Authors : Roshani P. Gohane and Shashikant R. Sitre
Page Nos : 57-62
Description :
Aquatic weeds of Bhatala, a freshwater perennial lake situated in Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district having rain fed nature are studied for over a two year’s span during the years 2024 and 2025 and are presented in this research paper. The aquatic weeds of Bhatala lake of warora tehsil of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state are observed, recorded and classified into free floating weeds, submerged weeds, floating leaved weeds and emergent, amphibious and marshy hydrophytes. In all about 14 different variety of weeds belonging to 12 different families are observed and recorded of which there are 3 free floating weeds, 2 submerged weeds, 3 floating leaved weeds and 6 emergent, amphibious and marshy hydrophytes were recorded. These different kinds of aquatic weeds die, decay and shallow down the lake basin continuously and are slowly degrading the aquatic ecosystem of perennial nature. It is predicted that sooner or later this ecosystem will be fully degraded over time due to manmade activities prevalent in its basin and will be perished forever.
