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ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE ZOOPLANKTON POPULATION OF SOME FRESHWATERS OF ALIGARH REGION Dissertation submitted for the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN ZOOLOGY By MUSHARRAF ALI M. Sc. (Alig.) Department of Zoology ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH February, 1976

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ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE ZOOPLANKTON POPULATION OF SOME FRESHWATERS OF

ALIGARH REGION

Dissertat ion submit ted for the degree of

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN

ZOOLOGY

By MUSHARRAF ALI

M. Sc. (Alig.)

Depar tment of Zoology ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY,

ALIGARH February, 1976

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DSSCRIFTIOS OP THIS pOHDS

RESULT AED DIOCUSSIOK . . .

Physicsal limaology . . .

Chemical l l suao lo^ , . •

Zooplazdcton . . .

Diurnal f a r i a t i o n s . • • i n iSooplajakton population

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A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

I am great ly indebted to Dr, Asif All Khan, under

whose supervision the present woik was oompleted. I am also

thaidcfUl to the Head, Department of Zoology, AligRih Muslim

Universi ty , Aligaih^for kindly providing the necessary

f a c i l i t i e s for the completion of the woik.

Thanks a re also due to Dr, Seikh Amjad Ali and

Mr. Anil Cha t t e r j i , Hesearch Scholars of my l ab , who helped

me during the course of i n v e s t i ^ t i o n s .

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The science of Limnology* which deals with the eoology

of freshwaters inoludln/^ Uie hlolosical productivi-ty wi"tti a l l

the aepeota of "ttie interactinf^ physicali chGoical and biolo-

^ca l factorst io "beinj givoa inc r^sed at tention in recent

yrnXB* "Bio vast quantities of wat^p witlx tiieir r ich organic

resourcest offer 300d opportunltleo for -Qio naxi'mja esqploita-

tinn to tho advantage of 1iiQ Mo-economics of the country.

In view of the seneral paucity of the l i t e r a tu r e on

the various llinologicKil aspects of the tropical ponds of the

North India* an attenpt was iiade "by 1iie autiior to study 14ie

ecology of zooplankton coninunity.

The 2sooplanktoi:iic organioas represent one of the 130st

important group of aquatic animals in relat ion to fiah» p a r t i ­

cularly in respect of iiie food. The aajori'ty of the ©oonoml-

oally important freshc^water te leosts are icnown to pass tSirou^^

a stage in th s l r l i f e histozy when ISisy subsist on sooplankton

organlans for food. Besides this* many adult ss>eoies of

ooimereially important o a ^ r carps* are reported to feed seleo»

tlTsly upon these orpuniais. In carp culture ponds* oonsldsz^*

alAs effbrts are lieing laade ^ Inersass the pzoduetiTltar of

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wmp^MCk-^n* The atady ostphaslsos Hhe ntvA to mk9 ^lae^me

invtstig&tions on liio tzophodiBnasiies in ^ e £r«dt»f& «r ^&d«»

&d ^ Qonsflonre th«stt large )x>dift8 oX ponds i4hl^ ean sutftola

eonsidex&Mo Monaas of flahoo.

HxtensiTo yeax^xound reseazdi rosulta on eoopXankton

and roXated limnologit^l faetors haTo be«in ptt1}liiEiiQd by iLofoid

(1908)S Allen (1920) i Mrge and Juday (1922) In lihe beglanlng

of the twentieth centuiy* Durins the last four decados aany

notable woxfcers like Claifc (1940) J Clark sSk lik* (1948);

Rawson (1953a) f Davia (1954) I Sdoondaon (1955) I King (1957) t

aral53««r< 1959) S Colebiook (1960atb)l itoAllister (1961)and 1969)5

Haaalvood sk aX* <t96l and 1965)1 Bonse (1962)1 Marshall (1964)$

Mvm (1964); Appl^ata ^ ai.. (1967)1 Haertel s^ sJL* (1967)1

Hall jal al* (1967) I Olsen jg$, aX» (1967) i 'S&db. jcfe ai« < 1967) t

Axmitoga jBl aJL* (1968) I 3urgia (1969) I XfeiTls (1969) I Hopkine (1969)

Mdiarain (1969) i 'Daxm (1970) j Mat2aaan (1970) t Haava (1970) I

Cartar (1971)$ Dearasr (1971) J Wiape (1971)$ Boui ar ^ aJ,. (1972>i

Oapiahko (1972) $ Kirillova sk S3L* C 1972) J Zawialak (1972) I

Aadwnov (1973) I Bzandl (1973) $ Cadi (1973) t ^rlkaaoa (1973) i

I«dfcay (1973) t Portar (1973) f stavaan (1973) I Hanai^atti (1971) I

ULigLme (1974)1 Wataon (1974)1 Kvlk Skl^ (1973)$ Salgat^ (1973)

and %>salaa (1975) • davotad thair raaaarahaa tovurda aoology of

tha floopla»kton» and ita r^Latad faetora* £lalhosn (1932) aate

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9Xk mt^mpt to ia!r«0'ligRt« ^ « biology of I&e aooploiaktoxu

Wftvd (1959) pointed out a n«if mtthod foif ootmtJJQg sooplenkton

ii«a1»«ra* Banondaon (1962) ^ T O im aoooimt on tli« y^psaodixotioa

waA tfioA mppXj of aooplazdcton and also x«ir«al«d '^e r^latloii*

ihip with l ^ t of phytoplankton* McOiaren (1963) «asTl«d out

tho effect of tempsraturo on the ssooplaakton pioduotion and

I t s Tertlcal migration. Beors (1969) examined <Aaaee8 of

laloroiooplanicton vittiln depth intervals and beXov the euphotie

85one at fair locations with different hydrophio conditions in

the Horth-eastern Paclflo Ocean*

The Imowled^e of sooplsnkton In India i s s t i l l fra^en-

tar Tt thot gh a nunther of oontri'butlons are made midtk as those

hy Sew«ai (1924 and 1954)$ Prathi (1935)f Phillpose (1940) J

Ganapati (1943 and 1955) J Prasad (1952)* Baiaaiaurthy (1953)$

Allkunlri. a t ai* (1955)$ "Das and Ljrivastava (1955» 1956 and 1959)1

Hay (1955)$ Sttbrahraanyan (1959)$ Sastry skS^* (1960)l George

(1961 and 1966)$ Baniel and P rem Kvamr (1965)t rioltra and

Bhftttftdiaxya (1966); Ray and Sohgal (1966) $ ^ i t r a and 9iomidk

(1967)1 Ifeyav (1968)1 Ta^iiht (1968)1 BsMsdrthan (19^)f

Swmoayya (1971) I maaesfvm gi g^<, (1973) I PataaHc (1973) a»d

Baatmixtliy and Oana^ti (1975) • But a l l ^ase atadiast %d1li

only ftftf fxe^tionoi w«Fa oada in aastavn and adulhani aaotov

of India and novtham and vaataxn saetova ave uaually uslouohad.

