ABSTRACT

PAPER PRESENTTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Title : " Biodiversity of Phytoplankton and Macroalgae in Mae Sa Stream, Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai Province”

Researcher : Tatporn Kunpradid and Yuwadee Peerapornpisal

Office of Researcher : BIOLOGY


Abstract

Syudy on biodeversity of biodiversity of phytoplankton and macroalgae in Mae Sa Stream, Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai province was carried out from March 1998 to September 1998. The samples were collected from five different sites along the stream. Fifty-nine species of phytoplankton were found and could be classified into 5 divisions : Cyanophyta, Crytophyta, Crytophyta, Crytophyta and Euglenophyta. The majority of the phytoplankkton were diatoms and the most abundant species were Fragilaria spp. And Navicula spp. Twenty-two species of macroalgae were found and could be classified into 3 divisions : Cyanophyta, Crytophyta and Rhodophyta. The most abundant species were Cladophora glomerata Hutz. Spirogyra spp., Rhizoclonium spp. and Oscillatoria spp. At the top of the stream, Bratrachospermun monifliforme Roth in division Rhodophyta was found, which was reported and collected once in Thailand by West and West in 1902.


Presented at : The 1st International Conference on Water Resources Management In Intermontane Basins, Chiang Mai, 2-6 February 1999.