Monthly variations in physico-chemical characteristics of water, MPN index and zooplankton of Devak stream, at Shiv temple complex, Udhampur, Jammu ( J & K), India
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Water quality characteristics, MPN index/100ml, and zooplankton of sacred Devak stream, Udhampur were analyzed during February, 2010 to January, 2011. Various water quality parameters showed a well marked seasonal variation including MPN index/100 ml which remained above 240 during all the observations. Zooplanktons comprising of 46 species showed qualitative dominance of protozoa (33 species) followed by rotifera (7 species), annelida (2 species) and insecta (1 species), water nematoda, turbellaria (1 species) and cysts. Zooplankton was qualitatively and quantitatively poor/absent during monsoon floods (June to September) and was diversified and rich during February to May. Comparison of water utility parameters and MPN count/100 ml with national and international agencies suggested that water of this stream was not fit for consumption.
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Devak stream, Most probable number, Physico-chemical parameters, Water quality, Zooplankton
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Sharma, J. (1999). Effect of industrial wastes and sewage on abiotic and biotic (plankton and macrophyte) compo-nents of Behlol nullah, Jammu. Ph. D. Thesis, Uni-versity of Jammu, Jammu.
Sharma, A. (2009). Hydrobiology of river Basantar at Samba. Ph. D Thesis University of Jammu, Jammu.
Sharma, S. , Kaushik, S. and Mathur, R. (1989). Pollution studies of Saank, Asaun and Kauri rivers in Madhya
Pradesh. In Management of ecosystems . U. P. Agar-wal, B. N. Desai and S. A. H. Abidi (Editors) Naren-dra Publishing House Delhi. 211-218.
Sharma, P., Sood, A., Sharma, S., Bisht, S., Kumar, V., Pandey, P., Gusain, M. P. and Gusain, O. P. (2010). Bacterial indicators of faecal pollution and physio-chemical assessment of important North Indian lakes. RMZ-Mate. & Geoenviron., 57: 25–40.
Sharma, S. Bajracharya, R. M. , Situala, B. K. and Merz, J. (2005). Water quality in the central Himalaya. Cur-rent Sci.81: 774-784.
Slathia, D. Dutta, S.P.S. (2013) Hydrobiological study of a subtropical Shivalik Lake, Jammu, J &K (India). Environmental and Biological Sciences,1(1): 143-148
Vass, K.K., Raina, H.S., Zutshi, D.P. and Khan, M.A. (1977). Hydrobiological studies of river Jhelum. Geobios., 4(6): 238-248.
Vashisht, H.S. (1984). Bioindicators of waste waters. Paper presented in the seminar on “ Status of Environ-mental Pollution in Punjab” , held on November, 1. 1984 at PAU. Ludhiana: 62-64.
Vasisht, H.S. and Sra, G.S. (1979). The biological character-istics of Chandigarh waste waters in relation to physic-chemical factors . Proc. Sym. Env. Biology : 429-440.
Verma, S.R. and Dalela, R.C. (1975). Studies on the pollu-tion of Kalinadi by industrial wastes near Mansurpur, part II. Biological index of pollution and biological characteristics of the river. Acta Hydrochim. Hydro-biol., 3: 252-274.
Welch, P.S. (1948). Limnological Methods.Published by McGraw Hill Book Co. Inc. New York.
Welch, P.S. (1951). Limnology Reprint 2010. Narendra Pub-lishing House Delhi-110006 (India)
Wetzel, R.G. (2000).Limnology. Lake and River Ecosys-tems. 3rd Ed. Academic Press: 841pp.
WHO (1991). The bacteriological quality of drinking. In : Guidelines for drinking water quality Vol. 2. Health criteria and other supporting information. Publ. by CBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi.
Young, G.W. (1945). A limnological investigation of perihy-ton in Douglas lake, Michigan. Trans. Am. Micr. Soc. , 64: 1-20.
Zutshi, N. (1992). Effect of Jammu city sewage on abiotic and biotic factors of the river Tawi, Jammu.Ph. D. Thesis, University of Jammu, Jammu; 307pp.
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Monthly variations in physico-chemical characteristics of water, MPN index and zooplankton of Devak stream, at Shiv temple complex, Udhampur, Jammu ( J & K), India. (2014). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 6(2), 816-824. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v6i2.542
