An Ecological study of some Intertidal Algae of the Visakhapatnam Coast

Abstract

quotABSTRACT newlineInformation on the composition of the algal fora, newlineseasonal changes and vertical zonation of the common algae newlinealong with some relevant information on the changes in the newlineintertidal environment, observed on the Visakhapatnam coast newlinein the period from Mey 1960 to Apri 1963 is presented in newlinethis thesis. newlineExcluding diatoms and some crustose and lithophytic newlinealgal forms, a total number of 85 algae were collected. newlineAmong the 66 algae identified, 9 genera (vith 20 species) newlinebelonged to Chlorophyceae, ll genera (vith 16 species) to newlinePhaeophyceae and 22 gener~ (vith 30 species) to Rhodophyceae. newlineFifteen of the unidentified forms belonged to Rhodophyceae newlineand the other 4 to Myxophyceae,quot newline newline