Authors : N. R. Dahegaonkar
Page Nos : 189-196
Description :
Aquatic bionetwork is playing role as a vital component on the earth since the origin of life and have a primary importance in human life since from the development of civilization. Today, with the rapid increase in population and over exploitation for different purposes, the quality of water has been deteriorating at an alarming rate, which ultimately results in depletion of aquatic biota. A group of zooplankton is the characteristic indicator of water quality, pollution status and eutrophication and they also form an important link in the aquatic food chain. The present investigation has been carried out for two years i.e. during June - 2005 to May - 2007 on the Zarpat river in Chandrapur in order to characterize the zooplanktonic status of it. Chandrapur, a district headquarter in Maharashtra State of India is situated at 19°57' N latitude and 79° 22' Longitude at a height of 321.95 M above MSL. The collected data of present investigation indicate that seasonally, zooplankton were dominant during summer and the presence of indicator species like Moina micrura indicates the contaminated nature of river at the sampling station.
