In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Present-day information available on the charophyte macroalgae in Egypt, including their
phylogenetic affinities, remains largely incomplete. In this study, nine charophyte …

The biodiversity of terrestrial algae is still grossly understudied, and African deserts in
particular are barely touched in this respect. Here, four coccoid green algae from oases in …

In the Egyptian deserts, new land reclamation projects have been recently established to
meet the increasing-population growth rate and food demand. These projects mainly …

Ambient springs are often cited as an example of an ecosystem with stable environmental
conditions. A static biotope fosters the development of constant communities with a stable …

A contemporary taxonomical overview of the euglenophytes with significant insights into the
euglenophyte genera and species diversity in the intertidal pools of the Southwest coast of …

THE UNDERSTANDING of the diversity and spatial distribution of cyanoprokaryotes and
algae in Egypt is challenging because this is still an understudied topic. To address this …

The paper reports the first detailed study of the diversity of euglenoids recorded from the El
Farafra Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. Four of the 20 identified species are new …

We studied morphology and phylogeny of a Chara vulgaris (Charophytes, Charales)
population sampled from the thermal “Springs of Moses”(Ayun Musa, Sinai, Egypt) …

An Euastrum species (Conjugatophyceae, Streptophyta) was found in an agricultural ditch
fed by a rheocrenic, slightly-hot spring 'Ain El-Balad'in the El-Farafra Oasis, Western Desert …