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Diatom Based Pollution Monitoring in Urban Wetlands
Alakananda B1              Karthick B1              Mahesh M K2              Ramachandra T V1*
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/
1 Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA
2 Department of Botany, Yuvaraja College, Mysore University, Mysore

Annexure: II - Species list with their occurrence in three habitats

Species Epiphytic Epilithic Episammic
Gomphonema affine Kützing + + +
Gomphonema parvulum Kützing var. parvulum + + +
Aulacoseira granulata (Ehr.) Simonsen + + +
Navicula rostellata Kützing + + +
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing + + -
Craticula accomoda (Hustedt) Mann + + -
Nitzschia obtusa W.M.Smith + + -
Nitzschia frustulum(Kützing) Grunow var.frustulum + + -
Eunotia mesiana Cholnoky + + -
Fragilaria biceps (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot + + -
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot + + -
Fragilaria ulna var. acus (Kütz.)Lange-Bertalot + + -
Nitzschia Hassall + + -
Seminavis  D.G. Mann + + -
Navicula symmetrica Patrick + + -
Tryblionella calida Grunow in Cl. & Grun. + - +
Gomphonema Ehrenberg + - +
Sellaphora laevissima (Kützing) D.G. Mann + - +
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle & Mann + - +
Surirella tenera Gregory + - +
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Mereschkowksy + - +
Luticola acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot + - +
Pinnularia acrospheria Rabenhorst + - +
Nupela Vyverman et Compere + - +
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W.Smith + - +
Placoneis Mereschk. + - +
Navicula gregaria Donkin + - +
Pinnularia Ehrenberg + - +
Craticula ambigua (Ehrenberg) Mann + - +
Amphora copulata  (Kütz) Schoeman & Archibald + - +
Caloneis molaris (Grunow) Krammer + - -
Nitzschia umbonata (Ehrenberg)Lange-Bertalot + - -
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot var. trivialis + - -
Aulacoseira ambigua (Grun.) Simonsen + - -
Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin + - -
Navicula zanoni Hustedt + - -
Nitzschia pumila Hustedt + - -
Craticula Grunow + - -
Cymbella turgidula Grunow + - -
Navicula germainii Wallace + - -
Cocconeis Ehrenberg + - -
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg var. placentula + - -
Nitzschia liebetruthii Rabenhorst var.liebetruthii + - -
Surirella angusta Kützing + - -
Rhopalodia gibba (Ehr.) O.Muller var.gibba + - -
Pinnularia viridiformis Krammer + - -
Surirella turpin + - -
Amphora montana Krasske + - -
Actinocyclus normanii (Greg. ex Grev.) Hustedt + - -
Pleurosigma salinarum (Grunow) Cleve & Grunow + - -
Aulacoseira distans (Ehr.)Simonsen + - -
Pinnularia Ehrenberg + - -
Nitzschia supralitorea Lange-Bertalot + - -
Planothidium rostratum (Oestrup) Lange-Bertalot + - -
Planothidium robustum (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot + - -
Gomphonema turris Ehr. + - -
Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg + - -
Geissleria decussis(Ostrup) Lange-Bertalot + - -
Diploneis ovalis (Hilse) Cleve + - -
Cyclotella woltereckii Hustedt + - -
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing + - -
Gomphonema Ehrenberg + - -
Encyonema mesianum (Cholnoky) D.G. Mann + - -
Eunotia Ehrenberg + - -
Eolimna Lange-Bertalot & Schiller in Schiller & Lange-Bertalot 1997 + - -
Fragilaria ulna (Nitzsch.) Lange-Bertalot + - -
Diploneis puella (Schumann) Cleve + - -
Encyonema minutum (Hilse in Rabh.) D.G. Mann + - -
Eunotia minor (Kützing) Grunow in Van Heurck + - -
Lemnicola hungarica (Grunow) Round & Basson + - -
Cymbella turgida Gregory + - -
Nitzschia clausii Hantzsch + - -
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow f.amphibia + - -
Navicula Bory + - -
Cymbella tumida (Brebisson)Van Heurck + - -
Placoneis Mereschk. + - -
Navicula Bory + - -
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt + - -
Fragilaria ungeriana Grunow - + -
Thalassiosira duostra Pienaar - + -
Navicula anthracis Cleve et Brun - + -
Eolimna subminuscula (Manguin) Moser Lange- -Bertalot & Metzeltin - + -
Amphora veneta Kützing - + -
Navicula veneta Kützing - + -
Nitzschia sigma (Kützing)W.M.Smith - + -
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Ehrenberg - - +
Aulacoseira muzzanensis (Meister) Krammer - - +
Gomphonema pseudoaugur Lange-Bertalot - - +
Hantzschia Grunow - - +
Anomoeoneis sphaerophora (Ehr.) Pfitzer - - +
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve - - +
Pinnularia microstauron (Ehr.) Cleve - - +
Pinnularia graciloides Hustedt - - +
Pinnularia interrupta W.M.Smith - - +
Rhopalodia O.Mull. - - +

Citation: Alakananda B., Karthick B., Mahesh M. K. and Ramachandra T. V., 2011, Diatom Based Pollution Monitoring in Urban Wetlands, The IUP Journal of Soil and Water Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 33 – 52.
* Corresponding Author :
  Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group,
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
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