Manoj Kumar Malik.Pmd
Current World Environment Vol. 9(1), 168-173 (2014) Status of Aquatic Biodiversity of Selected Wetlands in District Hisar: A Case Study Of Haryana, India MANOJ KUMAR MALIK1, POOJA JAKHAR2 and ANITA KADIAN1 1Forensic Science Laboratory, Madhuban, Karnal, Haryana, India. 2Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.1.23 (Received: January 07, 2014; Accepted: March 10, 2013) ABSTRACT The present study was intended to record the biodiversity status of selected village ponds in district Hisar (Haryana) from August, 2012 to July, 2013. Periodic fortnightly visits were carried out to determine the species composition and distribution pattern of birds, phytoplankton and zooplankton. A total number of17 species of birds belonging to 9 orders (Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiformes, Coraciifomes, Cuculiformes, Gruiformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes and Psittaciformes) were identified in the study area. Charadriiformes was the most dominant order. The study revealed the presences of 18 species of phytoplankton belonging to Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae and Euglenophyceae. Bacillariophyceae having 7 species was found to be dominant among all. In case of zooplankton, 11 species were encountered of which 7 were Rotifers, 3 were Cladocera and 1 was Copepoda. Thus Rotifers represented the maximum number of species among zooplankton. Key words: Biodiversity, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Village ponds, Hisar INTRODUCTION world’s flora and fauna respectively. Wetlands are one of the crucial natural resources and are areas Biodiversity refers to the variability among of land that are either temporarily or permanently living organisms from all sources including inter covered by water. This means that a wetland is alia, terrestrial, freshwater and marine aquatic neither truly aquatic nor terrestrial; it is possible that ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which wetlands can be both at the same time depending they are the part (Convention on biological diversity, on seasonal variability.
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