SEASONAL INVESTIGATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON POPULATION IN RIVER PENGANGA AT KODSI NEAR KORPANA, DIST.CHANDRAPUR, (M.S.)

Abstract

: The work carried under this title is based on the Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of Phytoplankton diversity in River Penganga at Kodsi Near Korpana. Penganga is the major source of water for Drinking, Domestic and Agricultural Irrigation purpose. In a fresh water ecosystem, phytoplankton is a free floating, microscopic and macroscopic suspended, motile and non-motile unicellular organisms, some are filamentous or colonial algal organisms and are very sensitive to changes in the environmental conditions. Phytoplankton composition in water is one of the important parameter for any aquatic ecosystem and which impact the water quality. The present investigations have been studied for about 12 month duration from January 2015 to December 2015 at selected Sampling Sites at Kodsi near Korpana. Quantitative analysis of plankton was done by Sedgwick Rafter Cell method. Present survey total 45 phytoplankton species were identified, species belongs to four major groups like Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Myxophyceae, Euglenophyceae. In the present study