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In the preamit study• three ponds veare seleeted foar

an ext^asive stud^ on the eoolo^iy of f^eehidater sooplankton*

"Simoe v^n&m &r& sitimted im Mlk^ne^ ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ 1 ^ and emm- asaaU^

stocked vtih the flngerXlngs of major oaxps. All these ponds

show different aiorphological and ecological (^araeter ls t ies

aaklnix the stu«^ more comparative* ^ e main idea behind

t h i s study i s to evaltmte and then to ooapare the secondary

proaactiou, on which the t e r t l a iy production depeaidst in

lihesQ three different arriroiiaQntal conditions.

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POHP CHAP TAI. i

Chau Tal I s a perennial freshwater pond aituated amidst

oon.'jested loca l i t l ea a t a distance of about lir to away from the

Zoolojy Department, I t i s a shallow eutrophic body of vat^Tt

coveriii?j an area of about 2.5 acrest with i t s depth Taiyin/;

from s^.son to season* The pond i e normally 5 to 9 feet deep,

Kain water and tuho-well watco? are the iiain sources to f i l l

the pond to i t s full capacity.

The length and wiflth of the pond increases during

monsoon monliia and gets flooded af ter heavy ra in fa l l . I t

also acts as a drainage basin into vdiic^ water swe^a fTon

the surrounding land, Durin^j the summer nontho» the pond dries

up due to the h i ^ a i r temperature* and henoe reduces i t s ariMt*

and 'hereby deoreasing the wat«p volume. Long and irregular

iliore l i ne i s the dmraeter ls t lo feature of liie pondt whieih

enhances the productivity of the pond by increasing the oppoxw

tunity of close supor imposition of photoaynl^etlc ssone upon

the deoomposition zone (Vleloht 1952),

I t s basin i s vezy simple• f l a t and sloping* The bottom

of th i s pond l e eontainlng sUt* clay* and and sand p a r t l ^ e a

lAiiflh aare geneXttXIy Ixttxodiaeed into t h i s pond Kith the inooming

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wK%9r fiom adiaeatit f ie lds during rainy season* Bss&dMi - ^ i s

ihs dssd plajoktonic or^joniaae are also found on ths botlKHt*

Whe flhallov rogion of the pond mostly oonsist of sand* 9h«

oolour of the bottom materials ranges from iproor to VLacic: in

different regions. Sefveral detergents are aipplied into t h i s

pond th rong washermen durin,; oloth \ffa&Siing«

The pond i s also used for the culture of fiali and for

the culture of Traua Msoinoaua carop. 't he tldieof cultured

here are ^enexallir iiajor cai!pE i .e .» Labeo rohlta* Catla gatlafc^

This pond iu a seuado-fed pond» oituated ZL&ar I»T.I»

bulldinst a t a taistance of ahout 2«5 km away froa the Zoology

Department, I t covers a surface ar^i of about 2,0 acres* The

shape of t h i s pond* i s some\4iat rectangular. I t i s mai>>made.

The depth of -tiie pond also varied from season to 8eaaon» usually

5 to 7 feet . The pond* on the western aide* has a deep area wilfti

plants of Affp 9;Hfi SSSSSiSS^ /jxowing a t different distance flfom

eaeh other. A two meters vdde area alon.j the aisore l i ne use

found to be oovered with rooted aquatic plants and different

types of a l ^ e . The eaetaom aide have a i r regular u>ac*e l i n e

with etiallew water* gradually deep«iing into the oentral basin.

*Bie pond reeelvea a zmllah from the North aidet whicdti oonti*

zmeuely dlsoharf^ee the soMage oolleeted f ^ a the eitgr avn*

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BottcKa of the pond oontaina aos t ly laudt atoxie p a r t i o l e o t

doad planktonlo or^aniaas and decayed a ^ a t l e planta* fh«

colour of ^ o bo t tds mat^ieial xangaa faxtm ^njr to luiiavfii. and c

bledclelif during the di f ferent aeasons of the year . The pond

reoelTes i t s n u t r i e n t suoply from aovfige a s well a s t h r o u ^

regenet ra t ion of n u t r i e n t s farom the deoaylng p l an t s aa well

a s from the f e r t i l l z e r a co ' i ln; fron the figprlcultural f i e l d s

aa^o in in ; to i t i du r ln ; rainy seaaon.

HjySLA PONDS

TSiio pond nny bo regarded na tii© pol lu ted pcnd. 'Hiis

pond receiveo dotorscaito and w^te mat ter roleaoed by t h e f ive

foc to i l e s t ni tuated near 1^ i t . The pond in s i tua ted near liie

Ha^a v i l l age* a t a diotanco ahout 3,0 kta a\^ay froti the Zoology

Department and covers an area of about 20,0 ac re s . The por t ion

of the pond» which receives the i n d u s t r i a l waatet i s mueh c

pol lu ted and the water always found to be bleOciifti i n colour.

IThis pond i s marshy i n nature and with i r r e g u l a r deep bas in .

t he pond i s noxmally 7 to 20 f ee t deep a t diff^rtf i t p l aces .

The foxci of t h e pond a s se^a tron the out idde laay be

regarded a s s u b » r e c t a n ^ l a r and elongated with surface e levat ions

a r e subjected to var ia t iona from season to season. I t i s a lso

used by the waebesman for d c t i i wag ing purposes.

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MASBaiAL AHD METHODS

Seunplin? waa done at two stntioas S and S* tvam saoSHl

pond, always a t 10,00 A.fl.

Atnospheric and surface water teraperatures were recorded

by neroury thermometer graduated upto 100°C (l/lOth) a t 10.00 A.M.,

a t monthly I n t e r m l s . Tho surface water temperature was m€»mired

hy increasing the tliertaometer into the pond wat^r for one minute.

Ti^nEnareao;/ in the pond was ii^.sured hy a atandord

secchi-dioc of 14.0 cm in diaiaeter. ?.h.Q sccdii disc waa fuiv

nished by black and vjhite quadrants» laade of heavy iron, The

disc was t ied with the help of nylon thraid. In the pond i t

was allowed to m deeper and deeper* and the average depth a t

which the ssoohi disc disappeared and raappigEtred was noted as

the reading of the l i ^ t penetration.

Turbidity was directly detezained by a Klett-Summerson

Photo-electric colorimeter using a red f i l t e r .

