International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 1
First page : (168) Last page : (171)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2190
Phytoplankton Diversity and Its Ecology in Sadul Branch of Sirhind Feeder Canal (Hanumangarh, Rajasthan)
Mamta Sharma* and Deepti Srivastava
Department of Zoology, Govt. Dungar College, Bikaner-334003 Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: mamtasharma13884@gmail.com
Received: 14.01.2016 | Revised: 23.01.2016 | Accepted: 30.01.2016
Abstract
Rajasthan state has a water spread area of 3 lac hactares including large reservoirs, mediumreservoirs, tanks in villages, canals, seasonal water, rivers and water logged areas. Water supports a variety of plants and animals.
The study of Phytoplankton are the subject of great interest because of their role as primary producers in an aquatic ecosystem. Phytoplankton are assemblages of heterogeneous microscopic algae forms whose movement is more or less dependent upon water currents. The present study was undertaken to explore the diversity and ecology of phytoplankton in Sadul branch of Sirhind Feeder in Hanumangarh (29º5’ to 30º6’ north latitude and 74 º3’ to 75 º3’ east longitudes). The present observations were made for a period of six months. Physical-Chemical limnology revealed that canal was shallow with turbid, alkaline, hard saline and well oxygenated water.
The flora was collected with plankton net. The study revealed the occurrence of 27 species of phytoplankton, among these 12 species of Bacillariophyceae, 9 species of chlorophyceae, 3 species of cyanophyceae and 1-1 species of zygnemataceae, myxophyceae and chaetophoraceae were recorded. The flora was identified following Edmanson6 , Round11, Chapman & Chapman5 and Needham & Needham10.
Key words: Phytoplankton, Diversity, Ecology, Canal
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Cite this article: Sharma, M. and Srivastava, D., Phytoplankton Diversity and Its Ecology in Sadul Branch of Sirhind Feeder Canal (Hanumangarh, Rajasthan), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 4(1): 168-171 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2190
