Green and Charophyte Algae in Bioindication of Water Quality of the Shah Alam River (District Peshawar, Pakistan)

Khuram, Izaz; Muhammad, Zahir; Ahmad, Nadeem; Ullah, Rehman; Barınova, Sophia

doi:10.2478/trser-2019-0001

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“…Spirogyra was also a dominant genus in trems of species recorded by [18][19][20], stated that chlorophyceae is a major class with species, majority of which belong to genus Spirogyra the most common genus, which agree with our findings. Similarly [21][22][23][24], also reported Spirogyra a leading genus with speices which supports our present data. Spirogyra is the most frequent genus of freshwater green algae.…”

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Relationship of pollution with distribution of Mermaid's tresses (Spirogyra) in different localities of river Kabul

Rehman¹

2019

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The current research work focused on the distribution of Spirogyra in different localities of river Kabul in relation to pollution. Species' diversity was determined from water polluted due to all the three types of water pollution i.e. domestic, industrial and agricultural pollution. In all the sets of collected samples from the research sites a total of 37 species of Spirogyra belonging to class Chlorophyta were recorded. Of them 30 species were collected from unpolluted, 36 from slightly polluted and 4 from highly polluted waters. The chemical analysis of collected water samples from three selected sites showed high concentration of CaCO3 (245mg/L) at highly polluted site Main Gujar; 188 mg/L and 164 mg/L at Khazana and Shah Alam respectively.

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Relationship of pollution with distribution of Mermaid's tresses (Spirogyra) in different localities of river Kabul

Rehman¹

2019

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“…The main physicochemical parameters of water quality (temperature, pH, oxidation reduction potential, electrical conductivity, resistivity, total dissolved solids, salinity and dissolved oxygen) were measured in situ in parallel with algae sampling at each sampling site using a HANNA HI-98194 multiparameter portable water quality meter (Khuram et al 2019).…”

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Effect of water quality on the spatial distribution of charophytes in the Peshawar Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Khuram

Ahmad

Barınova

2021

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The presented research was conducted in 2018–2019 in the Peshawar Valley, Pakistan, to study for the first time the effect of water quality on the spatial distribution of charophytes. A total of six taxa of charophytes were found at 41 sites in the Peshawar Valley along the banks of seven rivers, 16 streams and two wetlands: Chara braunii C.C.Gmelin, C. connivens Salzmann ex A. Braun, C. contraria A. Braun ex Kützing, C. globularis Thuiller, C. vulgaris Linnaeus, and Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves. Chara vulgaris was the most abundant species, followed by C. globularis, and C. contraria. Water pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), salinity and dissolved oxygen (DO) were within the permissible limits for Pakistan, while water temperature, oxidation reduction potential (ORP) and resistivity showed deviations. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) revealed that DO affected Chara vulgaris, pH and resistivity affected C. braunii, C. connivens and C. globularis, temperature and ORP affected C. contraria and Nitellopsis obtusa. Furthermore, CCA showed that TDS, EC, and salinity had no effect on the spatial distribution of Chara contraria, C. vulgaris and Nitellopsis obtusa. Chara contraria and Nitellopsis obtusa should be protected under VU (Vulnerable) status (IUCN) along with their habitats.

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“…The algal diversity research in the rivers of the southern Hindu Cush region is at its initial stage. In Pakistan, our knowledge of regional algal diversity is far from being exhaustive, whereas the algal communities of some rivers such as the Swat River and Kabul River up to its inflow to the Indus River have been studied better [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. It is very important to reveal the distribution of different algal taxonomic and ecologic groups in the areas like Upper Indus Basin because the biodiversity of algal communities there was formed under natural climatic and anthropogenic impacts.…”

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Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Chlorophyta Reichenbach, 1828 and Charophyta Migula, 1890 Algae in the Swat River Basin, Pakistan

Ali¹,

Badshah

Barınova

2019

Водные Биоресурсы И Среда Обитания

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Increasing water pollution and climatic changes affect algal populations and, in turn, regional ecosystems. The algal flora was assessed at five different localities of District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan at altitude 972-2,061 m a.s.l. Altogether, 105 taxa of algae from Charophyta and Chlorophyta divisions were found for the first time in 200 samples of algae collected during 2007-2016. The number of Chlorophyta species, represented by 86 taxa, strongly prevailed over Charophyta species (19 taxa). Water turbidity, water transparency, and iron have a positive correlation with altitude, whereas water temperature, pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), ammonia, nitrate concentration, and zinc correlated negatively. Over 50 % of species were represented by 19 genera with two genera of Charophyta (10.4 %) and 17 of Chlorophyta algae. Eight types of thallus structure were found with predominance of the lowly organized structure as a result of growing in an unstable environment. In the seasonal dynamics, the decrease in species richness with increasing altitude was revealed. Statistical analysis of relation between algal species richness and environmental variables suggests that altitude is a regulating factor of algal diversity development because the water temperature stimulates species richness, while altitude suppresses it. Therefore, mild summer and favorable spring seasons result in prolific vegetative growth of Chlorophyta and Charophyta algae species in the Swat River Basin habitats, but algal communities in the investigated area can be subjected to pollution impact. The results of this research will help in developing strategies for the conservation of aquatic ecosystems in Pakistan since the studied high-altitude areas of the Swat Basin can be seen as reference areas.

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Green and Charophyte Algae in Bioindication of Water Quality of the Shah Alam River (District Peshawar, Pakistan)

Cited by 9 publications

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Relationship of pollution with distribution of Mermaid's tresses (Spirogyra) in different localities of river Kabul

Relationship of pollution with distribution of Mermaid's tresses (Spirogyra) in different localities of river Kabul

Effect of water quality on the spatial distribution of charophytes in the Peshawar Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Chlorophyta Reichenbach, 1828 and Charophyta Migula, 1890 Algae in the Swat River Basin, Pakistan

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