Description of some phytoplankton algae (Non- diatoms algae) in Al-Salhia River (small shatt Al-Arab) and recorded new species in Iraq

Abstract

The present study was carried out to contribute to the knowledge of freshwater algae in Iraq .This study carried out on Phytoplankton community in Al-Salhia river ( small shatt Al-Arab), and contains the description of many algal species that were identified in the Al-Salhia river and nine new records will be added to the Algal Flora list of Iraq, A total of 66 taxa of phytoplankton identified during this study belonged to four division of algae dominated by chlorophyta which constitute 56.06 % of the total number of the species followed by cyanophyta by 31.81 % and euglenophyta by 7.57 % respectively , pyrrophyta constitute the 4.54 % . Samples were collected at (5) stations, from March 2014 to February 2015.