Authors : Ushakiran Meshram, Amir Dhamani and Rajesh Dahare
Page Nos : 327-330
Description :
Lake and river bottoms are inhabited by benthic macro-invertebrates , These have the ability to control the abundance of algae through grazing, and are an important food source to organisms in higher tropic levels such as fish and other predatory invertebrates. The Balsamudra,lake is principal freshwater body ,located in Pauni Bhandara district of Maharashtra State . Pauni is a tahsil place nearly 87 Km. South-East from Nagpur and 41 Km. .South from Bhandara. The benthic macro-invertebrates samples were collected for quantitative estimation, at each site with Ekman Dredge i.e. Aug 2017 to Mar 2018. In the present investigation 22 macro-invertebrate species were recorded in Balsamudra lake. In class Nematoda Diplogaster factor and Rhabdolaimus minor and Annelids like Pherentims and Hirudinaria . Larvae of Mosquito and Chironomous are considered as pollution indicator by several authors. Their dominant presence in Balsamudra indicates its polluted nature.
