BIODIVERSITY OF ZOOPLANKTONS FROM MAHASANGAVI RESERVOIR, PATODA, BEED (MS) INDIA

R.M. DHERE¹*
¹Department of Zoology, Swa. Sawarkar Mahavidyalaya, Beed - 431122, MS, India.
* Corresponding Author : rmdhere@gmail.com

Received : 29-11-2014     Accepted : 10-03-2015     Published : 04-06-2015
Volume : 6     Issue : 1       Pages : 173 - 175
J Fish Aquaculture 6.1 (2015):173-175

Keywords : Reservoir, Zooplanktons, Mahasangavi, India
Academic Editor : R G Pradhan
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author is thankful to S.S. Hivarekar, Principal Swa. Sawarkar College, Beed for providing infrastructural facilities and also thankful to the University Grants Commission WRO Pune for providing the financial assistance by sanctioning the minor research pr

The present investigation was carried out to study the zooplankton at the Mahasangavi Resrvoir, Taluka Patoda District Beed. Variation and the abundance of zooplankton during the study period from April 2013 to March 2014 were described. Higher population density of zooplankton in rainy season is observed and the results are discussed. The members of the zooplankton community are important for their major role in the tropics dynamics and in energy transfer in the aquatic ecosystem. They provide food for fishes in the freshwater bodies and play a major role in the fish production. The zooplankton samples were collected from April 2013 to March 2014 during early morning hours using a plankton net with mesh of 100 m. The zooplankton samples were preserved in 5% formalin. The different species of Rotifers, Cladocerans and Copepods were isolated and studied under compound microscope for their taxonomic identification.