Zooplankton Analysis Of Seedling Pond Of Prawn Pond By Foldscope

Many farmers in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh are converting their paddy fields into shrimp culture ponds and shrimp seed farms. The microscopic world of shrimp seed farm was studied by the Fold scope. The paper Fold scope is an inexpensive, light weight microscope with battery powered LED for illumination. In this paper Fold scope has been used to study different species under the microscope of 10X magnification. The results revealed the presence of Daphnia, copepods, cladocera, rotifers and diatoms.