Zooplankton community of Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) Manipur, India in relation to the physico-chemical variables of the water -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2017,35(3):469-480

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	Aribam Satishchandra SHARMA, Susmita GUPTA, N Rajmuhon SINGH. Zooplankton community of Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) Manipur, India in relation to the physico-chemical variables of the water[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2017, 35(3): 469-480

Zooplankton community of Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) Manipur, India in relation to the physico-chemical variables of the water

Aribam Satishchandra SHARMA¹, Susmita GUPTA¹, N Rajmuhon SINGH²

1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, E. P. Odum School of Environmental Sciences, Assam University, Silchar-788011, India;
2 Department of Chemistry, Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur-795003, India

Abstract:

Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP), a floating park in Loktak Lake, Manipur (India) was studied from Winter (WIN) to Post Monsoon (POM) for its zooplankton composition and some selected water parameters. The resultant data were subjected to multivariate techniques——Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA). Analyses of water parameters with PCA revealed that the first PC axis (PC1) accounts for maximum variance in the seasonal data, explaining a variability of 91%. The PCA revealed that the seasonal variability in water parameters was due to the wet and dry cycle of seasons and the stations were distinguished on the basis of transparency and turbidity. Zooplankton abundance was dominated by copepods followed by cladocerans. Temporally, abundance of copepods reached a maximum during Post-monsoon (POM) (3 880 ind./L). Spatially, S6 was found to be most abundant of the other stations in zooplankton. Copepodites and nauplii larvae were the major components of zooplankton. The Rotifera were the least abundant among the three zooplankton groups. Brachionus formed the major component of Rotifera zooplankton at all the stations during the study period. In the Cladocera, Macrothrix was present during all the four seasons, while Pleuroxus, Oxyurella, Kurzia and, Diaphanosoma were rare. The CCA shows that maximal temporal variability in zooplankton abundance was explained by temperature and rainfall. ANOVA revealed no significant difference in mean zooplankton abundance among the seasons, but there was a statistically significant difference among the sites.

Key words: zooplankton|Principal Component Analysis (PCA)|Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA)|abundance|Loktak Lake

Received: 2015-12-09 Revised: 2016-02-01

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