Authors : Wadekar M.B. and Madavi S.
Page Nos : 176-180
Description :
Ponds and lakes provide hospitality to large variety of plants. Some plants are
essential for
growth and development of other organisms living in the habitat. Due to improper management of waste
and immense dumping of fertilizers in ponds and lakes, some plants grows and complete their life cycle in
water and cause a damage to aquatic
environment directly. These unabated plants are known as aquatic
weeds. Dense growth of aquatic weeds may provide ideal habitat for the development of mosquitoes
causing malaria, encephality filarasis. Over growth of aquatic plants forms a dense covering
over the
water causing threat to aquatic life. Regular decomposing of plants decreases oxygen level and increases
carbon
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dioxide level in the pond, which results in unpleasant test and offensive odour. So, management
of these weeds is necessary to maintain
the diversity and livelihood of people living nearby the ponds. The
present report reveals that, different practices were applied in different ponds and lakes of Bramhapuri
city to manage and control the over growth of aquatic weeds.
