Authors : Shashikant R.Sitre, Atul K.Pimpalshende
Page Nos : 14-18
Description :
Studies on zooplankton fauna were made on a freshwater lake of rural origin situated in village Chora of Bhadrawati tehsil of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state during summer, winter and monsoon months in the year 2022. The studies were undertaken to analyze the zoplanktonic forms present in lake water. The fauna of zooplankton in the lake water is represented by Groups Protozoa, Rotifera, Clacodera, Copepoda and Ostracoda. Rotifers are found to be dominant group (8 species), followed by Cladocera (3 species), Copepoda (3 species), Protozoa (2 species) and Ostracoda (1 species). In all the zooplankton fauna of Chora village lake water is represented by about 17 different species. Presence of Pollution indicator species like Brachionus and Moina indicate that the lake is polluted organically and is anthropogenically impacted due to man made activities prevalent in its catchment area like cloth washing and open defecation practices in the vicinity. In order to save this lake from further degradation measures are to be implemented at local level otherwise this freshwater lake will be fully degraded in coming years and will be useless for coming generations with respect to its water use for pisciculture and other activities.
