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Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2013, 3(3): 238-246
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Diurnal variation of zooplankton in Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal, India

Najeeb Ahmad Bhat¹, Ashwani Wanganeo¹, Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat¹, Rajni Raina²
¹Department of Environmental Sciences and Limnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal
²Department of Zoology, Govt. Benazir P.G College Bhopal (MP) India

Received 11 April 2013;Accepted 15 May 2013;Published online 1 September 2013
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Abstract
The diurnal dynamics of the vertical distribution of zooplankton was studied in Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal. Vertical distribution of the zooplankton community in general showed a clear diurnal variation in the water column of a typical stratified lake. Zooplankton concentration was found to be high at the surface layer during night hours with peak abundance around the middle of the night and another peak was observed just before sunrise, followed by a rapid nadir after sunrise. Zooplankton can offset the loss of daytime foraging opportunity by moving up into the water column to graze at night, when predation by visual predators is greatly reduced and it can be also attributed to light intensity which is responsible for vertical migration during the twenty four hour cycles. Among different classes, cladocerans and the copepod showed nocturnal migration conversely rotifers, had a relatively uniform distribution throughout the water column Out of the twenty three species, Bosmina species and Cyclops species ascended at night and descended during day hours, however, Keratella cochlearis showed uniformity in distribution throughout the water column during the study.

Keywords Cladocera;Copepoda;diurnal migration;Bhoj wetland.

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