Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

SURVEY ON THE DIVERSITY OF SPECIES COMPOSITION OFPHYTOPLANKTON AT BUNG BINH THIEN

D. H. Truong, T. M. Duong and V. L. Loi

Abstract

Bung Binh Thien is considered a natural wetland conservation area in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam with adiverse flora and fauna ecosystem. The survey on phytoplankton composition here was conducted in thedry season of 2019. The results obtained 140phytoplankton species belonging to 5 algae phylums. Ofwhich, 54 species belong to Chlorophyta, 37 species ofBacillariophyta, Cyanophyta and Euglenophyta,respectively, have 27 and 20 species, and lastly, Dinophytahas 2 species.