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Studies on Qualitative and Quantitative Abundance of Aquatic Entomo-fauna in Glacial fed Mountainous Goriganga River of Kumaun Himalaya Uttarakhand, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, Soban Singh Jeena Campus Almora, Uttarakhand-263601, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 3, Issue (4), Pages 51-63, April,22 (2014)

Abstract

The present study was aimed to record the qualitative and quantitative abundance of aquatic entomofauna in glacial fed mountainous Goriganga River of Kumaun Himalaya from July, 2006 to June, 2008. Samples were collected from three sampling stations (sampling station 1-Jauljibi, 600msl; sampling station 2 -Baram 900msl and sampling station 3-Madkot 1300msl) which are extended in a river stretch of 44 Km. A total of 25 genera of aquatic insects (Ephemerella, Cinygmula, Baetisca, Ephemera, Iron, Megistocera, Tendipes, Antocha, Dixa, Simulium, Agabinus, stenocolus, Heterlimnius, Hydaticus, Laccobius, Hydropsyche, Hydroptela, Glossosoma, Perlomyia, Isoperla, Argia, Hagenius, Epicordulia, Argion, and Ophiogomphus) belonging to six orders (Ephemeroptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera, Plecoptera and Odonata) were recorded at all the stations during 2006 to 2008. Monthly, seasonal, yearly and site wise variations (qualitatively as well as quantitatively) in zoo-bentic population including similarity and dissimilarity index have also been recorded and discussed in the present paper.

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