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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake
3.6.2 Summer
Table 19 and Figure 15 show the distribution of species over genera, family, order and
class recroded at Keti Bunder during summer.
Table 19 – Distribution of Phytoplankton/Algal species in Keti Bunder in June 2007
(summer)
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genera Species
MONERA Cyanophyta 2 2 2 8 11
PROTISTA Volvocophyta 2 3 7 8 10
Bacillariophyta 1 2 5 9 11
Xanthophyta 1 1 1 1 1
Euglenophyta 1 1 1 2 4
PROTOCTISTA Chlorophyta 2 2 2 2 2
Total: 3 6 9 11 18 30 39
Figure 15 – Percentage of species against phylum recorded in Keti Bunder
(summer)
3%
28%
10%
5%
26%
28%
Cyanophyta
Vovlocophyta
Bacillariophyta
Xanthophyta
Euglenophyta
Chlorophyta
Eleven species belonging to 8 genera of phyla Cyanophyta were recorded as
shown in Table 20. One species from each of the following genus Aphanocapsa,
Aphanothece, Gloeothece, Gomphosphaeria, Phormidium and Trichodesmium
were recorded. Two species from the each genus Lyngbya, Oscillatoria were
recorded. All the species are included in epilithic and planktonic group. They have
much resistance power towards salinity.. A number of the species were found in
marine and in fresh water, e.g. Comsopogon coeruleus, Batrachospermum
moniliforme Roth., Cyanidium, Audouinella hermanii (Roth.) Duby and the fish
Palla, Mori, Ghago, Dhahi are found both in marine and fresh water.
The above algal specimens original habitat is marine water but is also found in
fresh water. The plant specimen through out the year were available in these
localities e.g. Wah Garden Nullah, Kattas, Khwzakhella near Mangora. As a
whole 39 species were recorded from different places of Keti Bunder and its
adjacent areas (Shameel, 2001).
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