Authors : Patil Alaka A.
Page Nos : 47-53
Description :
The wetlands are important and suitable habitats for variety of animals, birds and many aquatic plants, which form a typical food web. They play an important role in providing food to fish and other aquatic animals; provide support, shelter to algae and habitat to some animals, important in cycling of nutrients in the water body.
A total number of 07 macrophytes were reported from Doddanala reservoir out of them 6 species of emergent and one was of submerged type. The phytoplankton play an important role as of primary producers. The Chlorophyceae is dominant group represented by 16 genera and 22 species where, Cyanophyceae showed 7 genera and 11 species. Bacillariophyceae recorded with 4 genera and 5 species. Euglenophyceae, with only Euglena acus. Dinophyceae recorded with 4 species of 2 genera.
The reservoir is also secondarily being used for capture fishery. Important major carps, common carp, Chinese carp fish and one local species occurred in this reservoir.
17 species of aquatic birds were reported in the vicinity of Doddanala reservoir.
Attempts have been made to observe the sociology of macrophytes, phytoplankton, fish and bird diversity to obtain the baseline data from June 2013 to May 2015.
Key Words: Phytosociology, wetland, Doddanala reservoir, Sangli district, macrophytes, Phytoplankton, fishes and birds.
