A Critical Survey of Seaweed Diversity of Chilika Lake, India

doi:2003.18.1.1

Algae > Volume 18(1); 2003 > Article

Algae 2003;18(1): 1-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.4490/ALGAE.2003.18.1.001

Debasish Sahoo, Nivedita Sahu and Dinabandhu Sahoo^*

Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110 007, India

ABSTRACT

A critical survey of seaweed diversity was under taken to different parts of the Chilika lake over a period of three years from 1999 to 2002. Total of 14 species of seaweeds were recorded from different parts of the lake which includes 8 species of Chlorophyceae and 6 species of Rhodophyceae. No members of Phaeophyceae was reported during the present investigation. Our study not only gives a detailed description of all the taxa but also reports occurrence of two new Chlorophyceae members such as Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. flexuosa and Ulva fasciata.

Key words: Chilik Lake, India, seaweed diversity