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The Ecology of Algae from and Around Bolan River, Balochistan, Pakistan

Qasima Aga, Mohammad Abass Sumalani, Mudassir Asrar and Saadullah Leghari

Altogether, two hundred and forty eight (248) algal taxa existing in 6 phyla, 10 classes, 16 orders, 36 families, and 80 genera have been collected from a variety of freshwater and soil habitats, of district Kachhi Balochistan. Among various phyla, Bacillarophycota by 86 species (34.68%), Cyanophycota was represented by 59 species (23.79%), Volvophycota by 52 species (20.97%), Chlorophycota by 41 species (16.53%), Euglenophycota by 7 species (2.82%) and Charrophycotaby 2 species (1.21%). For the purpose of collection, ten different sites of the district like Sir-i-Bolan, Goni Pera, Mach, Bibi Nani, Kirtha, Gokurt and certain areas of Dhader, Mithari, Bhag, Qazi waga were surveyed during a study (2013-2017) and simultaneously they have been investigated on the ground of morphological and cytological aspects. They have been determined taxonomically and described on the basis of such characters. Most of the taxa were reported for the first time from this region of study but all of them appeared to be taxonomically known species.