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FRESH WATER RED ALGAE IN WATER EFFLUENTS OF THERMAL POWER HOUSE AT JAMSHORO, SINDH, PAKISTAN

S.M. LEGHARI, G.N. SAIDTO, A. HAYEE-MEMON, M.Y. KHUHAWAR* AND G.M. MASTOI*.

Abstract: Five species of fresh water red algae viz., Audouinella hermannii Roth, Barrachospermum cf. arcuartum Kylin; Compsopogon coeruleus (Balbis) Montagne; Composopogon cf. prolijicus Yadava et Kumano and Thorea hispida Desvaux were found growing in the water effluents of a thermal power house located at Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Of these A. hermannii and C. coeruleus were found preponderant during January and April.

Department of Fresh Water Biology and Fisheries, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. Sindh, Pakistan.

Institute of Chemistry, University of sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.