algal taxa, e.g. Aphanocapsa incerta (Lemmerm.) Cornberg & Komarek, Chroococcopsis epiphytica Geitler, Cosmarium ornatum Ralfs ex Ralfs, Euastrum verrucosum Ehrenb. ex Ralfs var. reductum Nordst., Navicula parietina Kutz. and Entomoneis alata (Ehrenb.) Ehrenb. are new distributional records from India.
Keywords
Algae, Vikramsila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Bihar.
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