Water eaaples for ^emleal analysis were oolleeted only

from surface directly w l ^ Hie help of water saraplw*

Bamples were analysed for dissolved oij^gen ooneentoatloB

a t the s l t a of ooXlaotion \xy liiidcl«r*8 modified teolualqua

iAaayiean Pumio Haalth Aaao elation* 19^) •

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Ihnm oastendiexide %»0 detsmlned by t i t i a t i n g 100 a l

iOBtpIt vitli H/44 I%0H using phonolphthaldin aa Indioa^tov*

Caxteimta and Bioaxl)onata wora astimatad by t l tva t lag 100 ml

aaaple v i ^ 0*025 N salplnixlc a d d uaing phsnoXphthal^a and

raathyl oran,';© as indicators.

pH MSLQ detemined with the help of a ziarvow range pll pap«r«

Chloride was ostinated lay t i t r a t i n g diractly with standard si lvor

n i t r a t e solution using potassium coronate ao indicator.

3aiplos for the analysio of nutr ients were ooXlacted

fro-n the surface \/atar and ooiiileted with six hours from UtiQ

t ine of collGction. toaonie was ostinated hy lies t i e r ' s reagent

aethod. Inor.^anio phosphorus was deterained hy Jteimoniiaa nioly'b-'

date "blue method. Inorganic phosphorus and ajmaonia-nltrogen

are expressed as/Ug atom/L.

ZoopXazikton aarsples wore oolXeoted from ' ^ e surface vateir

by f i l t e r ing 100 l i t e r s of watert S5 l i t e r s txom eaoh sidet

t h r o u ^ a plaiJicton net of % . 8 . ^ctrcne oare yt&G takma. to

diettti^ the water as l i t t l e aa possible while aaklag the oollee*

t ions . Baeh sos^le wae mflhed out In a 50 lal wide laott^ botlPL*

and made to 50 ml by addition of vater and preawved 1: adding

formalin to make a 5^ aolution* J?br analyalat two aub->eeaple8

of one ml each were drawn af ter ISiozoug^y mixlnti Ifoe aooplaiflcton

with a wide mou-tifi dropp«r and Ifoired into a oountin^ eeU of

one ml oapaeity and divided into len^tadlBal dlvlaloiis. All

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-^e or ganiscis w re identtifi«d azid oounted and the mm& of ^ «

two oount vas oozxverted to nambeirs p«r l i tre of ponA «Bt«r*

The soopXefi rfon vfpe identifies up^ i|»e<iies l#r«X ttftet

Sewell (1924) s Kief er (1939) s 33*aona?.oii (1959) » and Naya»

(1971),

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A a d l ^ t ctoan^ i» the terap^aturof whicii I s oa@ of 1*i©

Important factor to r e f l a t e ^e pxDduotivlty of the ©mrifonaepatf

rmy affect ^ e Molo ^ of the or'piilaas prescait in the esavlToimmit

(iproi/fehf dewraloimtintf repxo auction,'oUier l i f e paPocaasQa) and

also the diotrllmtion of the .^asea and nutriflcit cycdle along wi-^

tho other Mogonio p2?oo0ssos are got affected by the ctianges in

the teoiperatwro of the &avt3Ximi&it (Hutcliinooni 1957) • I'he main

sotirces of hent are aol©r isdiat ion and re la t ive hiaaidity and

t h i s heat d l reo t l / talc en tip t h rou^ direct absorption hy water

and throia,^ tho t2^yasf@i? of heat tmm the a i r or from the bottom

of the ponds.

Thm toDipes»ture changes in caaan Talt I»5»I» pond and

l la^a pond are /$Lven in table 1* Seaaonal changes are fbund to

be large, ©le water tempmratares are closely related to the a i r

teEspera^irest whidti obvioTisly depend ijpon the meteorology of t^ie

region* 15ie a i r tefaperature -mried from 15.0 to 36»5 C o-ver

Chan fa l and from 13.5 to 57.3**C in I .T . I . pond* VJh«roft8 over

"^e lft#a pondt the values ranged firom 14#0 to 56»0®C. fh t

diff«r«aii«e lietvoen a i r te^^era-tnz^s and sirfaoe imter toi^^Emtairea

v^pe foimd tipto 5®C at Chau Talt 6°C a t I .T . I , pond and 5#5**C a t

M0M poai* fh« maadJUOBi differences being Ibund in the imniik of

April f 1919 in aXl ^^ ponAs* saitfsaee vater t«i!^0xtiti»pea of theee

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foMSf -mxt^A tvom 11.5 to 31#5 C» 12.0 to 33.0®C azid 15.7 to

31»0®C In Chan Tal, I .T . I , pond and Ka^a pond req^eotlvely.

The naxlaiuBi Gurfaee water tec^exatu^QS wore afaoorded i n ^ x i l ^

1975 in Chau Tal, May* 1975 In I .T . I , pond and Augaatt 1975 l a

Na^a pond* The dlfferoncoa in the surface vmtor and bottom

xmter toaperatures are of no significance aa tiiey are diallov ponds.

Berst and 'IcCrlrarion (1966) aX^ reported no tiieMaal atrat i i loBtion

in similar "bodiea of vrater. Beins aaaller ix. ^jiae i^^iu diallowt

those ponds quickly cihan: ^ tlieir toraperaturo with the ambicKit

conditions of the alsaosphere, A oicnifleant direct relationship

was noted here between the a i r and water taapeiaturoa (Table 1).

LIG-HT C0imi?I0Il3 Of TH^ ^OWDQt

LI jjtit condition in -the ocoqystcn are known to be affected

by many factor such as intensity of l i , :^t nt surface* a n ^ e of

contact of l i ^ t a t surface* differences in lati tude* seasonal

and diurnal differences* and dlssolTed and suspended materials

(Welch, 1952J Hutcbinson, 1957 and Huttner* 196?) have glYen a

^ o d aeoount of l l ^ t p«ietxatlon in different waterof I t s

mea8a»ffi«at and I t s effeet on the Moisiyetem. Tranapareneiy t«3.«M

of the water and tuxtoldity are given In table 2. Seasonal diaagea

in tranesjareney are ^ t e apparent* In Chau Tal* the aeeehi diee

meaflarementa ranged from 6.0 to 56.5 on over stat ion s^ and froa

5.0 to 60.0 om at stat ion S^* The naadmum trBaf{>aren«iy wis noted

In Marehf 1975 and mlnlmua in tlie aienth of July and Attestt 1975

(fmW.9 2 ) . fhls lew wmMmg e t ^nuapareney in the month of JiOy

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and August was mainly dus to inflow of muddy vatflar during

rains and h i ^ oonoentratlon of zooplankton in the saifae«

water. Hho transparency values o\>talned from I,T»I, pond

were fbund to vary from 17.0 to 3$«0 em a t s tat ion S and

17,5 to 35#5 ca a t station Sg, The trend of seasoml fluctua­

tion was sane In a l l the ponds.

