Seasonal variations of zooplankton diversity of narayan talab in satna city, mp, India

Background The zooplanktons play a major role of converting phytoplankton in to food, suitable for fish and aquatic animals. Hence qualitative and quantitative studies of zooplankton are of very important. The Narayan talab of Satna city has been selected for the present study. Water of this talab is major source of domestic purpose for the population and also utilized for pisciculture, washing of vehicles, cattle’s, cloths and disposal of domestic sewage. Method: The samples were collected on the monthly basis and identified using standard book from December 2015 to November 2017. The present study was design and carried out in the laboratory of Zoology in the Government PG College Satna. In this study we have analyzed seasonal variation of zooplankton in Narayan talab. Interpretation and conclusion: The occurrence of Zooplanktons were dominant in the following increasing order- Winter: Rotifera> Ostracoda> Cladocera>Copepoda> Protozoa. Summer: Rotifera> Copepoda> Ostracoda> Cladocera>Protozoa. Monsoon: Copepoda > Ostracoda> Cladocera> Rotifera >Protozoa. Post monsoon Cladocera >Copepoda> Rotifera > Ostracoda>Protozoa.