Besides ultrastructural and biochemical characteristics, thallus color, which is due to antenna pigments of the photosynthetic apparatus, is one of the major distinguishing criteria in the classification of algae, finding its reflection in the likes of cyanoprocaryota, rhodophyta, chlorophyta, xanthophyceae, chrysophyceae, or phaeophyceae. The majority of past studies on algal pigments, however...

Abstract. This research was investigated the seasonal changes in phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and autotrophic picoplankton as well environmental parameters photic layer of Lake Baikal. Using microscopy methods, 43 species belonging to Bacillariophyta, Dinophyta, Chlorophyta, Chrysophyta, Cryptophyta, Haptophyta, Charophyta Cyanoprokaryota have been identified. Bacillariophyta Chlorophyta wer...