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A Check List of Algae from Chilika Lake, Orissa


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1 Post Graduate Department of Botany & Biotechnology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar- 751004, India
 

A total of one hundred and two species of algae belonging to five divisions e.g. Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Dinophyta and Rhodophyta were recorded from the Chilika lake during 2000-2001 of which fifty eight species belonging to four divisions were reported for the first time. Enteromorpha usneoides recorded in the Southern sector of the lake for the first time shows new and extended distribution range of Entromorpha species in India. A checklist of algal species found in Chilika lake has been given.
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J. Rath
Post Graduate Department of Botany & Biotechnology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar- 751004, India
S. P. Adhikary
Post Graduate Department of Botany & Biotechnology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar- 751004, India

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A total of one hundred and two species of algae belonging to five divisions e.g. Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Dinophyta and Rhodophyta were recorded from the Chilika lake during 2000-2001 of which fifty eight species belonging to four divisions were reported for the first time. Enteromorpha usneoides recorded in the Southern sector of the lake for the first time shows new and extended distribution range of Entromorpha species in India. A checklist of algal species found in Chilika lake has been given.