Open AccessMACROPHYTIC COMMUNITY AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF POLLUTION IN ANCHAR LAKE OF KASHMIR
Author(s) -
Muzamil Bashir,
Javid Ahmad Malik,
Asma Zaffar,
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.no1.241
Subject(s) - macrophyte , ecosystem , aquatic ecosystem , ecology , environmental science , aquatic plant , lake ecosystem , species richness , pollution , freshwater ecosystem , biology
The most significant biotic constituent in a lake ecosystem is represented by macrophytes in their diverse forms. Macrophytes, 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 indicators of the ecological state of water bodies Macrophytes are by far the most investigated group used for exploring the effects of water level fluctuation on biological organisms in aquatic ecosystems . In lake ecosystems, Overall 31 species of aquatic macrophytes were reported from Anchar Lake with different morphology, which consisted of emergent (14), rooted floating leaf type (08), submerged (06) and free floating (03). The efforts mainly focus on the relationships between water level fluctuation and the presence, species richness, distribution and cover of macrophytes.