IJRBAT, Special Issue (1), Vol-V, April 2017 ISSN No. 2347-517X (Online) BIODIVERSITY OF PHYTOPLANKTONS FROM AURAD TANK. DIST. OSMANABAD. 1P.0. Sawant, 2A.D. Babare and 2 .G. Babare. 1BSS, A.S.C. College, Ma5ani Dist. Osmana,ad. 2A.S.C. College, .aldurg. Dist. Osmana,ad. ABSTRACT The present communication deals with the study o ,iodiversity o phytoplan5tons rom Aurad tan5 Dist. Osmana,ad. The study was carried7out during the year 2016. -Ianuary to Decem,er3. The result shows that the phytoplan5ton diversity comprises o 12 species ,elonging to chlorophyceae -053, cyanophyceae -043, Bacillariophycae -023 and Euglenophyceae -013 were recorded. Key2words: Biodiversity B Phytoplan5ton B Aurad tan5. INTROD.CTION 1052, Cyanophyceae 1042, Bacillariophyceae 1022 Phytoplan5tonKs are important as they and Euglenophyceae 10.2 were ound. trap radiant energy o sunlight convert into Table No. 1: List o Phytoplan5tons in Chitri chemical energy phytoplan5ton are also tan5. ,iological indicators o water 6uality Sr. Class Species Found zooplan5tons graze upon phytoplan5tonKs hence No. possess stored energy to its su,se6uent tropic 1 Chlorophyceae Oedogonium sp. level. -053 Endorina sp., Coelostrum sp., In the pollution studies the Cosmorium sp., phytoplan5tonKs are also indicators o status o Spirogura sp. water Evaluation o ,iomass density, 2 Cyanophyceae .ostoc sp., distri,ution productivity and periodicity is -043 Spirulina,aena sp. important in management o ecosystem. The Merismopedia sp. density o phytoplan5ton in reservoir or tan5 2 Bacillariophyceae Diatoms sp. Cym,ella determines stoc5ing rate o ishes ,ecause they -023 SP. are chie source o ood o the commercially 4 Euglenophyceae Focus sp. -013 important ishes. Many wor5ers wor5s on the ACKNOW0EDGE ENT phytoplan5ton such as Pan5ajanm -11563, The Authors is than5 ul to the Principal, Philipose -11603,Zutsi -11643, 9eorge -11663, Dr. H... Rede, BSS, A.S.C. College, Ma5ani. 9hosh and 9eorge -11813, %al e -11673, %ant Dist. Osmana,ad or providing necessary li,rary and %achru -11713 Mishra C.B. AndDha,ade and la,oratory acilities. -20003, .andan S... and R.I. Patel -11853, REFERENCE Pendse and Shastri, Barhte -20003, Philipose, 1. A,raham, M. -11803. Studies on plan5ton o M.T. -11603, Seenaya 9 -11713, Zutsi D.P. .. Bhavanisagar reservoir with special Vishin and B.A. Su,la -11843. re erence to limnological conditions in low ATERIA0S AND ETHODS and water level. I. inland ish so India 12-23: The specimens were collected ,y using 25727. plan5ton net with 28 cm diameter o mouth 2. 9eorge M.9. -11663. Comparative plan5ton ,olting sil5 no 20. They preserved in 4A ecology o ish tan5 in Delhi, India o cit, 27: ormation solution. The identi ication was done 817108. with the help o standard literature given ,y 2. 9hosh A and I.P. 9eorge -11813. Studies on Penna5 -11783Agarwal -11103 etc. the a,iotic actors and zooplan5ton in a RES.0T AND DISC.SSION pollution ur,an reservoir Husain Sagar The phytoplan5ton diversity comprises Hydera,ad Indian I. Environ 2 %D, 21-13: o total 12 species ,elonging to Chlorophyceae 41754. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, SATARA 44 Na ional Conference on :ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & BIODIVERSITY IJRBAT, Special Issue (1), Vol-V, April 2017 ISSN No. 2347-517X (Online) 4. %al e. I. -11673. Phytoplan5ton a,undance 8. Pendse, D.F.C. 0ogeshShastri and V.P. and primary production rates in two artic Barhte -20003. Hydro,iological study o ponds ECOL, 48, 5587565. percolation tan5 o village donse eco Env. 5. Meshram C.B. and Dhanade -20003. Algal Cons 6-13: 127107. diversity with respect to pollution studies o 1. Penna5 R.O. -11783. Freshwater Wadali La5e Amravati, Maharashtra, Indian inverte,rates o United States 2nd edition I.R. a6ua ,iological 15 -1P23 175. Iohn Wiley and Ions .ew 0or5, 802 pp. 6. .andan S... and R.I. Patel -11853. A 10. Philipose, M.T. -11603. Freshwater seasonal variation o phytoplan5ton in the phytoplan5ton o inland isheries Procsym. VishwamitraRiver ,oards in Applied Algology ICAR 2727211. phycology Eds. A.S. Shu5la and S... Pandey 11. Seenaya, 9. -11713. Biological studies in the Iopcit 262. plan5ton o certain reshwater ponds o 7. Pan5ajam, .. -11563. Limnology o Hydera,ad, India II Phytoplan5ton BhavaniSagar reservoir part B Hydro,iology 27 PP 55788. phytoplan5ton isheries status report and 12. Zutsi, D.P... Vishin and B Sa,la -11843. A year ,oo5 1154755 Madras 9ovt, press PP nutrient status and plan5ton dynamics o 2227245. ponds proc. Indian .at. Sci. Acad 50, 5777 581. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE, SATARA 45 Na ional Conference on :ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & BIODIVERSITY .