International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics

  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 9

Assessment of bentic invertebrates of Sikrahna river

  • Author:
  • Rajesh Kumar Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 60 to 63

P.G. Deptt. of Zoology, M.S. College, Motihari, (BRABU, Muzaffarpur), Bihar

Online published on 4 January, 2021.

Abstract

The present paper deals with the qualitative and quantitative abundance of benthic fauna of river Sikrahna. Qualitatively it is comprised of oligochaets (5 sp.), insect (7 sp.), ostracoda (3 sp.), pelecypoda (5 sp.) gastropoda (5 sp.), branchiopda (5 sp.), branchiopoda (2 sp.), leeches (2 sp.). Quantitavely oligochaets, gstropoda, insect and branchiopoda, pelecypoda, mainly constituted the total fauna besides scanty presence of ostracoda, leeches and others.

Keywords

Invertebrates, Benthos, Qualitative, Quantitative, Sikrahna river, Physico-chemical parameters