International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 678

Full Length Research Paper

A checklist of desmids of Lekki lagoon, Nigeria

Taofikat Abosede Adesalu1* and Dike Ikegwu Nwankwo2
  1Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria. 2Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria;
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 04 January 2010
  •  Published: 31 March 2010

Abstract

 

This paper presents a pioneer investigation of the desmids of Lekki lagoon, located in Epe Local Government area of Lagos State. Samples were collected monthly for two years (June, 2003 - May, 2005) using standard plankton net of 55 µm mesh size. Seventy three taxa were observed, the genera Closterium (16), Gonatozygon (5), Penium (2),Cosmarium (8), Desmidium (3), Docidium (2), Hyalotheca (2), Pleurotaenium (2),Spondylosium (4) and Staurastrum (29). Thirty-three of these taxa have not been documented for Nigeria as compared with other relevant work while they all represented the first list for the Lekki lagoon.

 

Key words: Tropical lagoon, freshwater, desmids, checklist, diversity.

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