Spirogyra along with another algal
species Cladophora, disrupts normal aquatic life and forces municipalities to spend enormous sums on
declogging water bodies (Frontiers
-Newsletter of the National Science Foundation. December. 1995).
R Jan Stevenson of the University of Louisville in Kentucky.
US. has reiterated the wisdom of following nature's ways. The key to the
problem according to him lies in
keeping streams and brooks shaded
with trees because when this is done,
the water in them remains clear and
Spirogyra and Cladophora live in
harmony with other forms of life
therein. But. when trees are cut,
these algae thrive in the newly available light and create an imbalance.
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