Wide seasonal fluctuations In the water turbidity observed

and represented in table 2, In Chau Tal the turbidity varied

fro"i 10.0 to 130.0 K.U, a t station S and 10.0 to 111.0 K.U, a t

s tat ion Sp. 'J'he 'inxiiiun tm^bicllty valuo was obtained in August*

1975 Rnd l in lnui In th© "lonth of la rch , 1975. In I .T . I , pond

the turbidity values w^e found to vaiy fron 31.0 to 66.0 K.U.

Rt station 5^ and 30.5 to 63.0 -^.B, a t station Sg with maxiraum

a"iplltude in A Ufjust and ninimum in I'ovember 1975. Whilst in

la/^a pond, the turbidity values a t both laie stations were fbund

to vary from 33.0 to 60.0 ii.U. at s tat ion 3^ and 38,0 to 5S.0 K.U.

a t s tat ion Sp.

In order to determine tho re la t ive effect of turbidity

on the ioctinetlon of l i i ^ t , a relationahlp was det«aiisi«d ^tMMA

turbidi ty and transpareni^ values and i t was found that Hie h i ^

tntneparaaoy values are generally asao elated wit2i the lew tuz^l*

dity values (fable 2 ) , and low txan^arenqy values were obtained

when ^ e waiter was more turbid. A slgalf leant Inverse re la t ion-

ship was noted between tiiese two variables it « -0*9ft t <• 11.1

and p > 0*001), Thsse ponds generally low In tiw(upar«iiey

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bMSBM Of ht^ turbidltor duo to taflov of anaddar m i a «»t«r

dnslzig nonooon month and due to d€»89 population of plankton

dnving the v in t i r and prvaonaoon months* I t vas also notod in

the oaso of I»T,X* pond that during hii^ transparency and lov

turhldi ty values the pond develops lar^je nuaher of green aquatlo

plant in tho hot-ton or pond baain*

Tlie dissolved oa^jen also plays an l-aportaxit it>lc in

TQPSiilnttn^ the netaholic a c t i v i t i e s . TTia osygen i s si^pplied to

the environaent t!irou{^ direct diffusion froa 1iiQ atnio sphooret

f ro i photosynthesis of ireon plnnta E3 n hy-jiroduct nnd thiougji

phytoplankton photo^Tnthesis* lEHssolved oixysen oonoentration in

Chau '5'al were found to vary froa 1.0 to 10.4 ppm a t stat ion S.

and from 1.6 to 9.5 ppa a t stat ion S * "^Q maximum concentration

vae found in the laoniai of ffabruaxy 1975» and minitmia in Julyt

1975 a t both the s ta t ions. In Ha^a pond the deoreaae and lnagr«N>

aee in "Vhe dieeolved oxyg«i oonoentration was almoet aaae as in

Hie (met of Chau Tal (Table 3)» but in I.T.I* pond the values

range between 4.0 to 14*0 ppm a t stat ion S and fxoa 4*2 to

14«5 ppa a t s tat ion S^t the aaadsnim oonoentration was noted in

the "aonlh of Februaxyt 1975 and miaiiaum in the aonth of April*

1975 (a t both <^e s ta t ions) . Aeoordin^ to Hutiliinson (1957)f

the oxygen oeno^itxtttion may Inorease due to the pveesnoe of

dense giswth of aqostio plants and vsedst near tlie ihore l i a s

as In the Z«f«I« poadf where h i ^ vsluss of SISSOITS osgrgw V«PS

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m%9&* fli« oxyg«ci oo&osatration f a l l s down drying Hit tmmmmi

w»nMi»t as a rogult of loflow of ttnrMd dixainagv iwtar uliliii

InlilMM 12ia l i j i t j4»Qit3?atioxi In t2id pond watoir* l ^ l e IneroaM

audi deeifeaoe in th® ooaoantxation of dieaol^rod esorgui affoots

1^8 Eooplankton paroduotion* Bor Itie survival of ssooplasicton

a minimum conoentimtion of 1 mg/li i s neoeaaaz:^ (Kaeilvood j | | a^«»

1963) «wid tliia 'ainiiaua posit ton i^ ra r raacted in any of liiose

ponde*

cA]^o!i»nioxiBs ^mm OF ^HS POIIBSI

Ca2*bondioxia©t i^ id i i s r#sponsit>l0 for plio'fejs^tbotic

ac t iv i ty in tlio ©ooq^otrnt occurs oithor in VtXB foasa of a gas

or in oomt)inntlon with oihor suljol^nces (Hnt<&insonf 1957) • In

the present study i t only occarjin tho pond Chan fa l during

ingust to Bormb&Tt t975» Th© valuee were found to vary "between

9.1 to 19»0 a t station S nnd 9*0 to 19.5 a t Station Sg* ^*ie

fiiaxi'iium ooneentration VSLQ noted in August and Septembctr 1975

and mininmm daring NoTeabert 1975 (TaMe 4)# 'Phis prea^tiee of

mafiiomSi»isid9 i s mainly due to distort) oonditions in l^e eerlTOn*

a«at airiiig "^lat period* Carbondiosddet preduoed in the eaxfa#«

%fat«r«» was not ooiapletely u t i l i s ed indicating "^e inhiMtion

of photoajrn'&oi^a* fho appeaxazKse of free oasrtiondioadde tmm

Augaet 197$ i oanaydf i^ppeara to be due to the eoltiiration of

tXaM. ^^P ** ^fom m o f i r e t vooic of Augaet t i l l BeooQi1»«r» 1975*

mo poai was alaoot oerored with "g Bapft loanrost a s a raonlt

of i t m « l i # t poBglimtlon wae iahlMtoAt mtrnm^mM^ Uta

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9liBt»i9ii'lli«ti9 v«s also inblHtad saA th« oaxlsoiidieaddt pveduM

during t}i« vvipiSAtlon and l>y the deoorapositlon of oreseoilo ottttMp

vma nmrm f^'^ -atllie«d# fhe h i ^ Qeneo&txatiDn «f eei«l»ik»di0xid«

WKf INI ^ a to h l ^ sooplankton pxoduction as wiiLl (Tablo 4)* In

©th«r ponds 11: i s found to be absent in a l l the samples oolleeted

dtarin<? the period of iiweatigations and this abaenoe of free

OftX'bondioxide from the QtsrlToxmmt shows that as audi oax'bondioadLda

produced durin/i respiration of the biota preseait in the onviroii»

ia«itt i s uti l ized atonoe by the s^^mai aquatic biota of the seat

environment during photoSi/nthetlo actiTity. I t was also obsonred

that util ization by the pri'a'ry prodaccrc and green aquatic plants

for photosynthesis was quite &3our$i to reiove the entire caibon-

dioxide fron l&o wnter of the pond during "Sho inveetigationa and

"ttiereforet no trace of carbondioadLde i s made.

