Table 6 The occurrence of phytoplankton and zooplankton during the study period at station 1
S. no. | Name of the species | Month (2018–2019) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monsoon | Post-monsoon | Summer | Pre-monsoon | ||||||||||
Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | ||
Phytoplankton | |||||||||||||
01 | Characium limneticum | C | – | – | A | A | A | A | A | R | R | R | – |
02 | Cosmarium contractum | C | A | – | – | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
03 | Closterium venus | C | A | C | C | C | C | C | A | A | C | R | R |
04 | Euglena acus | C | C | C | C | A | A | A | A | C | – | – | – |
05 | Pediastrum tetras | R | R | C | C | C | C | A | A | – | – | – | R |
06 | Scenedesmus abundans | A | – | C | C | C | A | A | A | R | R | R | R |
07 | Apedinella radians | A | C | C | C | A | A | A | A | R | R | – | – |
Zooplankton | |||||||||||||
08 | Acineta papillifera | A | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
09 | Calanoid copepodite | A | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
10 | Euplotes woodruffi | C | C | R | R | – | – | R | – | R | – | A | C |
11 | Filinia terminalis | C | C | R | R | R | – | – | – | R | – | A | A |
12 | Keratella americana | C | C | R | R | R | – | – | – | – | R | C | A |