June 2015

Ecological investigation of zooplankton abundance in the Bhoj wetland, Bhopal of central India: Impact of environmental variables

The influence of physicochemical properties of wetland, on its zooplankton composition and abundance were investigated for two years between February 2008 and January 2010. In both the years, total of 62 species of zooplankton were identified. At all the stations of the water body Rotifera recorded the highest percentage of 45% followed by cladocera (29%), Protozoa (13%), Copepoda and Ostracoda (8 and 4%) respectively....

Author(s): Najeeb Ahmad Bhat, Rajni Rainaand and Ashwani Wanganeo

June 2015

Influence of environmental variables on the relative abundance and habitat use of two sympatric notobranchiid fishes in a tropical stream

Effect of environmental variables on the population dynamics of two sympatric notobranchiid fishes, Epiplatys bifasciatus and E. spilargyreius in the seasonal Monai Stream of the Kainji Lake Basin in Nigeria were studied for 24 months. In all, 2,544 and 937 specimens of E. bifasciatus and E. spilargyreius were collected respectively. E. bifasciatus was more abundant of the two species throughout the study period. For...

Author(s): B. D. Olaosebikan, S. L. Lamai and O. Ibikunle