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Zooplankton as Bioindicators of Trophic Status of a Lentic Water Source, Jammu (J&K) with Remarks on First Reports

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Zooplankton community serves as an important indicator of the health status of a water body. In the current study, zooplankton diversity and physico-chemical characteristics of a sacred, perennial lentic water body were analyzed seasonally for a period of one year (January 2020–December 2020). With marked seasonal fluctuations in zooplankton species composition, a total of 44 zooplankton species were noticed with 2 first reports from Jammu. Of this 6 species belonged to group Protozoa, 24 species to Rotifera, 7 to Cladocera, 6 species to Copepoda and only one species belonged to Ostracods. A peak in zooplankton population density was observed in summer season and lowest zooplankton density was recorded in monsoon. Further to study the impact of the physico-chemical parameters in shaping the zooplankton community structure, correlation coefficient was calculated between the two. The correlation data thus obtained showed both positive and negative correlations.

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Authors are highly grateful to the Head, Department of Zoology, University of Jammu for providing necessary laboratory facilities to carry out the research work and to DST PURSE (Department of Science & Technology, Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence) and DST FIST (Department of Science and technology, Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure) for providing research grant and necessary equipments that have been used in the present research.

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    Sarbjeet Kour, Deepanjali Slathia, Nidhi Sharma, Supreet Kour & Rajan Verma

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Significance statement All life forms depend on water for their survival but increasing population, urbanization and developmental activities has resulted in the degradation of the quality of water sources. Their monitoring and management is the primarily need of the hour as our day to day activities are dependent on water. In this context monitoring the zooplankton faunal assemblage of a water body can provide key information of the water quality status as they are highly sensitive to changes in water quality. Presently studied water body holds great religious significance and its water is used for bathing and irrigation purposes. This maiden study will provide baseline data for developing future management practices and further the first report of two zooplankton species will add to the biodiversity of the regional fauna.

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Kour, S., Slathia, D., Sharma, N. et al. Zooplankton as Bioindicators of Trophic Status of a Lentic Water Source, Jammu (J&K) with Remarks on First Reports. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 92, 393–404 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-022-01349-z

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