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BIODIVERSITY OF OSCILLATORIA (NOSTOCOPHYCEAE, CYANOPHYTA) FROM NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN SABEEN NAZ, MASUD-UL-HASAN* AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL
Abstract: Specimens
of the blue-green algal genus Oscillatoria Vaucher have been collected
from various freshwater habitats in the districts of Gujranwala, Jauharabad, Jhang,
Kasur Pasrur, Sargodha, Sialkot, Lahore and Sheikhupura, from the province of
the Punjab and from Utrod River and Kalam (Swat) in the province of N.W.F.P. as
well as from Muzaffarabad, Neelum Valley and Chenari in Azad Kashmir during different
seasons of 1996-2000. They were taxonomically investigated and found to belong
to 45 species. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan. Haleema Sheikh Street No. 12, Shahgoharabad, P.O. Baghbanpura, Lahore-54920 |
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