Identification and Quantification of Aquatic Macrophytes with Ecological Indices in the Damodar River

Authors(2) :-Ruma Banerjee, Apurba Ratan Ghosh

A study was conducted to analyze the aquatic macrophytes with the help of ecological indices along the stretch of the Damodar river from Dishergarh to Barsul, Burdwan West Bengal, India. Twenty five aquatic macrophytes were collected from sixteen sampling sites of the river Damodar to determine their density, frequency, abundance, diversity (Shannon diversity), evenness, species richness (Margalef species richness). The objective of the study was (i) to identify the macrophytes present in the 16 different sites in the river Damodar and (ii) to quantify the aquatic macrophytes with the help of some ecological indices. The aquatic plants were identified up to species level. The average of diversity index, species richness and eveness of aquatic macrophytes in the Damodar river were 0.75, 20.0 and 0.25 respectively. Physicochemical parameters showed an average of pH (7.76), alkalinity (210.45 mg/l), conductivity (310 µS/cm), nitrate (NO3) (1.62 mg/l) and phosphate (PO43) (0.15 mg/l) in the sixteen sampling sites. Shannon diversity index showed minimum number of representative species under 14 families. Species richness index was moderate to high representing the enriched participation of habitat species. The study revealed that the most abundant species was Vallisneria spirdis may be due to its invasive nature and rate of dispersal.

Authors and Affiliations

Ruma Banerjee
Department of Environmental Science, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, West Bengal, India
Apurba Ratan Ghosh
Department of Environmental Science, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, West Bengal, India

Aquatic macrophytes, species richness, diversity, ecological indices, Damodar River

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Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 6 | November-December 2016
Date of Publication : 2016-12-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 275-281
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET162679
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Ruma Banerjee, Apurba Ratan Ghosh, " Identification and Quantification of Aquatic Macrophytes with Ecological Indices in the Damodar River, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp.275-281, November-December-2016. Citation Detection and Elimination     |     
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