Algae Diversity of the Morasagar Dam of the Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan

Abstract

Algae are gems of the plant kingdom. They are the initial products of evolution. Life started on the earth by the evolution of algae like organism on the land. They are aquatic in nature and for the completion of their life cycle they need water. The large range is inhabited by the unicells to the multicellular thallus. The thallus is parenchymatous and the body is in the form the undifferentiateded mass of tissue. The body of the algae is not divided into the proper roots, shoots and leaves. The sex organs range from simple to complex but the complexity of the archegonia has never been reported in the algae. The pigments range from the chlorophyll A to chlorophyll B and several other accessory pigments. In this research article we are trying to work on the algae biodiversity in one of the dams of the Sawai Madhopur district of the Rajasthan. It is known as the Morasagar dam. The study of the algae shows the dominance of the chlorphyaceae, followed by cyanohpyacae and several other classes such as xanthophyaceae and the other minor classes. The algae are the main products of the aquatic ecosystem, and they sustain several kinds of food chains in the biogeochemical cycles. However, due to the anthropogenic factor, the dam is losing its beauty and the water and other features of the aquatic body are also degrading. So the utmost urgency is to save the water body and to save the aquatic flora for several kinds of purposes, for the utility of humans as well as to maintain the biogeochemical cycle of nature.

Keywords: Algae, aquatic flora, biogeochemical cycles, chlA to chl B, Seasonal variations; Phytoplankton; River Cauvery; River Arasalar.
Cite this Article: Teena Agrawal. Algae Diversity of the Morasagar Dam of the Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan. International Journal of Molecular Biotechnology. 2019; 5(1) 20–25p.