@article{González_Inostroza_Conforti_Ascencio_2019, title={Microalgal taxonomic diversity rom shallow acidophilus freshwater bodies from the south of Chile}, volume={76}, url={https://gayanabotanica.cl/index.php/gb/article/view/146}, abstractNote={<p>This research is the first taxonomic approach about the microalgae inhabiting shallow acidophilus freshwater bodies (Chapito pool, “small dam” and Tepual stream) within the Katalapi Park, X Region, Chile. A total of 80 taxa were identified based on morphocytological attributes, being the Streptophyta-Zygnematophyceae the most abundant group with a dominance of Desmidiaceae (47 species), follow by Cyanobacteria (14), Euglenophyceae (12), Chlorophyta-Chlorophyceae (5), and Dinophyceae and Ochrophyta-Raphidophyceae with one taxon each group. The genera with the higher number of species were <em>Cosmarium </em>(12), <em>Closterium </em>(11) and <em>Staurastrum </em>(8). The pH ranged from 5.0 to 6.1 during the recollection period. Most of the desmids species identified (70.2 %) are from acidophilus environments, 48.6 % are indicators of mesotrophy and 21.6% of meso-oligotrophic habitats. Twenty-four species are cited for the first time for Chile. Although the study was restricted to a relatively small area, the results suggest that a great diversity of microalgae might be also found in similar ecological areas within the country.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Gayana Botanica}, author={González, Mariela A. and Inostroza, Ingrid de L. and Conforti, Visitación and Ascencio, Enrique}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={189–207} }