Since free oarbondio3d.de vo s absent in I.T.I« and Ha pLa

ponds in a l l the sainples aoalysedy oazbonate values vere. etXwK^m

present in appreciable quantities* In I .T.I, pond osxtenats

<f«lue ims ranged between 80.0 to 240.0 ppa at station S aziA

60*0 to 200.0 ppa at station s^. While In Ka^a pond ths vsluss

vsnged b«tws«a 72.0 to 32.0 ppa at station 3^ and 35*0 to $8*0 ppn

at stKtioa ^2* ^ ^^ ^'*^ ® ^^^^ '^^ oaxl)onate vers only towoA

to be prsssBt betvssn Janiasy to July* t97$» xanglns bs^san 10«0

to 80«0 ppa at station S and 10«0 to 90.0 ppa at station S *

fha flu«tiiatioa bstwasn eas<bonat« alkallnltgr vara aalniy

dna ta pheteionfttfoa'Ho aattvitr of t^a gvaan btata pvaaint in Hia

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pond* lihG QbQ&aoeoot twund QarbonAioaddQ and the prea«iu»o of

half bound cartjondloatide in a l l th© ponds* indlo».te ^ m t 14i«

'»3?e©n Mfita u tHlaea B olanifioant anount of half bound carboiv*

dioxide durin,:; photo^^thetio prooosaee. 1%o MoftX^nate oontfliits

of the ponds v&re always found to be hi ^ e r whan tho (^xljonatas

are prestrnt in low quantitieQ. In Chou Tal due to presoaico of

caii^ndio3d.de durln: certain periods (Ta'ble 4)» All the carbor^tes

were convertod Into blairtx>nato» resultln^l in tlie diisappaarauce

of carbonate fro.i the xsanda. An iaverse raLationship was noted

botwoon carbonatQ en6 •birarbonato content of "fee water.

The vrltien of bicarbonate and hjilro :on Irn concentration

Fire rJ-vea ii^ teblo 4« !l/dro ^on ion ooncentration values were

alvnyo found •'i''. f^QT tha^i 0,5 indicatln^^ 13ia doiinatlon of pho-to-

o./iithotio act ivi ty on tho reGi:)iration act ivi ty of the biota. In

tlio present stud/, however, a direct relationohip was noted

betwoim hydrogen ion oonoentration and bicarbonate oonteaats of

the pond* CJontrary to these observntionet Khan (197D) oba«rved

a direct rciLa^onfihip betw^m hydrogen ion oonoentration and

caxtwnate (Tftble 4)

CHLOBIDgt

Aaong "^e ions only one anient namely ahlorid« was

studied during the period of i nvea t i ^ t l ons . In th« pond Cha»

fa l itie Talttts of ohlorld« i^anged b9tv««n 14*2 to 127.0 ppa a t

BtatlOA S^ and s ta t loa S^ %Aiile in the oasa of Z*T«Z« pond the

irmluaa yaiigvd b«tir««n 9a,0 to 104*0 ppm a t both tbe statloiis

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(fm¥i« 5)« l i a#a pond &^w«d & h i ^ range of ohloride oozrlesit8»

i t inal«A tnim 223*0 to 7$8,0 ppm a t s t a t i o n 3^ and 211*0 to

668*0 ppm a t s t a t i o n S^. The maxinmm oonosntrations v i r e fbund

lA ^ e loonthe of Ua^ and June tndlca t in / ; the poXlutiott of nateaf*

fhe presence of h i ^ quan t i t i e s of d i l o r l de i n Ifce pond i s oainly

due to reloasQ Indua t r l a l vfQstes i n t he pond. In Uie nonooon

tontho thG values dscreo-aeD In a l l the th ree pondsj because of

•the intsradactiaa of rsiii t^frer and gorface run off fiwa the

surrouadln; f ie lds*

The suhr;tance:: Ulic:! arcs required h / tho f^Ml-ml and p lan t

coTjnvmtty for .-yrowtli and ot.hor 'icrtnbollc ijroceosec a r e eo-irionly

Irnown as n u t r i e n t s , ' ^ G aquntlo or^^cinisrio recelveo t h o l r

n u t r i e n t s swpply trr.-i. t he w t<^ i n whicli thoy l i v e . The l'ipor»

tance of these n u t r i e n t s in ro lp t lon to the h io log ica l a c t i v i t y

of the ponds, has been diocuasQd in de ta i led hy Ilutohlnaon (1957)

and Ruttner (1963) •

PHOSPHORUS*» Phoiphorus whldi i s one of the major a u t r t a n t s

found i n the fraohvatera i s known to he a l i i a i t ing fac tor In

MoIOiSloal proAiotivity* I t oQcurs i n the surface vntwra hoth

a s Inorgpnlc phoai>hato-phoepho2?u8 and organic phoaphorus, Inoraa-

n i c pho8phat0»phoq^rue slioved aeaaoiiel var ia t ionB In a l l tha

« i r ae ponda during the praaeo* invea t lga t loa ( fab le 5) and « ia

supply of itmm m t v i v i t a appears to 1»« dopanAeiit ^ e i i tlia natii

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and dx«ilnag0* Anderson (I960) has reported t h a t ux'banleation

and land cn l t lTa t lon has inereased liie quanti ty of ' ^ e zai tr lente

i n the ponds. The ponde* under p r e s ^ i t investlgpationt a r e ait«>

uated amidat ou l t i ah l e land and huimn haMtaHon andt ae a

r e s u l t of I t t receive a ^ o d ^ p p l y of raitrlents during the

njonsoon -nonths. But i n tho case of present i nvea t i pitlone

plioaphate values were always found to he ' i i / ^e r i n pre-nonaoon

months HIBH -ttie 'iionaoon -lonths. Thio i o becruae of the i^iallow-

nesst snnl l aize and Iii/^h o.t ioopliQGrlc tedpeintura of ttie pondo.

