Study on Diversity of Rotifers in High Altitude Water Sources

The study was conducted on rotifer diversity flourishing in some lotic and lentic water sources of district Doda of Jammu and Kashmir. From the lotic water bodies, a total of fifteen species and from lentic waters, seventeen rotifer species were enlisted. Dominance of rotifer Lepadella ovalis in lotic waters and Lecane closterocerca in lentic waters was observed. Three rotifer species namely Keratella serrulata, Notholca labis and Synchaeta oblonga were recorded for the very first time in lentic water bodies of Doda district.