Author/Authors :
briškaitė, rima vilnius university - life sciences centre, institute of biosciences, Lithuania , patova, elena russian academy of sciences - institute of biology, komi scientific centre - ural division, Russia , juzėnas, sigitas vilnius university - life sciences centre, institute of biosciences, Lithuania
Abstract :
Fourteen thermokarst lakes and one mountain lake were explored in the study period. A total of 116 species of desmids belonging to 22 genera were identified. The genera Cosmarium (29), Staurastrum (18) and Closterium (13) were most abundant. The highest number of species (88) was recorded in the habitats with Sphagnum and brown mosses. Twenty-seven species and one variety of desmids were observed for the first time in the Polar Ural Mountains.
Keywords :
algae , benthos , Desmidiales , Polar Ural Mountains , Russia
