Ecological Assessment Of Algal Flora Biodiversity In Lentic Hydrosphere

Download or read book ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ALGAL FLORA BIODIVERSITY IN LENTIC HYDROSPHERE written by Dr. Vaibhavi Prashant Patil and Mr. Arjun Sudhir Shahu and published by Ashok Yakkaldevi. This book was released on 2022-08-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is useful for life activities of human beings. It is used for various purposes like drinking, irrigation, transport, sanitation, power generation and industries. Water is the most important and essential abiotic factor of all kinds of ecosystem and it also forms the habitat for enormous varieties of organisms. In other words, water forms the largest ecosystem, that is aquatic ecosystem of the biosphere. Global water is broadly classified into two classes viz fresh water and salt water. Fresh water present in lentic and lotic form. The rise and fall in chemical and physical factors of water bodies frequently affect the flora & fauna, alternating their number and diversity. About 97% of earths water is ocean water. It is saline and not useful for drinking and irrigation. Rest of 02% is in the form of ice at Polar Regions.