Diversity of Rotifers in a freshwater body, Wadgaon dam, district Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Rotifer, diversity, zooplankton, Wadgaon damAbstract
Zooplankton is an important component play crucial role in aquatic ecosystem. They have a great significance as they produce the food for other aquatic organisms like fishes. They act as bioindicators, on the basis of diversity of zooplankton species pollution status of water body can be assessed. In the present study, total 23 species of rotifer belonging to 6 genera were recorded and station wise study was carried out. At station-1, the population density of rotifer was ranged from 97 to 547 individuals/L in the first year and it was ranged between 99 to 568 individuals/L in the second year; at station-2, the population density of rotifer was ranged from 80 to 575 individuals/L in the first year and in the second year it was ranged between 87 to 500 individuals/L; at station-3, in the first year the population density of rotifer was ranged from 115 to 607 individuals/L, and in the second year it was ranged between 137 to 608 individuals/L; and at station-4, the population density of rotifer was ranged from 93 to 536 individuals/L in the first year and in the second year it was ranged between 96 to 528 individuals/L.
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