Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2015

Ecology And Systematics of Brachionus Rotifers in Fresh Water Ponds of Vizianagaram, A.P.

Dr. B. Sai Ram Pattnaik

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Any tiny drop of water from among the fresh water bodies across the globe certainly contain several small and big living entities- of which few are free living pelagic animalcules, called planktons. The primary consumers in an aquatic ecosystem constitute as baseline in the food chain, major pulse of which are the zooplanktons belonging to micro-inverteates. Among the zooplanktons, the species belonging to Monogonont rotifers of order Ploima especially that of genus Brachionus are unique for their versatile shape, size and ecology. Most of them are supposed to be cosmopolitan in distribution and indictors of specific trophic nature of a given aquatic ecosystem. They are used as bioassay in most of the studies related to qualitative assessment to determine the water quality. The ecology, systematics, morpho-pysiological changes, seasonal dynamics and practices related to bio-indication by Brachionus rotifers was reinvestigated in present study.

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Dr. B. SAI RAM PATTNAIK Ecology And Systematics of Brachionus Rotifers in Fresh Water Ponds of Vizianagaram, A.p. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 1 January 2015

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