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Zooplankton diversity of Keenjhari Lake district Thatta
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K.H. Lashari   , Z.A. Palh * , A.A. Shaikh , B.A. Bughio , D. Khemtio , D.B. Mashori , K.H. Lashari |
| Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Sindh Jamshoro,Pakistan |
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The goal of this study was to learn more about the zooplankton diversity in Keenjhar Lake. Keenjhar Lake is a tropical, man-made lake. It is around 120 kilometers, Outside of Karachi, at a distance of 24°47' N latitude and 68°02' E longitude (Ayoade and Aderogba, 2020). "Keenjhar" and "Sunheri," or "Green" and "Golden," respectively, two natural lakes were joined to create the lake. By blowing up the dividing hills in 1958, Keenjhar and Sunheri, two tiny depressions, were combined to create the "Kalri Lake.". Zooplanktons are significant fauna in water bodies that operate as pollution bio-indicators and play a direct part in the food chain. There were a total of 9 different zooplankton species found. There were 06 Rotifera species, 01 Copepoda species, and 02 Cladocera species discovered among them. Brachionus calyciflourus (Pallas, 1834), Brachionus bidentata (Ahangar and Farooq, 2012), Lecane leontina (Aziz1 et al., 2014), Trichotria tetractis (Ehrenberg, 1830), and Trichocerca pusilla (Ehrenberg, 1830) were among the rotifers found (Jennings, 1903). Moina micrura (Lashari et al., 2021) was found in Copepoda, and Ceriodaphnia quadrangular (Müller, 1785) and Diaphanosoma birgei Ascomorpha saltans (Lashari et al., 2021), were found in Cladocera (Korineck 1981). Rotifera species are the most common zooplankton species, indicating that the lake water is contaminated.
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| Keywords: Rotifera, Copepoda, Cladocera, Diversity, Zooplankton and Thatta |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/02/4 | Accepted: 2024/10/1 | Published: 2025/02/12
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