Phytoplankton diversity in Erai Reservoir of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra State, India
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Phytoplankton, Erai reservoir, Chandrapur, Maharashtra stateAbstract
The assessment of biological communities present in an aquatic environment reflects the quality of the ecosystem. The major source of food material for the aquatic organisms is phytoplankton and hence they are very important. Their role as bio-indicators and purifiers of polluted aquatic habitat is well known. They play a very important role in regulating dynamics of the aquatic food web and become a driving force in shaping community structure. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the population of phytoplankton of the Erai reservoir from June 2015 to May 2016. The Erai reservoir is situated nearly 16 kms away from the Chandrapur City. It is situated at 20.160N and 79.300E near Chandrapur city at a height of 321.95 M above MSL. The reservoirs catchment area is 55 thousand hectors having a maximum gross storage capacity of 193 MCM. During present investigation 38 species of phytoplankton recorded from four different groups namely Cyanophyceae, Euglenophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Chlorophyceae. Among all four groups, group Chlorophyceae was dominant.
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