Phytoplankton Dynamics In Anchar Lake, Kashmir

The present study was carried out for a period of one year. Phytoplankton were studied with respect to their population, growth, species diversity, and composition in the lake. A total of 98 phytoplankton taxa were recorded, out of which 40 belonged to Chlorophyceae, 37 Bacillariophyceae, 14 to Cynophyceae, 5 to Euglenophyceae, and 2 to Dinophyceae. Bacillariophyceae was quantitatively as well as qualitatively the best represented algal class in all the study sites of the lake. The growth and abundance of phytoplankton were closely related to the Physico-chemical features of the lake.