Algal Flora in some Springs of Shawre Valley, Ranya, Kurdistan Region – Iraq

Alwan Qader Ahmed; Sara Abdulkhaleq  Yaseen; Abdulmunem Dherar Abdullah  Aljoborey

doi:10.24996/ijs.2025.66.12.13

Authors

Alwan Qader Ahmed Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Science, Knowledge University, Erbil 44001, Iraq / Pharmacy Techniques Department, Medical Technical Institute - Kirkuk, Northern Technical University, Iraq
Sara Abdulkhaleq Yaseen Scientific Research Center, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq
Abdulmunem Dherar Abdullah Aljoborey Ministry of Iraqi Environment, Directorate of Environmental Protection and Improvement in the Northern Region, Nineveh Environment Directorate

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2025.66.12.13

Keywords:

Non diatom, algae, spring water, Shawre valley, Ranya

Abstract

This study aims to assess the diversity of algal flora from some spring water in Shawre Valley. The non-diatom algal composition of four selected spring sites studied was situated at Shawre Valley within Ranya district Sulaymaniyah governorate every month from September 2022 to April 2023. A total of 79 algal species were identified from 6 divisions. The majority of them belong to Chlorophyta, with 35 species (44.30%), followed by Cyanophyta, with 32 species (40.51%) Euglenophyta with 5 species (6.33%), Xanthophyta with 4 species occupied (5.06%), Rhodophyta with 2 species (2.53%) and Charophyta with only one species occupied (1.26%). The most representative genus was Oscillatoria, with 6 taxa identified, each of Calothrix and Oedogonium with 4 species, Merismopedia, Scenedesmus, Ulothrix, Spirogyra, Cosmarium and Tribonema with 3 species were dominant.