Investigation of Some Ecological Factors and Isolation Techniques for Some Local Algae in Iraq

Abstract

Biological diversity due to contrast environmental and heterogeneous regions in Iraq made them a very interesting for study. Some local algae were collected in this study from three stations along Tigres river in Baghdad city. Algae were isolated by specific three lab techniques. The dominant algae groups were Chlorophyta and Cyanophyta in three seasons (for all months), while Chrysophyta and other groups were seen in some months more than others. Results were taken weekly for nine month of the year 2020. Study effects shows a significant differences among most verified data for each factor, the correlation was investigated between temperature and pH, in other hand EC and TDS were linked according to the outcomes of the work.

   The study aimed for understanding the relation among abiotic issues and their effects on the algae distribution in Iraqi aquasystem and gathering some technique for algae isolating additionally picking a decent segregation methodology can prompt a quick isolating algal strain to be utilized in numerous applications.