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An investigation was made of the physical, chemical conditions of the water and substrate of nursery-cum-research-cum-rearing-cum-stocking ponds at Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Karnal. Temperature, pH, CO2, dissolved oxygen, chloride, phosphate, alkalinity, nitrates, organic matter, total solids, turbidity, electric conductivity, nitrogen, P2O5, sand, silt, clay, CaCO3, etc. were measured monthly. Statistical analysis of these factors showed some significant correlations. The phyto- and zooplankton were also sampled and the seasonal changes in abundance recorded.
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Singhal, R.N., Jeet, S. & Davies, R.W. The physico-chemical environment and the plankton of managed ponds in Haryana, India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Anim. Sci.) 95, 353–363 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179369
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