Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Vipul Sharma,Madhu Sudan Sharma and Bhoopendra Kumar Verma Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 68 ISBN: 9783659253645
Описание
The Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) are primarily a freshwater group and an important component of the crustacean zooplankton. Seventy seven water bodies have been sampled from South Rajasthan State (India) for the study of Cladocerans covering seven districts: Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Dungarpur, and Banswara. These are located in the southern part of Rajasthan between 23o11' to 27o50 North latitude and 72o16' to 75o25' East longitude. In Rajasthan, India, many studies have been conducted on the diversity of freshwater fishes, phytoplankters, rotifers, and copepods; however, no proper record on cladocerans is available till date. Zooplankton samples from 77 different water bodies of South Rajasthan were analyzed to investigate the Cladocera inhabiting these water bodies. In all, 58 species of cladocerans were reported belonging to six families viz. the Sididae, Daphniidae, Moinidae, Bosminidae, Macrothricidae, and Chydoridae. In general, it was...
