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vol-15BIOMASS OF THE STANDING CROP OF PHYTOPLANKTON
“l:N lAKE BUROLLUS (EGYPT) .
ZEINAB M. EL-SHERIF
National Institute of oceanography and Fisheries
Alexandria, Egypt.
The phytoplankton bIOlll8•• In lake lurollus (Egypt> w..
estf_ted …thly ctIrlrcl 1979. Results Indicate that the
blOll8.. of the different cia…. wea al tered when ca.pIred
with It. ~rleal values. ThUS, lecillarfophyc…
consthuted Ibout 69 S of the total algal bf~., whf Ie
Chlorophyc'” .nd C)wqlhyc… sh~ decreaed fr~f..
to ebout 16 S _ 15 S respect•..,.ly. On the oth.,. h.”ci,
Chlorophyc……. ,…dealty the ~t ‘IIIpOf’tMt pl”‘t.,..
8nd COllIPI”.Hd colltet’wly 58.9 I of the t.,tal phytoplriton
count.. Thf. wa followed bv IICfI larlophyceee (31.1 I) end
Cyanophyce.. (a.1 X).
The phytoplriton blOlllls. “‘owed a gr.a.1 .ncr…. frc.
the ea.tem lake towards the …t ~rtlcularly due to the
Increa.ed blc.a•• of hc:1l1″”~,
The IIOre “Insnt epeef.. whfch CCIf’ltributed the bulk of
the phytoplriton bfClM•• c~’Hd, ~letell Inl_
lCutK., .Itachl. pel. (lCutE) V. til., V. SII.,
Rel_I,. “..1_ At., IyMdra ut.. Ehr., Pl 1 SIl._
“Icracyatl• …,.1,.. “uti.
