Algae research in Maotai liquor ecological and functional conservation districts

Based on the research of the compositions and varieties of the algae in Maotao liquor ecological and functional conservation districts, the result showed that there existed 96 species of algae plants, specifically belonging to 6 phylum,8 class,15 order,18 family, 32 genus, among the species’compositions of which green alga and diatom dominated for the purpose of protecting the predominant species. Branches of green alga added up to 40, which account for 41.7%, followed closely by diatom, which consists of 39 accounting for 40.6%. Compared with the other 6 natural preserved areas, the richness of the algae took the form of comparative rarity.