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Full Screen- Title
- Dedication
- Declaration
- Certificate
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- List of Charts
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- Algal Community in Soil
- Novelty in the Current Soil-Algal Study
- 2. Review of Literature
- 2.2. Historical Review of Soil-Algal Research
- 2.3. Algae in Indian and Other Tropical Soils
- 2.4. In vitro Culture of Soil-Algae
- 2.5. Correlation of Soil-Algal Community to Soil Factors
- 2.6. Soil-Algae in Relation to Seasons
- 2.7. Soil-Algae in Relation to Types of Vegetation
- 3. Materials and Methods
- 4. Results
- Biodiversity of Soil-Algae in Relation to Three Kinds of Vegetation and Seasons in Oxic Dystrustepts of the Western Ghats at Pathanamthitta District
- Ecological Characteristics of Green-Algal Community
- Diversity of Blue-Green Algal Community in the Soil
- Ecological Characteristics of Blue-Green Algal Community
- Diversity of Diatoms in the Soil
- Ecological Characteristics of Diatoms in Oxic Dystrustepts Soils
- Overall Diversity and Ecology of the Algal Community
- 5. Discussion
- Physico-Chemical Characteristics of the Oxic Dystrustepts
- Diversity and Ecology of Green-algae in the Oxic Dystrustepts
- Diversity and Ecology of Blue-Green Algae of the Oxic Dystrustepts
- Diversity and Ecology of Diatoms of the Oxic Dystrustepts
- Total Diversity of Algal Community in Relation to Vegetation and Seasons
- 6. General Conclusion
- Bibliography