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Occurrence of Rotifers and its Relation to the Water Quality during the Bioremediation process in Lake Kacharali, Thane, MS, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Zoology Department, B.N. Bandodkar College of Science, Chendani, Thane 400 601, Maharashtra, INDIA
  • 2Zoology Department, Maharishi Dayanand College, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, Maharashtra, INDIA
  • 3Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatti Post, Coimbatore 641108, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 1, Issue (3), Pages 54-58, July,10 (2012)

Abstract

Thane city is known for its lake, however over the years with increase in human population and the related anthropogenic activities the lakes have been neglected. The neglect had lead to severe pollution of the lakes affecting the ecology as well as the livelihood of the locals dependent on the lakes. The Thane Municipal Corporation started the process of bioremediation of lakes in Thane city from the year 1999 by using selected, preadapted, nonpathogenic microbes. Lake Kacharali was the first one to undergo the process and prior to the bioremediation process the lake was physically cleaned of all the floating macrophytes. The physico-chemical parameters to assess the water quality along with the phytoplankton and zooplankton to understand the biological diversity were undertaken from the beginning of bioremediation process in January 1999 till June 2000. Among the zooplankton Rotifera comprise the integral part of the food chain and are important link between the nanoplankton and the carnivorous zooplankton. They play a major role in cycling of organic material and constitute a large portion of the diet of larval fish. During the study 13 species of the rotifera were observed and varied from 50 ind/100 L to 5876 ind/100 L. The diversity of rotifers is indicative of the ecological factors of the water body. The bioremediation process was observed to be successful as the water quality and rotifer diversity revealed mesotrophic conditions from the initial eutrophic conditions.

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