Table 8 The occurrence of phytoplankton and zooplankton during the study period at station 3
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 | Actinastrum Hantzschii | R | A | – | A | A | A | A | – | – | – | R | C |
02 | Characium limneticum | C | – | – | A | A | A | A | A | R | R | R | – |
03 | Closterium sp. | C | A | C | C | C | C | C | A | A | C | R | R |
04 | Eudorina sp. | C | A | C | A | R | R | R | C | C | C | C | C |
05 | Gloeocystis ampla | C | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
06 | Euglena acus | C | C | C | C | A | A | A | A | C | – | – | – |
07 | Pediastrum simplex | C | C | A | A | R | – | – | – | – | R | R | R |
08 | Pediastrum tetras | R | R | C | C | C | C | A | A | – | – | – | R |
09 | Scenedesmus quadricauda | A | – | C | C | C | C | C | R | R | R | – | R |
10 | Dictyocha fibula | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
Zooplankton | |||||||||||||
11 | Acineta papillifera | A | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
12 | Euplotes vannus | A | A | C | A | A | A | C | R | – | – | – | R |
13 | Balanion sp. | R | C | A | A | A | A | A | – | – | – | – | R |
14 | Balanus crenatus | A | C | A | A | A | C | R | – | – | – | – | – |
15 | Heliodiaptomus viduus | C | A | R | R | – | – | R | – | – | R | C | C |
16 | Echinoderm larva | C | A | R | R | – | – | R | R | R | R | A | C |
17 | Filinia brachiata | C | C | R | R | R | – | – | – | R | – | A | A |
18 | Filinia longiseta | C | R | R | R | R | – | – | – | – | R | A | A |
19 | Filinia terminalis | C | C | R | R | R | – | – | – | – | R | A | C |
20 | Keratella americana | C | C | R | R | R | – | – | – | – | R | C | A |