Seasonal Variation of Different Groups of Zooplankton of a Wetland in Relation to Some Abiotic Factors
Abstract
The zooplankton community of the wetland was represented by Protozoa, Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda. The Protozoan population includes ciliates and flagellates and the maximum and minimum abundance were 223 and 2 ind./lit respectively. Rotifers, the largest group were represented by a minimum of 9 ind./lit and a maximum of 1425 ind./lit. Copepods, the second largest group, comprised a minimum of 1 ind./lit and a maximum of 708 ind./lit. The other group Cladocerans was found to be in lower profile which showed no definite pattern of their seasonal variation. In this wetland water temperature (WT) varied from 19.75ºc to 34ºc, transparency (TRN) from 31.3 to 82.5 cm, pH from 6.5 to 8.4, dissolved oxygen (DO) ranged from 1.3 to 10.6 mg/lit, total alkalinity (TA) from 62 to 76mg/lit, free CO2 from 5 to 30 mg/lit and biological oxygen demand (BOD) from 1.2 to 10.2 mg/lit. Although seasonal variation of zooplankton community is largely governed by abiotic factors, but pH exerted considerable influence.
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Zooplankton, Seasonal variation, Wetland, Abiotic factors
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Prasad, B. (1916). The seasonal conditions governing the pond life in Punjab. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng.12, 142-145.
Pennak, R.W. (1955). Comparative limnology of eight Mountain lakes. IUNIV. Clo. Stud. Sr. Biol.OT2:75.
Pennak, R.W. (1978). Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States. John Wiley and Sons. Inc. New York.
Palaoheimo, J.E. & Fulthorpe, R.R .(1987). Factors influencing plankton community structure and production in freshwater lakes. Can. Aquat. Sct., 44(3), 650-657.
Prasadam, R.D. (1977). Observations on Zooplankton population of some freshwater impoundments in Karnataka. Proc. Symp. Warmwat. Zooplankton. M.I.O. Goa, 214-225.
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Reid, G.K & Wood, R.D. (1976). Ecol. Of inland waters and Estuaries. D. Van. Nostrand Co., N. Y.485.
Sarkar, R. & Krishnamoorthi, K.P. (1979). Diurnal variation studies of zooplankton in sewage fertilized fish ponds, Nagpur. Ind. J. Env.Hlth. 20(4), 366-389.
Schofield, C.O, (1972). The ecological significance of air pollution induced changes in water quality of dilute lake districts in the north cost. Trams. N.E.Fish will-life conf. 98-112.
Schindler, D.W. (1980). Experimental acidification of a Whole lake, a test of the oligotrophication hypothesis.P.370-374. In: D. Drablos and A. Tollan [Ed.]. Ecological impact acid precipitation. Proc. Conf. Sandefjord. Norway. 11-14, 383.
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Sreenivasan, A. (1967). Application and primary production studies in fish culture.Proc. F.A.O. World Symp. Warm Water pond fish culture, Rome,Itali, (18-21) (1966),101-113.
Sunkad, B.N., & Patil, H.S., (2004). Water quality assessment of fort lake of Belgaum (Karnataka) with special reference to zooplankton. J. Environ. Biol. 25(1), 99-102.
Venkhede, G.N., & Kulkarni, K.M. (1984). Physicochemical condition and plankton populations of two lakes near Amaravati, Maharastra. Environment and Ecology, 2 (2), 131-133.
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Welch, P.S. (1948). Limnological methods. McGraw. Hill Book Co. Inc.Blakiston Div. Philadelphia.
Welch, P.S. (1952). Limnology. McGraw Hill Book Co. New York. 538.
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Patra, S. (2018) “Seasonal Variation of Different Groups of Zooplankton of a Wetland in Relation to Some Abiotic Factors”, International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research, 1(3), pp. 7-14. Available at: https://www.ijalsr.org/index.php/journal/article/view/23 (Accessed: 27June2026).
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