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Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton constitute 65 to 67% of the plankton community with Cyanophyceae and Bacillariophyceae as the dominant groups. Cymbella turgeda, Synedra ulna, Gomphonema sphaerophorum, G. lanceolatum, and Navicula cuspidata are the common diatoms recorded from the reservoir, while Microcystis aeruginosa constitute the bulk of the Cyanophyceae. Other blue-greens are Merismopedia glauca, Anabaena unispora and Gloeocapsa punctata. Members of Chlorophyceae present are Chlorococcum sp., Closterium setaeum, Cosmarium puntulatum, Bulbochaete obliqua and Oedogonium oviforme |
DATABASE OF ICAR-CIFRI