Algal Diversity and Water Quality Assessment During Summer in Some Suburban Water Bodies of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

  • Sanjeeva Nayaka Algology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001, Uttar Pradesh
  • Chitralekha Nag Dasgupta Algology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001, Uttar Pradesh
  • Kiran Toppo Algology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001, Uttar Pradesh
  • Atul Kumar Singh Algology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow- 226001, Uttar Pradesh
DOI https://doi.org/10.21756/cab.v2i2.11115

Abstract

Freshwater algae can tolerate wide range of environmental stress and grow naturally in mixed
communities. In the present study diversity of algae has been studied in some suburban water
bodies near Lucknow, which revealed the occurrence of 32 genera and 40 taxa under four phyla -
Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta and Euglenophyta. It is observed that heavy
anthropogenic activities and low water level in late summer resulted in accumulation of pollutants
which affected the algal species composition. The polluted water with high conductivity and
total dissolved solids (TDS) showed the dominance of Cyanophyta and Bacillariophyta whereas
most of Chlorophyta and few Bacillariophyta were found in less polluted water with low
conductivity and TDS. Taxa Centritractus belonophorus belonging to Xanthophyta is being
reported for the first time from Uttar Pradesh. The study also recorded for the first time several
algal taxa from these water bodies of Lucknow.
Keywords: Algal diversity, Water parameters, Urban area, Lucknow

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