International Journal of Environmental Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 3

Summer Limnology of a high mountain Lake ‘Kailash Lake’ Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir

  • Author:
  • Ayaz A. Naik, A. Wanganeo, A. Ishaq, Najeeb A. Bhat
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 931 to 939

Department of Environmental Sciences and Limnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal-462026

*Email: naikayaz80@gmail.com

Online published on 6 December, 2013.

Abstract

The knowledge of high altitude lakes and their regional limnology is yet uneven and insufficient, as well as their ecological status and sensitivity to human activity impacts. This work describes the major limnological characteristics and functioning of high mountain lakes in mountain bound area in Bhaderwah Jammu and Kashmir and their relationships with regional environmental variables. The composition of plankton communities and various physicochemical parameters were analyzed and discussed in this paper.

Keywords

Kailash Lake, limno-biology, Plankton