Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
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Abstract

Phytoplankton Diversity in the Two Ageing Ponds of L.N.M.U. Campus, Darbhanga, Bihar, India

Kumari Shachi*, N K. Prasad and Sanjeev Kumar

The two ageing Ponds viz. Anandbag Pond (P1) and Manokamna Temple Pond (P2) of L.N.M.U campus has dense population of phytoplankton and it is one of the most important ecological parameters in water quality assessment. The study was carried in two ponds P1 And P2 on qualitative and quantitative diversity of phytoplankton from January 2012 to December 2012 and January 2013 to December 2013. The eighteen (18) different species were identified in present investigation belongs to three groups viz. Chlorophyceae (7), Cyanophyceae (5) and Bacillariophyceae (6). Chlorophyceae represented by Euglena, Spirogyra, Volvox, Pediastrum, Cosmerium, Cladophora, Rhizoclonium. Cynophyceae represented by Nostoc, Spirulina, Oscillatoria, Anabaeana, Mycrocystic whereas Bacillariophyceae represented by Pinnularia, Cymbella, Synendra, Fragilaria, Navicula and Nitzhipalea. Cynophyceae was dominant group among all three groups, Chlorophyceae was the second dominant group whereas Bacillariophyceae least abundant among all.

Published Date: 2021-06-16; Received Date: 2021-05-26