Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Satyendra Katara, Ashish Bhatt, Siddharth Jatav, Arun Kumar, Bhavika Tandel and Ram Kumar Kurmi

Abstract:
The present study was on study of species diversity and abundance of chlorophyceae group of seaweed available at Sikka coast, Gujarat, India. During the study period a total of 16 green seaweed species were recorded from both the sites of Sikka coast i.e GSFC Jetty site and Vador site. These 16 species belongs to 4 orders, 6 family and 7 genus. Ulva flexuasa was highly dominant followed by Cladophora and Ulva lactuca. The frequency percentage values ranged from 0.00-66.67. The density ranged between 0.00-60.00. The highest percentage of density was shown by Cladophora glomerata during the month of February 2021. The abundance value ranged from 0.00-6.05. The highest abundance was show by Ulva flexuosa (6.05) during the month of December 2020.