Open AccessA REPORT ON DRIFTING BEHAVIOUR OF ODONATA (AQUATIC INSECTS) IN KYUNJA GAD, A SPRING FED TRIBUTARY OF RIVER MANDAKINI, CHAMOLI GARHWAL, UTTARAKHAND
Author(s) -
Pankaj Bahuguna,
Hemant Joshi,
Koshal Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of mountain research/journal of mountain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-5011
pISSN - 0974-3030
DOI - 10.51220/jmr.v14i2.7
Subject(s) - odonata , tributary , spring (device) , habitat , ecology , geography , invertebrate , environmental science , biology , cartography , mechanical engineering , engineering
Odonata is an important group of macroinvertebrates which are highly sensitive to environmental changes and pollution. This is the reason why they are mostly studied as change in water quality pattern. The dial study of drifting behavior in such species also indicates towards the feeding behavior of fishes available in that habitat. In thepresent communication an attempt has been made to view the drifting patterns in a sensitive macro zoobenthic group Odonata in the Kyunja Gad which is a tributary of the snow-fed River Mandakani.