International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 4
First page : (1998) Last page : (2007)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5428
Diversity of Macrozoobenthos in Dudhi River- A Tributary of River Narmada in the Central Zone, India
Ankit Kumar1, Reetu Sharma1 and Vipin Vyas2*
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Limnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, (M.P.) India, 462026,
2Department of Bioscience, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: vyasvipin992@gmail.com
Received: 12.08.2017 | Revised: 25.08.2017 | Accepted: 27.08.2017
ABSTRACT
Around the world, freshwater habitats are being subjected to increased levels of human disturbance results strong indications that inland water ecosystems are suffering the greatest negative impact from human activities at present. Importance of biomonitoring and identifying areas of riverine biodiversity for long term conservation of the freshwater habitats aims at characterising and monitoring the conditions of the aquatic resources. Present study was focused on the diversity of macrozoobenthos which are known as ecological indicator. In the present investigation 26 taxa of macrozoobenthos were recorded from eight sampling stations chosen on Dudhi River which is a tributary of River Narmada in the central zone. On major sharing of taxonomic composition arthropods was found dominant (77%) than mollusca (23%), while in the composition of functional feeding group predators was found dominant than others and range of Shannon diversity index was found between 1.53 to 2.28 indicates alteration in habitat structure.
Key words: Dudhi River, Macrozoobenthos, River Narmada, Tributary
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Cite this article: Kumar, A., Sharma, R. and Vyas, V., Diversity of Macrozoobenthos in Dudhi River- A Tributary of River Narmada in the Central Zone, India, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(4): 1998-2007 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5428
