An Assessment of Zooplankton Population and Seasonal Variation in Lendi River, District Nanded, Maharashtra, India

Bimbisar D. Waghmare, A. N. Kulkarni

Abstract: The Zooplankton fauna of Lendi River was collected at regular intervals of one month at 3 stations from July 2010 to June 2011. A total of 16 species of zooplankton were recorded during the present study period. Out of these 9 species belongs to Rotifera, 4 species to Cladocera and 3 species to Copepoda. Most of the zooplankton species were belonged to Rotifera. Lendi River is one of the tributary of river Manar, originates at Malkapur district Latur and joins to river Manar at Degloor, district Nanded. Water of this Semi-perennial river is used to perform various activities such as industrial, irrigation, fisheries and human activities.

Keywords: Zooplankton, Seasonal Variation, Population, Lendi, River, Nanded