THE ALGAL FLORA OF THE EGYPTIAN OASIS Ш ALGAL FLORA OF THE THERMAL SPRINGS OF BAHARIYA OASIS

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1 Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science , Botany Dept., Cairo, Egypt

2 Universita Delgi Studi Di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento Di Biologia Vegetale, Citta Universitaria, 00185 Rom, Italy

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The algal flora of six thermal springs of Bahariya Oasis were studied during July 1990 and January 1991. The total algal
biomass was 110. The blue-greens were represented by the greatest number of species followed by diatoms and green algae. Oscillatoria geminata f. sulfurea was the highly distributed taxon in all thermal springs. All springs can be classified as euthermal and Oscillatoria - type. Furthermore most of diatoms recorded were found to be oligohalobien - indifferent to sodium chloride.

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Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries
Volume 1, Issue 1
January and February 1997
Pages 85-98

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