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¹ University of Afagh, Department of Fishery, Urmia, Iran
² Urmia University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of food hygiene and Quality Control, Urmia, Iran
³ Urmia University, Institute of Artemia and Aquatic Animals Research, Urmia, Iran
⁴ Urmia University, Department of Geology, Urmia, Iran DOI : 10.4194/1303-2712-v13_2_05 Viewed : 4619 - Downloaded : 3586 Chlorella is a microalga that has been widely used in medicine, agriculture and environment. At present, there has been a founded equipped cultural pond to mass-produce of this alga all over the world. In this study, the effect of extracted salt from Urmia Lake with concentrations of 10, 30 and 50 g. L^-1 on Chlorella sp. Biological parameters were investigated. The results indicated that in all treatments, the highest number of cells was observed on the 20^th day while there were no significant differences among various salt concentrations. The highest and the lowest chlorophyll a values were reported in 50 g.L^-1 and 30 g.L^-1 salinities respectively although, the highest chlorophyll a value was obtained from 50 g.L^-1 salinity on the 5^th day. This study indicated that 50 g. L^-1 salinity produced the highest Beta-carotene on days 10 and 15. Keywords : Urmia Lake, Chlorella, salinity, βeta-carotene, chlorophyll a, cell numb