%0 Journal Article
%T Assessment of Changes in the Algal Diversity of Chilika Lagoon after Opening of New Mouth to Bay of Bengal
%A Debabrata Mohanty
%A Siba Prasad Adhikary
%J Journal of Water Resource and Protection
%P 611-623
%@ 1945-3108
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jwarp.2013.56062
%X <p align=\"justify\">
	<span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Eighty one </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">algal taxa </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">comprising of 24 species of Cyanophyta, 2 Rhodophyta, 19 Chlorophyta, 6 Euglenophyta and 30 Bacillariophyceae under Heterokontophyta were recorded in </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Chilika lagoon</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> in different seasons of 2010-2011 in a survey after opening of new mouth to Bay of Bengal. Of these </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><i>Cyanobacterium diachlloros</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Aphanocapsa marina</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span><span> </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Microsystis aeruginosa</span></i><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Microsystis wesenbergii</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Pseudanabena limnetica</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Arthospira ambiguum</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Oscillatoria</span></i></span><i><span> </span></i><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">perornata</span></i><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Oscillatoria proteus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Oscillatoria simplicissima</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> under Cyanophyta, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Scenedesmus bijugatus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Urenema elongatum</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> under Chlorophyata, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Trachelomonas abrupt</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Trachelomonas hispida </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">under Euglenopyta and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Coscinodiscus subtilis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Navicula amphirhynchus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Navicula major</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span
%K Chilika Lagoon
%K Algal Diversity
%K New Mouth
%K Salinity Gradient
%K Seasonality
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=33243