Algal Infestation with Physico-Chemical Quality of River Ganga at Jajmau, Kanpur

The physico-chemical characteristics of the Ganga water were found to be highly variable at Jajmau. The study of the occurrence and periodicity of algal samples reveal that distribution of algae found in Ganga water mainly belongs to class cyanophyceae, chlorophyceae and bacillariophyceae. The results showed an interesting relationship among the species of algae growing in the Ganga river water of the 42 of the total algae recorded, 13 algae belonged to class cyanophyceae and 20 were of chlorophyceae and 9 of bacillariophyceae.