ALGAL STUDY IN SPRINGS AND STREAMS IN SHAQLAWA DISTRICT, ERBIL PROVINCE-IRAQ III- CHLOROPHYCEAE WITHOUT ZYGNEMATALES

Freshwater algae (Chlorophyceae-except Zygnematales) were collected from 18 sites (12 springs and 6 streams) in Shaqlawa district within Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq September-2019 to August-2020. Aim this study isolation identification new algal species. 27 genera with 40 species records at first time others provinces Iraq, which include the following, Scenedesmus considered most abundance than seven identified followed by genus Chlamydomonas, Chlorophyceae, Characium three for each one recorded, but Geminella have two species, finally remaining