An Assessment of Phytoplankton Population and Seasonal Variation in Lendi River, District Nanded, Maharashtra, India

Bimbisar D. Waghmare, A. N. Kulkarni

Abstract: Lendi River is one of the tributary of river Manar, originates at Malkapur dist. Latur and joins to river Manar at Degloor, dist Nanded. Water of this Semi-perennial river is used to perform various activities such as industrial, irrigation, fisheries and human activities. A total of 20 species of phytoplankton were recorded during the present study period. These include 13 species of Chlorophyceae, 4 species of Cyanophyceae and 3 species of Bacillariophyceae. Plankton samples were collected at regular intervals of one month at 3 stations from July 2010 to June 2011.

Keywords: Phytoplankton, Seasonal Variation, Population, Lendi, River, Nanded