The river Gomati is popularly known as \"Aadi-Ganga\". Gomati
river is an important tributary of river Ganga and perennial of Awadh plains.
The river Gomati originates from MadhoganjTanda village in Pilibhit district
(U.P.), run across the major part of U.P. covering nine districts and 940 km
stretch area. It passes through the district of Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpurkheri,
Hardoi, Sitapur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Jaunpur and ultimately merges
in Ganga river, near SaidpurKaithi in Varanasi. A study was carried out to
observe phytoplankton diversity and distribution in three different seasons
(monsoon, winter, summer) at different sites during 2010-2011. The
phytoplankton (algal) community of river Gomati was represented by four algal
group viz. Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Euglenophyceae and Bacillariophyceae.
Various genera of algae belonging to Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae,
Euglenophyceae and Bacillariophyceae were recorded from different sites of the
river Gomati. Phytoplankton are significant formal natural occupier of all
water bodies. Monitoring programmes of phytoplankton are very important. They
may provide information on possible new introductions and may serve as early
warning system to detect the pollution level. Phytoplankton population showed a
positive correlation with pH, DO, alkalinity, Phosphate, nitrate and negative
correlation with temperature and chloride. Many of the algal species, of the
total reported from the river Gomati like Aulosira, Microcystis, Oscillatoria,
Stigonema, Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Pediastrum, Euglena, Cyelotella, Navicula,
Nitzschia etc. were recognized as pollution indicators.The main source of the
river were discharged of municipal, domestic and industrial water, human
excreta agricultural runoff and burning of corpse. In the present study role of
phytoplankton as bioindicator in aquatic health as well as their role in
survival of aquatic taxa of animals in river Gomati has been discussed. Proper
biological and chemical treatment of domestic sewage and industrial effluents
before discharge to river system in suggested - See more at:
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