Diatom Assemblage in the Lake of Gaber Oun, Southern Libya

Date

2012-7

Type

Article

Journal title

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3

Author(s)

Abdelkader Alsanoussi Qassem Elzen

Pages

158 - 163

Abstract

Abstract: The lake of Gaber Oun in the southern district of Libya was studied to assess the diatom community composition in the littoral zone. Planktic and attached diatoms were listed and information on the constituent species made known (images are shown). Some criteria of the water characteristics are also given such as the pH, which is an average of 8.3, electrical conductivity which accounted for 1.4 μSim/cm1- and total dissolved salts (TDS) of 189.0 mg/L1-.

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