28Jun 2017

TEMPERATURE: A VITAL FACTOR FOR THE ZOOPLANKTON GROWTH AND SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS.

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Seasonal succession and population dynamics of zooplankton communities is a well-documented phenomenon in an aquatic ecosystem. In this pretext, investigations on zooplankton diversity and abundance along with density of zooplankton was carried out for a period of one year in unexplored water bodies of Udhampur . A total of 34 genera were recorded from both the stations belonging to 5 groups , Protozoa (8 Genera), Rotifera (12 Genera), Copepoda (6 Genera), Cladocera (6 Genera) and Ostracoda (2 Genera). Quantitatively, Rotifers dominated station-1 while cladocerans dominated station-2 among the five groups indicating the deteriorating status of the water-bodies. Well-marked seasonal dynamics among these groups were noticed due to the fluctuating trend of the temperature and other physico-chemical parameters witnessed in the present investigation.

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[Sushma Devi and Shiwali Gupta. (2017); TEMPERATURE: A VITAL FACTOR FOR THE ZOOPLANKTON GROWTH AND SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 2274-2281] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Sushma Devi
University of Jammu

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4668      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4668

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