Sunday 19 June 2016

IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS ON THE DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ROTIFER FAUNA IN RIVER BASANTAR, JAMMU (J&K, INDIA).

An attempt has been made to study the impact of industrial pollution on the species diversity and distribution of rotifer fauna in river Basantar in the Jammu province of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from December, 2009 to November, 2011. A total of 16 rotifer taxa belonging to 12 Genera and 10 Families were recorded. Among all the ten families, Family Brachionidae was dominant. The temporal variations in rotifer population exhibited winter and spring maxima at all the stations while spatial variations revealed a rise in their density from least polluted to highly polluted sites mainly affected with industrial effluents. The rotifer taxa Brachionus sps., Philodina, Keratella sp., Lecane luna, Lecane (M.) bulla and Filinia longiseta had their highest density at the polluted stations of the river and were identified as pollution indicator taxa. Diversity, richness and evenness was highest at least polluted sites while dominance at highly polluted sites - See more at

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