Open AccessSPECIES DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS INDICES OF PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES IN ANCHAR LAKE OF KASHMIR-INDIA
Author(s) -
Muzamil Bashir,
Sheema Zaffar,
Javid Ahmad Malik,
Mohammad Muzaffar Mir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plant archives/plant archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-6063
pISSN - 0972-5210
DOI - 10.51470/plantarchives.2021.v21.no1.240
Subject(s) - phytoplankton , plankton , zooplankton , ecology , biomass (ecology) , biodiversity , species richness , ecosystem , aquatic ecosystem , lake ecosystem , habitat , environmental science , biology , nutrient
The most significant biotic constituent in a lake ecosystem is represented by phytoplankton in their diverse forms. phytoplankton because of their capacity to integrate environmental changes over periods of a few years, and reflect the cumulative effects of successive disturbances, are considered excellent biomass ecological state of water bodies Biodiversity to the aquatic ecosystem is quite varied starting from plankton (phytoplankton and zooplankton) to higher vertebrates like fishes. Study of plankton (phytoplankton and zooplankton) diversity and their ecology greatly contribute to an understanding of the basic nature and general economy of an aquatic habitat. In the present study overall, six broad groups of phytoplankton were observed during the present study, which include Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Euglenophyceae, Dynophyceae and Cryptoceae