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1973

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A Taxonomic Investigation Of The Algae Of The Brigham Young University Campus, Provo, Utah, Cheng Mou-Sheng Apr 1973

A Taxonomic Investigation Of The Algae Of The Brigham Young University Campus, Provo, Utah, Cheng Mou-Sheng

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A taxonomic investigation of the algal flora of the Brigham Young University campus was conducted from October 1971 to August 1972. This algal flora consisted of 27 genera and 36 species of Chlorophyta, 2 genera and 2 species of Euglenophyta, 32 genera and 106 species of Bacillariophyceae (including 16 genera and 33 species of soil diatoms), 1 genus and 2 species of Chrysophyta excluding diatoms and 6 genera and 14 species of Cyanophyta. Diatoms were the predominent algae in this study. Chlorococcum humicola, Vaucheria geminata, Amphora normani, Hantzschia amphioxys and Oscillatoria sancta were prominent in the greenhouses. In the arboretum …