Abstract:This study was aimed to identify the planktonic diatoms and their seasonal change in Hoor-AL-Azim wetlands, Iran. Diatoms are important algal groups in different aquatic ecosystem and considered as bioindicators for water quality and environmental health. Hoor-AL-Azim or Hoor-al-Hawizeh is one of the most extensive and ecologically important wetlands in the Middle East which is shared between Iran (south-west) and Iraq(south). A major part of the wetland area was exposed to drying completely or partially durin… Show more
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