T^e to shallowness and s a a l l alzQt the ponds evaporate h i ^

quanti ty of water nndf an a r e s u l t of i t t "Kie concentration of

the iyio£?i>liatG liicreaaed .ta tho iirononsoon nonths. I t -oay also

be fluo to l e s s ut i l lz8. t loi i oC tiie phcrihate by the aquat ic

or-^nn5.£na durtu^ tlint pcriocl end regenerat ion of phosphate In

t he ponds,

niTROQigU Tf-ie l a ln sources for t h e supply of inorganic nitrogon

a re mainly r a in and the ourHlace runoff carrying H0^» M^ and HOg

i n t he fom of t e r r e s t r i a l compounds during rainy season. In

t h e present study only exq^nia content was studied and the rmRalts

a r e slven i n t a b l e %

Saa80i»l variat ions i n the arsjuonla ni t rogen of the ponde

w«re det«rained* In I«T*I« pond and Sfagpia pond t h e f luo tua t loa

a r e ^nore a s these ponds received decaying or^Euolo matter throui^

dralnait* miXXahe and thxoui^ the i n d u s t r i a l wastes r s l s a s s d ysy

tile f ae to r i s s f s i t oa t sd nms^^ In I,T«I« pond ainaonift n i t roapn

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oontent nuig«d betw««:i t&«76$ to 99*800/ug atoaA a t stfttlOB 8.

and 19,6?0 to 93*1btyag atom/L a t s ta t ion Sg* In Hia oiM •<

Hiaip.a pond the aismonia nitrogen oontonta varlad fwmL 0*980 ttt

^1«329/ag atoa/L a t station S and 15«0$2 to 60«607/ug atoaA a t

s tat ion Sg. during dl f farmt periods of the Inres t l^ t lona* H l #

values were seaieTally found In the winter and post^vlnteir montiia

(Table 5) .

In the oaae of Cfhau Tal Mie aanoxda nitrogen concentration

varied between 12*000 to 42,480/u.3 atom/L a t station S,j and

12» 552 to 42,560yu/]: nto^L at stat ion S * ^o naxltaua and

Tilnlaum concentrntlons were found to be prooont In the sane waniaa.

at both -aie statlona (IJabl© 5)# Hli^ value in the 'aonth of

September l a nainiy due to deca^in.-; organic na t t e r provided by

.the algal blooms in the tionth r f August and also due to inflow

of dewayinsf or^;anlc rrntter witli iHie ruii oix during ralxu

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Ideirtlfleatlon of different ssooplarikton or^anlao was

^^de tiplx) species levelf vhenenrer I t %%s podslbXe. Thoisr QOik»

tained 21 spades belonging to three main ^ roupo nnmeiLy BotifeTt

Cladocera and Copepoda* 'The minil)er of esga of different apedea

were lunped together and oountinj were made In various monthe

during the period of imrestl jatlon. "Slio resu l t s of coimting

are ^iven in iiaVlQ 6. Copepodlte and naupller s ta ies were also

lumped •to.' eiaier durin: quantitative analyala*

The individual zooplaijicton were found to differ In alze

and shape even vitbixi a single apeolao. The speolee \ d i l ^ oould

be Identified are only oonddered here nn6. are as fbllovst

BDTIPl^St Twelve species were identified*

^.Mi^iipi^jt g« ^«?^lflillfl- £• 2SQM) y i l ln l^ banmalilfttag

CItAliOCgm- Five species of ol^dooera were identtfledU

TiKohaiwi m^%P h mam ^'wn^ffmrnAik smmsm*

fiir g « t i « q i ^ ^ l ""tifflltlHWIfflMt "PP*

QBfyof|t 9»«v ipedee v«r« veoord«a»

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Mfferent sooplaiflcton ^jroups varied gi^oatly in susibev

and ralatiira liaport^iee durln/; the period of In res t i^ t ion*

Cladooerans being the domlnint groups were aliM^a tovmA l a

{preater numbers In a l l Ihe three ponds wllh exception in few

months* Next to Cladoeera oome the Eotlfers and Ck)pepod8.

Monthly averages of Cladocerans are given in tahle 6,

In Chau Tal -ttie maxlTtnaa number of Cladocerans was found to be

present durln,* July and the minimum durinj December and

January, while in the cnoe of It.T,I# pond the h l ^ quantit ies

of Clndocerans were noted during Januaiy and the mlnlaEum during

lovoabert vtolle I t was found to be absent in "the samples

eollected durln* December, In Ha ijla pond Clndocer^ns were

found to be absent in January* maximum number was noted in

the mon'tix of May and minlmuia quantity was noted daring February

and AUigust. Ray s&. SJL* C1966) have reported summer maxima of

Cladooerane. In the present study the same trend was luted*

This group i s represvated by five species namely Daahnia

MayJLgS 1* msm.i Cenodauhnla comutas C. re t icula ta and

M P W - I ^mUJg aad ! • W&aBBL were found to be abatnt

during most of the months § mostly af ter July in a l l the "ttii^e

p«a4s« SU «»"Mrt^ WAS noted in Ifee l a t e r period of Inres t isa t ioa ,

In Chautal and I»T*I« po&dt t h i s qpeeles was found to be abMOt

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In Janaary* Pebruaxy and Aprl3« vAiile In the oaa« of Sa^^ft

pond* i t %ms only atieaiit durln.'? January and 9ebzt»xy,

£• gftticulata was only raoorded In Chau Tal during line pexlod

fxoat April to Deomti^itm

DiaiohanoaQma app, were only recorded in Chau Tal

and Na^la Dond. In Chau Tal t h i s species was itotod during the

period from July to Decerabor and in Na jla pond faram l 'ebruaxy

to Ubvffnber.

Ceriodaphnia oonmta was most donlnsnt ax>eciea amons

the Clr.aocerans and always recorded in preater quanti t ies .

Wext to thio was £. re t icu la ta .

The riU'ahQr of different species helonjin^j to th i s ,szo«qp

varied greatly in a l l the throe pondst during different periods

of inveeti i^t ion, Mon^ Copepods* Cyclopoida w^e r<apx9maA

in large number as ootnpared to the Calanoida. Tlaia gxoitp

r«pree«ated by four species» nanely: £• atrenua. £• vir ldla*

v«re always reported in eaoh sample oolleoted tgtm slX taiS8«

ponAs. While MsaeeyclpoB ed«» was fbund to be abssnt daring

laost of the months* Piaptoaus spp. was only reoordsd tmn

Chaa t a l and no trade was made in I .T . I , pond and Ka^a pond.

Anong Oflt>eMa4ii the nost dominBat species was (L. •Ir t .dis whldi

was fomoA i& aaxlaiiA nambsr doxi&g July i n a l l -ihs Ifturva ponAa*

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Botlf«re wltli oaxliaua sumber of epeeies WASM «lMqra f «nA

in l«irgo ^itaatltlae in a l l i^e thr99 ponds* fhis gioup ia

r«!>r«8flnt«4 liy six speeles of Bra^doms (S,* qalyfltflitwia.

