Fresh water diatoms from Kua Tal, district Nainital, Kumaon Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh

Asha Khandelwal; H.P. Gupta

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1616

Authors

Asha Khandelwal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
H.P. Gupta Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1616

Keywords:

Palynology, Diatoms, Pennales, Centrales, Kumaon Himalaya (India)

Abstract

The present communication embodies the results of diatom analysis from lacustrine sediments of Kua Tal, district Naini Tal, Uttar Pradesh. The study reveals the predominance of Pennales which are represented by about one and a half dozen taxa. However, Centrales are infrequent and represented by two taxa only.

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