Seasonal variations of phytoplankton in Mohabala Lake near Bhadrawati, District - Chandrapur (MS), India

Abstract

Among the biotic communities in an aquatic system phytoplankton constitute the major role by virtue of their capacity to transducer the solar radiant energy into thebiological energy by photosynthesis. A study was carried out in Mohabala lake on phytoplankton diversity in different seasons during 20142015. The Mohabala lake is principal fresh water body located within Bhadrawati Tahsil in Chandrapur District of Maharashtra state. The four major groups of phytoplankton studied are Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Bacillariophyceae and Euglenophyceae. During this investigation phytoplankton shows abundance growth in winter and minimum in monsoon .