Benthic Diversity of Gorja Lake Near Bhadrawati Tahsil, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Abstract

Benthic means also some organisms live in rocks, bottom, sediment mud of the ponds, lakes rivers and sea that is called as benthos or benthic. Animals and plants that inhabit the bottom of large water bodies are called benthos. Numbers of the organisms are immobile. Some creep over or burrow in the mud and base of the water body. A number of animals found at the bottom is not only related to nature of the substrata but also to depth the kind and quality of the aquatic plants present in as aquatic environment. Present Benthic in the Gorja lake near the Bhadrawati town was studied from June 2014 to May 2016 during total 34 species of Benthic were found in sample three sites A, B and C of Gorja lake near Bhadrawati tahsil district Chandrapur.

Keywords: Gorja lake, benthic diversity, invertebrate phyla

Cite this Article

A. L. Shelekar, N. V. Harney. Benthic Diversity of Gorja Lake Near Bhadrawati Tahsil, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India. Research & Reviews: Journal of Ecology. 2017; 6(2): 20–22p.