Bioindication of water quality by algal communities in the Mardan River, Pakistan

Mursaleen, S.; Shah, Syed Zahir; Ali, Liaqat; Ahmad, Nadeem; Kuram, Izaz; Barınova, Sophia

doi:10.26577/ijbch-2018-1-315

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“…Chlorophyta species number was defined out of total species richness and stimulated by TDS of water. So, algal species richness is an indicator of aquatic pollution in the studied waterbodies of this region [6,7]. An attempt was made to reveal the correlation of individual species richness in-season community with the help of a new approach at JASP statistical program.…”

Section: Algal Diversitymentioning

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“…The algal diversity research in the rivers of the southern Hindu Cush region is at its initial stage. In Pakistan, our knowledge of regional algal diversity is far from being exhaustive, whereas the algal communities of some rivers such as the Swat River and Kabul River up to its inflow to the Indus River have been studied better [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. It is very important to reveal the distribution of different algal taxonomic and ecologic groups in the areas like Upper Indus Basin because the biodiversity of algal communities there was formed under natural climatic and anthropogenic impacts.…”

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Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Chlorophyta Reichenbach, 1828 and Charophyta Migula, 1890 Algae in the Swat River Basin, Pakistan

Ali¹,

Badshah

Barınova

2019

Водные Биоресурсы И Среда Обитания

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Increasing water pollution and climatic changes affect algal populations and, in turn, regional ecosystems. The algal flora was assessed at five different localities of District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan at altitude 972-2,061 m a.s.l. Altogether, 105 taxa of algae from Charophyta and Chlorophyta divisions were found for the first time in 200 samples of algae collected during 2007-2016. The number of Chlorophyta species, represented by 86 taxa, strongly prevailed over Charophyta species (19 taxa). Water turbidity, water transparency, and iron have a positive correlation with altitude, whereas water temperature, pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), ammonia, nitrate concentration, and zinc correlated negatively. Over 50 % of species were represented by 19 genera with two genera of Charophyta (10.4 %) and 17 of Chlorophyta algae. Eight types of thallus structure were found with predominance of the lowly organized structure as a result of growing in an unstable environment. In the seasonal dynamics, the decrease in species richness with increasing altitude was revealed. Statistical analysis of relation between algal species richness and environmental variables suggests that altitude is a regulating factor of algal diversity development because the water temperature stimulates species richness, while altitude suppresses it. Therefore, mild summer and favorable spring seasons result in prolific vegetative growth of Chlorophyta and Charophyta algae species in the Swat River Basin habitats, but algal communities in the investigated area can be subjected to pollution impact. The results of this research will help in developing strategies for the conservation of aquatic ecosystems in Pakistan since the studied high-altitude areas of the Swat Basin can be seen as reference areas.

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Section: Algal Diversitymentioning

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Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Chlorophyta Reichenbach, 1828 and Charophyta Migula, 1890 Algae in the Swat River Basin, Pakistan

Ali¹,

Badshah

Barınova

2019

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“…In contrast to the mentioned rivers, water turbidity in the Jindi River decreased downstream. The water pH parameter was highest in the studied Kabul River basin to compare with the rivers Mardan [10,12], Kabul [9], Shah Alam [11] and the lower part of the Swat River [7]. Species diversity in the algal communities of the Jindi River was similar to the one in the other regional rivers [7-9, 11, 12], except for the upper part of the Swat River [6] and the Mardan River [10] where diatoms prevailed.…”

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“…They are also among the short generation times of all biological indicators, allowing them to respond rapidly to environmental changes and to provide an early warning of potential changes in nutrient status for different water bodies [5]. Algal communities research in Pakistan demonstrated very productive results for the water quality and environment changes monitoring [6][7][8][9][10][11][12], which includes two steps: (1) species richness revealing and (2) bio-indication based on species ecology.…”

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Response of Algal Diversity to Physicochemical Parameters of Polluted Waters in Spring Low Water Season in District Charsadda, Pakistan

Ali

Shah

Mursaleen

et al. 2018

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The first investigation of the algal communities from the Jindi River revealed 93 algal species from five taxonomic divisions, identified in 90 samples collected at three sites of the river during the low water season in March-May of 2016. The total species richness increased from the upper sites of Shabqadar (45 species) and Tangi (51) to the lower site of Charsadda (59). Environmental conditions fluctuated insignificantly. The water in the studied water body was estimated as fresh, low saline, mid alkaline with pH increasing to the lower site of Charsadda up to 9.8. The programs CANOCO and Statistica 12.0 as well as Pearson correlation coefficients were applied, revealing two major parameters (ammonia and dissolved oxygen) as factors, influencing algal diversity. The river water was characterized as moderately polluted with increasing of transparency and algal diversity downstream that allows to conclude that the ecosystem of the Jindi R. has high self-purification ability with revealed algal community.

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Effect of water quality on the spatial distribution of charophytes in the Peshawar Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Khuram

Ahmad

Barınova

2021

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The presented research was conducted in 2018–2019 in the Peshawar Valley, Pakistan, to study for the first time the effect of water quality on the spatial distribution of charophytes. A total of six taxa of charophytes were found at 41 sites in the Peshawar Valley along the banks of seven rivers, 16 streams and two wetlands: Chara braunii C.C.Gmelin, C. connivens Salzmann ex A. Braun, C. contraria A. Braun ex Kützing, C. globularis Thuiller, C. vulgaris Linnaeus, and Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves. Chara vulgaris was the most abundant species, followed by C. globularis, and C. contraria. Water pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), salinity and dissolved oxygen (DO) were within the permissible limits for Pakistan, while water temperature, oxidation reduction potential (ORP) and resistivity showed deviations. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) revealed that DO affected Chara vulgaris, pH and resistivity affected C. braunii, C. connivens and C. globularis, temperature and ORP affected C. contraria and Nitellopsis obtusa. Furthermore, CCA showed that TDS, EC, and salinity had no effect on the spatial distribution of Chara contraria, C. vulgaris and Nitellopsis obtusa. Chara contraria and Nitellopsis obtusa should be protected under VU (Vulnerable) status (IUCN) along with their habitats.

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Bioindication of water quality by algal communities in the Mardan River, Pakistan

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Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Chlorophyta Reichenbach, 1828 and Charophyta Migula, 1890 Algae in the Swat River Basin, Pakistan

Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Chlorophyta Reichenbach, 1828 and Charophyta Migula, 1890 Algae in the Swat River Basin, Pakistan

Response of Algal Diversity to Physicochemical Parameters of Polluted Waters in Spring Low Water Season in District Charsadda, Pakistan

Effect of water quality on the spatial distribution of charophytes in the Peshawar Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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