!• ttafffllMlift'^ • Th-me epecies of KoapateilXa (i.* oaaftdanfl y

IL* mia iliflffiir!' - * SBlUa) • " ^ spaoles of Pllinia (f« bganohlata.

£• 3LPMJ.efflR) ^^ one ^ooles of T^a^^tiA&* Bi^diioqaft

,a6aiy< ffllff,3m.at ! • i,l,|>,f gi,U,a were always rcopostod in i preciaKL^

quantities fro"i ^ 1 tlio throe ponds* Vlhile B* Mdaita icas fovmA

to be absent only in Ilagla pond durin/3 the psriod f»om Januazy

to felardi. B. h vfif , q ,8 and B, mia:u;i£ § was only oeciwred in

Chau ""al and Uagla pond. In Chautalt B» auadridantata vras

recorded only in few aonths (fable 6)1 %diile i t occurred in

Nagla pond and I.T.I, pond but in only £aall quantities. fh«

most doniinent £^eoies among the Bracfcionus species vae

lU «3ly<tf.fllfflHg (Table 6).

KeimtiilT] iZSLS ksaSla ^^ * SSSKGL wer* only reoorded fMs

OhftU fttl a&d Z*T*I« pond and in aowlX quantitieat ytaiX9

ifi fliiiilillWimill was veooxded ia al l the -^ree peiiAa* Zn Ghiw fiilf

&* fffiWlfllMirfl n was recorded in a appreciable foantititSi i^i l t

ia X*f*X* pond and Hagla poadt the apeoies was recorded in mtHl

qiiaixtitlee and alec fbuad to be abeeat in few aoaUbe*

U M B I A b|aan iiia% uae recorded f^n al l the thjree peato

moA 1% •Maonred la laise quwititlee ia Obam «al and Wu^fiat pwii*

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In Clum Tal th0 flp«oi«8 %ia0 v«oord«d fxom JTaniBxy to Angastt

idiUo in Na^a pond i t was y«oovdoA tsoa ?«l»Riax7- to lIo¥ai1)«r

Igat la aaaXI quaatitlos*

1!,<fft»B, llHlill i|>* was reoordod facoa a l l th« thVM poiid«t

Imt maximim nusibar was onoounterod in Chaxi Tal» High quaotitlM

ware 210tod during mmmvr month in Oiaa Tal and I.T«I* pond and

during po aft»iK>nsoon laonths in Kagla pond»

laosa AHD HAHP IIt ^rlng th© quantitative analysia a l l ^e

nauplli and eessa vwo luitpad toga-feear, Thay wsra found in

great ar quantitias during &amnQT laonths*

TOTAL ZOQgLAII TOil gOFtlLATIOHt

The -aonthly avemgos nuabar of sooplsnkton found in

aiffarent fra^iwator ot Aligaich region are glveaa in *I!abla 6*

Total number of aooylankton varied fxortL 74/l l tre to 780/litr«

in Chau Tali 23 to 559/11 tra in I«T.I. pond and 114 to 724/lit»«

in Hagla pond, "She maxiiauRi mbaher vraa found in -^a month of

July and Augaat (Chau Tal)f June (I*T*I, pond) aztd AprlL» Hay

aad Vt>rm\mv (Na^a pond) and ^ a aininua number was jRnmd l »

tha aonUi of January in a l l the thraa poada. It i^pearo twom

the praoint a t a ^ that the pattern of changae in the Zooplaxflctoa

poptilatien in l^a poad Gha» Tal and X«T«I, poad i s of aoaooaia

typat vbila in the oaaa of Hagla pond the sooplanktoa distrt*

botioa tfiovad diaeciie oyala. deoxga (1962) haa alao r^ovtad

diaottio aaaaoaal tfiaagaa la the aooplanktoB pap«lati«B ia Hia

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fipsa Mi^ to %i l l« l^e pxoiii««i»a d.9mmkwm fxom Hey to .«iMP«t

«lft l^flo^Jl^lXovad bi* a seeoM p«riod o t iaermao during Oato^ir

h^m attrit>ut0a to aevepcBX f&otors* Has^woa &n& Vwckw (19$ 1)

and lutehiaeoa (1967)* ImT® reportefi aisgolTed oxyjen oenoontxa*

tiont ©ffectiv© l i ^ t penetration* t»^fapatar© and t o ^ l aUmliiiity

aa luportaat factors for r e f l a t i n g zooplatikton productionst i ^ l l a

: rasad (t956) found phytoplanktoa r@s|)oasi'bl@ for h i ^ zooplaiflctoii

prod»ction» Prasad < 1956) refsorted a diract raLatioasfeip liatwaan

pbytoplanktoa aad 2ooplai3ktoa» %ftiil0 Comlta and Anderaoa (1959)

and Ihaa'(1970) reported an liasreapse ralatioaaliip botweoa thes©

tvo varialJlo. ^ i s phytCH>®joplaifis:ton relalAoni^ip indicates "^tiat

phytoplainkton play an important rol© as food of 1h® ssooplanktoa*

In llie present studyt we also found an inverse relationi^iip

lietween llieee t%(0 -varialilea (Tatae 6)* I t vas seen during the

l i i reet lpi t ion in these ponds that loos of phytoplai^ton was usee*

Qiated v i ^ hi£^ prodaetlon of soopXankton sid loss of to&plmek^n

\m9 aeeoeiftted vfift ' ^ e h i | ^ phytopXaakton pf^aafirteloiulkQtt Ude

relationflbip» i t can "be assumed that phytopXaxOcton standing esop

i s a more reXiahXe indication of zoopXankton standing &to^m

§mvgm (1993) and Oaaapati and Siibhe Bm (19?8) eXee

n ^ r t e d that ^i^«Riti tre i s also one of the ia^ i f taa t fhietei«

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D»7 vvgalatlng -the pxoduetlon of Iftid aooplaiik'toii, 9i%m noiktra

Ibimd hi«^«r pTOdnetion daring the pertod of iov t«B9«n1»re aaA

Xov pjodaetion yhon the temperature was ooaeidtmliXy hi#i*

CdStraiy to these obsermtlons %fe noted ft mx^gm iidstiiinBhip

hetween the teaperature end t^e pxodmotiozi i .e^t Hie tmxiMm

quantity of zooplankton were rioted during the period of h l j ^

temperature and low ^mnt i t i e s wmr© recorded when the teraperature

was ooneidembly low( Table 5>. So ^c^rtionahlp oould 7>e 9stah-'

l ished "between differmt nutr ients and aooplankton produotioa.

