Department of Aquaculture, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
Research Article
Identification of phytoplankton and evaluation of algal biomass in poultry manure fertilized concrete pond in Center for Aquaculture Research and Education, Hawassa University
Author(s): Teklay Gebru Tikue*, Kassaye Balkew Workagegn, Natarajan P and Belayneh Daniel
Phytoplankton groups are the major food items of herbivores fish species and plays a key role in the productivity of water bodies. With this in mind the major phytoplankton groups available in pond water was identified from December 2020 to March 2021 in Hawassa University. A total of 20 phytoplankton groups were identified during the study period. From those which were identified four were blue green algae (Cyanophyceae), seven Green algae (Chlorophyceae), six Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), one Dinophyceae and two of them were Euglenophyceae. Among the phytoplankton groups Chlorophyceae were the dominant with a percentage contributions of 56% followed by Bacillariophyceae (23%), Cyanophyceae (17%) and Euglenophyceae (3%) while the least was dinophyceae (1%). The most frequently observed of an algal genus .. View more»