There are 19 protected areas in Bangladesh, covering 2,458 sq. km and representing 1.68% of the land area (FD record as on July 2007).  The Forest Department has the mandate for the management of these protected areas.  The protected areas are declared in the country under the “Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) …

Oomycota The organisms of Oomycota are not fungi in other words, they are Pseudofungi. They have been recognized as being notably different from the organisms included in the phylum Fungi for a long. As an illustration, in the classical concept, Oomycota species were allied with certain algae. However, because of a …

Reefs A reef is a bar of rock, sand , coral or similar material , lying beneath the surface of water.  Many reefs result from abiotic processes (i.e. deposition of sand, wave erosion, and other natural processes), but the best known reefs are the coral reefs of tropical waters developed …

(Preliminary article: will be updated very soon) The cell wall of seaweeds contains about 30 to 40% polysaccharide of plant’s dry matter. And these polysaccharides are commonly known as phycocolloids (= algal colloids). By definition, the cell walls of red and brown algae consist of cellulose micro fibrils which contain …

(Preliminary article: will be updated very soon) As carbon sink Phytoplankton and seaweeds release O2 in the water body keeping it aerobic in one hand and as Carbon sink by fixing CO2 on the other hand. A comparison of the amount of carbon fixed by terrestrial plants with that of …