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Desmids from 12 freshwater resources in the northern part of Thailand were investigated during 2002 to 2003. A total of 91 taxa were found. They belonged to 17 genera: Actinotaenium, Spirotaenia, Netrium, Gonatozygon, Pleurotaenium, Closterium, Euastrum, Micrasterias, Cosmarium, Cosmocladium, Stuarastrum, Staurodesmus, Xanthidium, Teilingia, Spondylosium, Hyalotheca and Desmidium. The water qualities in all the water resources were classified as oligotrophic to meso-eutrophic by trophic status. The taxa that could possibly be used as bioindicators of trophic state were Staurastrum gutwinskii, Spondylosium pandurifoemae, Cosmarium capitulum, C. mediosrobiculatum var. egranutum, S. tortum, Closterium gracile var. elongatum, C. kuetzingii and Closterium dianae var. dianae. The most frequently found taxa were Staurastrum limneticum var. burmense, S. tetracerum var. tetraerum, Pleurotaenium trabecula, Closterium ehrenbergii var. ehrenbergii and C. kuetzingii. The rare taxa in this study were Actinotaenium sp. Spirotaenia condensata, Pleurotaenium burmense var. dacchense and Micrasterias apiculata. Forty-one taxa of desmids were identified as new records for Thailand.
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The authors would like to thank the members of the Applied Algal Research Laboratory for their kind help in collecting samples, Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger for the identification of some of the desmids, Dr. Wasu Pathom-aree and Dr. Morakot Sukchotiratana for revising the manuscript, and the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School of Chiang Mai University for supporting this research. This work was funded from the Thailand Research Fund through the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program (Grant No. PHD/ 0186/ 2546).
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Ngearnpat, N., Peerapornpisal, Y. Application of desmid diversity in assessing the water quality of 12 freshwater resources in Thailand. J Appl Phycol 19, 667–674 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-007-9191-6
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