Synecology of rotifers in a tropical flood plain lake of upper Assam


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Authors

  • B K SHARMA

Keywords:

Ecology, Rotifera, Sa1l1uajan beel

Abstract

Rotifera (37 species) comprised dominant qualitative component of zooplankton of Samuajan beel. Littoral and limlnetic
communities included 35 and 33 species, indicated monthly richness of 4-1 G and 9-1 G spccies and rcglstel'ed
17.4 -71. 4 % and zero - 84.2 % community similarities. The former reflected abundance ranging between 17 and 138
ind'!l (57 ± 34 ind/litre), depicted bimodal pattern and comprised between 17.1-71.4 % or total zooplankton. Limnetic
rotifers (16-167 ind'/litre 54 ± 42 ind'/htre) comprised between 14.3 and 69.6 % of zooplankton and indicated trimodal
pattern. Comments are made on tempOIal variations in the rotifer abundance and on the factors influencing their production.

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Author Biography

  • B K SHARMA
    Profcssor, Department of Zoology.

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Vol. 70 No. 8 (2000)

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How to Cite

SHARMA, B. K. (2014). Synecology of rotifers in a tropical flood plain lake of upper Assam. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 70(8). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/36217