Phytoplanktons and Water Quality in Nong Yasai and Nong Hai Reservoirs, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, Sakon Nakhon Province
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Nong Yasai and Nong Hai are the important water supplied reservoirs for human consumption in Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University and surrounding areas. The blooming of Euglena sp. and polluted water quality were reported in Nong Yasai Reservoir in June 2013. In this research study, the diversity of phytoplanktons as well as the water quality of Nong Yasai and Nong Hai Reservoirs located in Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University were investigated between June 2014 - May 2015. Seven divisions comprised of 35 genera of 56 species of phytoplanktons in Nong Yasai reservoir were found and the dominant species were identified as Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszyńska) Seenayya & Subba Raju, Scenedesmus sp.1 and Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek. An examination of the diversity of phytoplanktons in Nong Hai Reservoir found 6 divisions of 27 genera and 37 species with the dominant species being Monoraphidium contortum (Thuret) Komárková-Legnerová, Dinobryon divergens O.E. Imhof and Staurastrum tetracerum Ralfs ex Ralfs. An assessment of the water quality using AARL-PC Score found it to be classified in the mesotrophic status (moderate water quality) in the Nong Yasai Reservoir and oligotrophic-mesotrophic status (clean-moderate water quality) in the Nong Hai Reservoir. It was determined that the water could be used for household consumption after being properly treated. Additionally, algae blooms were not found to occur throughout the monitoring period.
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