| ARTICLES | Am. J. innov. res. appl. sci. Volume 2,  Issue4 , Pages 174-180 (April 2016)

Research Article STUDIES ON LIMNOLOGY AND MACROPHYTES IN SELECTED WATER BODIES OF DURGAPUR, WEST BENGAL, INDIA   | Sanchita Banerjee | Debalina Kar | Arnab Banerjee | and |  Debnath Palit |. American Journal of Innovative Research and Applied Sciences. 2016; 2(3):174-180.     | PDF FULL TEXT |     | Received | 08 February 2016 |          | Accepted | 21 February 2016 |         | Published l 19 April 2016 |

ABSTRACT   Background: Water quality directly affects distribution, abundance, and diversity of aquatic macrophytes in lakes because it controls the amount of algae and light availability. Objective: The present investigation was carried out in order to assess the influence of water quality on macrophyte distribution and abundance in the lentic and lotic water bodies. Material and methods: Limnological investigation along with macrophyte distribution, diversity and abundance were studied for lentic and lotic ecosystem following standard methods during 2009-2010. Results and conclusion: Water and air temperature, solar intensity, humidity, dissolved oxygen content showed significant seasonal variation between two studied sites. The total dissolved solid, conductivity, total alkalinity, hardness, chloride, phosphate, nitrate value of water samples significantly varied in the two studied sites at different seasons throughout the study period. 45 species of macrophytes in site A and 20 such species in site B were collected and their growth forms were observed and recorded. Site A reflecting higher level of productivity, dissolved oxygen content appears to be a valuable resource which needs prior conservation efforts for its sustainable use. KEYWORDS: growth form, macrophyte, water quality, species composition.