Prom the above stateRient i t l a clear that Qiau fal has

greater production r a t e i f compared wltli other two pondsf however»

In few months Chau ?al lias voiy low production and that may he

due to dlsturt condition of Ifc© poad» I«T«I* pond has a very

h l ^ production on the month of June« 1?his i s mainly due to

h i ^ ^adoeei^tti population effected from hig^ r a t e of produeMoa

of Qaaeifldaahnift qorpjUta. In the l a t t e r month the produetlon of

£ji QcgMBta i s effected wM r a t e of u t i l i za t ion hy the tartiaaQf

pxodaeora Inoreases andt as a resul t of i t« ISie to ta l predaotioa

dooyoaMMi a« low as t78/ l i t re* In S a ^ a pond* h i ^ proia«llo&

l a the aoBlih of kpwiX and May i s mainly duo to h l ^ o r ra to of

pzodttotioa of msBiMM nsiMM» ^m<Mum9 vum^uu ^M SJdAlHdlBllI XMSSSiSM. B&d al90 due to hl#L«r r a t e of ogi*

aad n i ap l i i pzodnotloa (Table €) ,

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ZoopXankton population oonaisted of Qyel^Ba* Itfjiptegwift

ci4adftp!mla« |jQai|Ay&» te^itftgiat 2UI&I& «»A ^*«*"^*r?^tr

AXX aooplaiiktors have been reoorded tor t he i r diuxnaX l>«liavii>«««

Csutitaoean show a Ttry Ix^toreatlxig picture and vera foimd mora

Into the surface waters l a t e r In the flayt vdille Botlfera ahov

paoica a t different times (Table 7)« Cyclops showed a diat inet

diurnal movenesat. I t had h l ^ population in n i ^ t and early

morning samples* These findings oonfinn that the senus Oyol eQa

i s a n i ^ t dwellin,3 plankton as stated 1^ KhanJ<1970), Haifeed

diurnal nigration has nlso boon recorded sparingly aaong the

Botifers (Table ?)•

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For %h9 pv«s«:it study Hiree ponds were selected aaatiLjft

Olum TsXt X*T*I« pond and Hagila pond* Chan Tal la a pereBaial

f!reflh%iat«f pond and I.T.X. pond Is a sewage*fed pondg %diile

!lai^a pond i s a polluted pond as i t reoeiTea industrial wmt*

from five adjoiniaog factories.

Seasonal disxigea in the terapex^ture* transparencgr and

turlaidity were noted fron Januaiy t975 to Deceiaber* 1975. A

slisnificant direct relattonchip was noted ^between Air and Water

temperatures, while irwerco r^ationship was noted betweon

trBnepnrenosr and turbidity,

Wide s^iaonal fluctuations were noted in dissolved oscyg^a

coneentxationa and these fluotuat ions are ^niiily due to photo-

aynthetio activity of green aquatic organiscss, and also due te

inflow of turbid drainage water during the different periods

of izxrevtigatione* Free oa3rt>ondioxide was never detected in

I*f«X« pond and Kagla pondi vhile in Ghau faX i t was fbuad ^

be present during August to I>eo«aibert 197$* I t s appeazmnse

appears to be due to the cultivation of f r a ^ SJBRV* inflew of

tttxbid watim and cloud covers.

Since trw catboiwdioxide was abswit in I»f*I« pcad and

Kil^a pcndf culieBttt* values were almiara Moorded in a^VMlaKU

fiMntiti««» %di«gea Icn conceniwi'lieiM mm% alimgrs ItraBi hi^m

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than 8*9» ladioating the domination of photo aiyn13i«tie aotivit^r

and tha rae^iratovy activity of 14ia Mota*

Among the ions only one anion namaiy dilaslda vaa «tudia4»

hut no relatlon£hip oould be established betwecm liie chloride

and zooplankton production. Seasonal variations in the laportant

nutrients namely phosphorus and arxmonla nitrog^a were alao noted*

•Jwanty on© speciea belonging to three groupst nsmiAy

Botifers* Cladoceious and Ckjpepoda* wore identified. The indlvi*

dual zooplankton were found to be differ in size and stoape even

in a single cpecies» /aaon.j 1319 Cladocerous» the <^ief represen­

tatives were ."Daphii fi, ,Bto ?r.l3i ^ mEm* 9MXPMVM<& SSUB^iSL*

Q,» xsdijLsBJLsdi&t , ap^ffl ,affffift ^ p * • P g r t P t e M i a . .pftMila ^^^ "the riost dominant species amon the CladocGorans and always recorded

in greater quantities. Copepods v ^ e represented by fovae

speciee namely 9^<^pva SiZsm&» £• T^rt^.gt %yfflif,^ftPl J H M

f^d Maptoojus GPP* £• yiridie was found to be nusat domiaffiat

apeeiee anions the oopipoda. Rotifoars with maadanxa aanbi»r of

species w«re alwaiys found in large quantities in a l l the ^irae

pends* 'Shi.B group vepreswted by six speciea of BraflhiojaBa*

thvaa apeoies of Karatalla. two epeoiea of p l i n l ^ and ena

wfiwfB Of Tifiiai<»IMfl»1i> 8«B and nauplii vava also aountad

toga^ar* They ware Ibund in greater quantitlaa daring anoaav

sooctha*

the pattaxB of aaaaonaX changaa in tatal amikwt of aoo«>

plaiflcton p0piiilatie& la the Qhaa 7al and X*9*l« paad la of

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rmmomde typ% tdiiXo in the oaao of ISO^LB. pond looplaidcton

population fliiowttd dlaonio aydl9» 'Sh999 fluctlone in aoopXaiirton

populations ware aalnly dtao to aoaaonal fluetuatione in th«

ph^rtoplanktoa pxoaaotlon and t«npeimtiiro "varlationa* An tmmm

rftlatloneiiip vas determined between phytoplankton and aooplaalctoa

pxoduotiont uhUe a direct r^ationaship was noted between 80oplei)i&»

ton and teraiperatur© variations* Chau Tal was fioimd to be moot

productive in the sense of aeoondazy production with exoeption

in few -aonths and that may bo a»o to disturb condition of the

pond durin;i the period of low production.

Diurnal variat ions were also noted in zooplankton distrl«»

"botion* Crustacean j^owed a r&ry interest ing picture and were

found to be 'lore in the surface water during l a t e hours of IdUe

day» Cyclops showed a dist inct diurnal aoveraeait wl-ille ro t i f e r s

1^0wed peaks a t diff^rimt tiiaes*

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Htttflftilnaoat a.B, - 1967 « ^ ffmJtoB on Llmnftlngy II> latgo&ietioa <to Lake Biology and m« J^vsmpimas^m* John Wliiigr * Sons. Xne* Kfiw loiict Londont S^dnigr* 110 pp*

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