Proc.Zool.Soc.. 15 (1) : 35 - 38 : (2016) ISSN 0972-6683 : INDEXED AND ABSTRACTED 7 STUDIES ON ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY OF KALI KOSI RIVER NEAR KATIHAR, BIHAR A. A. ONKAR D.S. College, Katihar Received - 28.12.2015 Accepted - 15.03.2016 ABSTRACT 19 species belonging to Protozoa, Cladocera, Ostracoda, Copepoda and Rotifera were identified from Kali Kosi river water near Katihar of Bihar. The abundance of Zooplankton and their systematic account are discussed. Keywords: Zooplankton, Kali Kosi river, fish production. INTRODUCTION The zooplanktonic community is a major link in the energy transfer at secondary level of food chain of aquatic ecosystem. They are first consumers and form an important link of food chain. The physico- chemical features of water greatly affect fish production in water bodies. A large number of reports and descriptions about the zooplanktonic organisms from Indian inland waters are available (Jhingran, 1974). The study of zooplankton have also been described by Verma (1964), Mamaril (1978), Agrawal (1978, 1980), Sharma and Saksena (1981), Saksena and Sharma (1981), Joshi et.al. (1987), Kulshrestha (1989), Mishra (1989), Dagankar and Saksena (1992), Mandal (2002), Kumar (2003), Kumar and Kumar (2003), Kumar and Mandal (2014 & 2015) from various water bodies. But no work has been done in river water and has been neglected till date, hence an attempt has been made to investigate various types of zooplanktonic community of Kali Kosi river. MATERIALS AND METHODS Zooplanktonic samples were collected monthly from Kali Kosi river by filtering 50 liters of surface water through a plankton net made up of bolting silk net cloth No. 20. The sample thus obtained was immediately preserved in 5 % of formalin solution. The organisms were identified with the relevant available standard literature as also done by Sinha et al. (2015). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION This water of Kali Kosi is mainly used for irrigation, washing cloths, bathing cattles, and for capturing fishes.

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The systematic account of various Zooplanktons is as follows :

Group Class Order Family Genus Species PROTOZOA Lobosaa Arcellidae Arcella 1. A. discodes. (Testacida) Ehrenberg 2. A. vulgaris, Ehe

Dinoflagellata Peridimiidae Ceratium 3. Ceratium sp.

ROTIFERA Monogononta Ploimida Asplanchnidae Asplanchna 4. Asplanchna sp. (Ploima) Testudinellidae Filinia 5. F. opoliensis (Filinidae) 6. F. longiseta

Brachionidae Branchionus 7. B. caudagus 8. B. falcatus 9. B. rubens Kercrtella 10. K. tropica Lecannidae Lecane 11. L. bulla CLADOCERA Crestcea Cladocera Daphnidae Morna 12. M. brachiata

Ceriodaphnie 13. C. reticulata

14. Daphnia sp.

COPEPODA Calanoida Daptomidae Phyllodiaptomus 15. P. annae Cyclopida Cyclopidae Mesocyclops 16. M. hyalinus OSTRACODA Podocods Cypridae Cypris 17. Cypridopsis sp. 18. Cyprinotus sp. 19. Cypris sp.

Hutchinson (1967) observed that Brachionus sp. are very common in temperate and tropical waters, which indicate alkaline nature of waterbodies, Ferenska and Lewkowiez (1996) and Schindler and Noven (1971) have mentioned in their treatise that the enormous growth of rotifers in water bodies are indicating of eutrophic condition. Presence of F. opaliensis are also an indication of eutrophic as observed in water bodies by Saksena and Sharma (1981) noticed in eutrophic reservoirs, initial dominance of rotifers followed by copepods and Dagankar and Saksena (1992) in Kaila Sagar temple tank at Gwa1ior. Moitra and Bhowmik (1968) observed members of three main zooplanktonic groups i.e. Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda which dominate in fresh water fishpond in Kalyani, West Bengal. Agrawal (1978) reported five genera amongst zooplankton population of Janaktal at , In Ramaua reservoir four genera of Rotifera and Cladocera and two genera under Copepoda were observed by Agrawal (1980). The present study deals with the abundance and systematic position of 19 species of Protozoa, Copepoda, Cladocera, Ostracoda and Rotifera. The species of zooplanktonic population are observed in all the sampling stations but rotefers are dominant in II, III and IV station during the period of investigation. (September, 2014 to February, 2015).

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Table 1. Showing composition of zooplanktonic organisms sampling station wise in water of Kali Kosi river

Sl. Sampling Station Group Name of Species No. I II III IV 1. Arcella discoidae - + + + 1. Protozoa 2. A. vulgaris + + + -

3. Ceratium - + + -

12. Asplanchna + - - +

13. Filinia opoliensis - + + + 14. F. longiseta - + + + 15. Branchionus caudagus + + + + 5. Rotifera 16. B. falcatus + + - +

17. B. rubens + + + + 18. Kercrtella tropica - - - - 19. Lecane bulla - - + +

6. Morna brachiata - + + +

3. Cladocera 7. Ceriodaphnie reticulata + - - +

8. Daphnia sp. + + + + 4. Phyllodiaptomus annae - + + + 2. Copepoda 5. Mesocyclops hyalinus + - + - 9. Cypris sp. + + + +

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