Some freshwater algae from Bagh-Jhoda wetland, Morang: new for Nepal

Freshwater Wetland Resources and Biology

The term “wetlands” means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. They are located at the ecotones between dry terrestrial ecosystems and permanently wet aquatic ecosystems. As such, they have an intermediate hydrology, a bioch...

Bioactivity potential of some marine algae from south of Iran

Algae are composed of a diverse group of various aquatic organisms. Secondary or primary metabolites from these organisms may be potential bioactive compounds of interest for use in the development of new pharmaceutical agents. In this research, four species of marine algae, Ulva lactuca, Padina pavonica, Colpomenia sinuosa and Cystoseira myrica, isolated from Persian Gulf coasts were evaluated...

Comparative sensitivity of freshwater algae to atrazine.

some freshwater snails from northern iran

there are many freshwater snails involved in the life cycle of parasitic flukes. some of these animals, such as bulinus spp and lymnaea spp are very important in public health and veterinary medicine. for example, bulinus trucatus and lymnaeid snails transmit human bilharziosis and zoonotic fascioliosis, respectively. for this reason most freshwater bodies of northern iran, were searched for po...

Freshwater Algae: Identification and Use as Bioindicators

Algae are widely present in freshwater environments, such as lakes and rivers, where they are typically present as micro-organisms – visible only with the aid of a light microscope. Although relatively inconspicuous, they have a major importance in the freshwater environment, both in terms of fundamental ecology and in relation to human use of natural resources. This book considers the diversit...