COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY INDEX OF PLANKTON IN 3 PONDS OF JAHANGIRNAGAR-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Authors
ZAMAN L KHONDKER M NABI MR
Citation
L. Zaman et al., COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY INDEX OF PLANKTON IN 3 PONDS OF JAHANGIRNAGAR-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, Bangladesh journal of botany, 23(1), 1994, pp. 33-39
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Bangladesh journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
02535416
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
33 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0253-5416(1994)23:1<33:CADIOP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Plankton of three ponds situated within the Jahangirnagar University c ampus has been studied for one year. The ponds were found to be domina ted by chlorophycean phytoplankton (34.25-91.96%) and crustacean zoopl ankton (19.68-85.34%), Shannons' diversity index (($) over bar H) for phytoplankton varied from 2.13-4.20 bits and for zooplankton 1.82-3.7 bits. Together with chlorophycean algae low phosphorus tolerating spec ies like Dinobryon sertularia Ehr. was also found to grow in all the p onds.