Study Of Zooplankton Diversity In Chittaura Jheel Of District Bahraich (U.P.), India

Zooplanktons are cosmopolitan in nature and they are found to inhabit all freshwater wetlands. The present investigation deals with the study of monthly changes of diversity and density of Zooplankton in Chittaura Jheel of district Bahraich (U.P.), India. The work was carried out for a period of one year from January 2018 to December 2018. The population status of Zooplankton of Chittaura Jheel considered four taxa protozoan, rotifers, crustacean and meroplanktonic organisms. Meroplanktonic organisms were the most dominant sp. which indicated this water body is most suitable for pisciculture.