ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 3235-3238
Oscillatoria is an important genus of Cyanobacteria that exist in many freshwater environments, soils and also hot springs. In this study, the ecological diversity of Oscillatoria species from the Tajan River basin (Mazandaran Province of Iran) has performed in nine stations based on routine experimental procedures and distinguished in department of Botany, Physiology and Plant Genetics of Tajikistan academy of Sciences from October to December of 2014. Based on the results, among samples from nine stations, 14 species (mostly stations 2, 5 and 9) identified that most of them were β-mesosaprobe and β-mesosaprobe indicators. for stations 2 and 5 both condition of α & β-mesosaprobe considered. Results also showed, five species including, O. agardhii, O. amoena, O. amphibian, O. anguina & O. boryana that were α α α α α-mesosaprobe and six species were β-mesosaprobe including, O. brevis, O. chalybea, O. formosa, O. splendida, O. tenuis, and O. terebriformis.
Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoria diversity, Saprobic index, Tajan River, Iran.
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