Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta) in lotic environments in the area of influence of the Baixo Iguaçu Hydroelectric Plant, Paraná State, Brazil

Abstract

The presence of microscopic algae of the classes Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae in lotic environments stands out for its high morphologic diversity and its capacity to indicate the quality of the water. This study had the objective of accomplishing the taxonomic survey of rivers from the area of influence of Baixo Iguaçu’s hydroelectric power plant. The monthly samples were collected from january of 2019 to december of 2019 allowing the identification of 55 taxons, distributed in eight families Hydrodictyaceae, Scenedesmaceae, Selenastraceae, Sphaeropleaceae, Volvocaceae, Chlorellaceae, Oocystaceae and Trebouxiophyceae incertae sedis. Between the identified taxa, 12 are new citations for Paraná State: Monactinus simplex var. echinulatum (Wittrock) Pérez, Monactinus simplex var. sturmii (Reinsch) Pérez, Pseudopediastrum boryanum var. longicorne (Reinsch) Tsarenko, Desmodesmus lefevrei (Deflandre) S.S.An, T.Friedl & E.H.Hegewald, Desmodesmus opoliensis var. carinatus (Lemmermann) E.Hegewald, Desmodesmus perforatus (Lemmermann) E.Hegewald, Pectinodesmus javanensis (Chodat) E.Hegewald, Scenedesmus acunae Comas Gonzáles, Quadrigula closterioides (Bohlin) Printz, Volvox globator Linnaeus, Actinastrum aciculare f. minimum (Huber-Pestalozzi), Actinastrum hantazschii var. subtile Woloszynska.