Study on frequency and biodiversity of zooplankton communities in Warm Fishes pools of Mazandaran province

Document Type : scientific research article

Authors

1Caspian Sea Ecology Research Institute, Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extention Organization (AREEO), Farahabad, Sari, Iran

Abstract

Knowing the zooplankton of any aquatic ecosystem is very effective in managing this ecosystem and since zooplankton plays an important role in the transfer of the photosynthetic material transmitted by phytoplankton to other organisms at higher levels. In this study, zooplankton from three Warm Fishes pools in Mazandaran province, each with a 3 hectare and rectangular area, each separately separated from the well water was sampled by a sampler with mesh size 55-micron, and data was collected at the Laboratory for identification, counting and data. . In the present study, six groups of zooplankton including 1 genus Copepoda, 9 genera Rotifera and 5 genera Protozoa, 1 Cladocera, 1 Mollusca and 2 Cirripedia genuses were identified. The highest percentage of zooplankton groups in hydrothermal pools was related to Protozoa (44%), which belonged to two genera Ciliata with a mean density of 8544.7 ± 7 (number per cubic meter) and Vorticella with a mean density of 5128.05 ± 05 Number in m 3), and since this group of zooplankton was not suitable for feeding, they were not fed to infants, resulting in better conditions for growth, and the rotifers had the most masses, of which Brachionus sp dominated that 65% of this genus is devoted to the relatively good conditions for feeding fish in these pools.

Keywords

References

4.Asghari, M.A., and Motahari, A. 2009. Management of zooplankton production at fish ponds. 1st student's conference of Fishery Sciences, University of natural resources and agricultural sciences of Sari. 20 May 2009.
5.Cook, S., Hill, W.R., and Meyer, K.P. 2009. Feeding at different plankton densities alters nvasive bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) growth
and zooplankton species composition. Hydrobiologia, 625: 1. 185-193. Doi: 10.1007/s10750-009-9707-y. Print ISSN: 0018-8158. Online ISSN: 1573-5117.
6.Chinavenmeni, S.V., and Munuswamy,N. 2007. Composition and nutritional efficacy of adult fairy shrimp Streptocephalus dichotomus as live feed. Food Chemistry. 100: 1435-1442.
7.Hadadi Moghadam, K., Ahmadi, M.,and Keyvan, A. 2001. Study of effective zooplankton at sturgeon fingerling nutrition of (Acipenser Stellatus) at earthen fish ponds. Iran. Sci. Fish. J.10: 2. 1-14.
8.Ikpi, G.U., Offem, B., and Okey, I.B. 2013. Plankton distribution and diversity in tropical earthen fish ponds. Environmetal and Natural Resources Research. 3: 45-51.
9.Kumar, P., Wanganeo, A., Sonaullah, F., and Wanganeo, R. 2012. Limnological study on two high altitudes Himalayan ponds, Badrinath, Uttarakhand.
10.Kotykova, L.A. 1970. Eurotatoria. CCCP. Leningrad. 743p.
11.Mehdi Zadeh, GH.R., Ahmadi, M.R., Saberi, H., Kiabi, B., and Vosoughi, Gh.H. 2006. Distribution and frequency of zooplankton in earthen ponds of warm water fishes in Guilan Province.J. Mar. Sci. Technol. 5: 3-4. 77-85.
12.Park, K.S., and Shin, H.W. 2007. Studies on phyto-and-zooplankton composition and its relation to fish productivity in a west coast fish.
13.Pahwa, D.V., and Mehrotra, S.N. 1966. Observations on fluctuations conditions of river Ganga. Proc. Natural Academe Science Indian. 36: 157-189.
14.Pontin, R.M. 1978. Akey ti the fresh water plankton semiplankton rotifer of the British Isles. Titus Wilson and Son. Ltp. 178p.
15.Popescu, A., Fetecau, M., and Cristea, V. 2012. Preliminary aspects concerning zooplankton structure in ecosystems of the fish farms. J. Lucrari Stiintifice-Seria Zootehnie, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine lasi, Romania, 58: 121-125.
16.Prescott, G.W. 1970. The freshwater algea. W.M.C. Brown company publishing, Iowa. U.S.A. 38p. pond ecosystem. J. Environ. Biol. 28: 415-422.
17.Rajagopal, T., Thangamani, A., Sevarkodiyone, S.P., Sekar, M., and Archunan, G. 2010. Zooplankton diversity and physico-chemical conditions in three perennial ponds of Virudhunagar district, Tamilnadu. J. Environ. Biol. 31: 3. 265-272. Available online at www.jeb.co.in.
18.Salavatian, S.M., Sabkara, J., Azari Takami, G., Rajab Nezhad, R., Elmi, A.M., Saraji, F., Wan Maznah, W., Ebrahimi, M., Jokarak, G.A., and Akbazadeh, G.A. 2014. Seasonal variation of phytoplankton community in the northern of Oman Sea. (Part of Iranian Waters). Inter. J. Bot. 4: 19-28.
19.Shinde, S.E., Pathan, T.S., and Sonawane, D.L. 2012. Seasonal variations and biodiversity of phytoplankton in Harsool-Savangi dam, Aurangabad, India. J. Environ. Biol.33: 643-647.
20.Sokal, R.R., and Rohlf, F.J. 1981. Biometry. Freeman and Co., San Franc. USA, 776p.
21.Southwood, T.R.E., and Henderson, P.A. 2000. Ecological methods, Third Edition. Blackwell Science. 575p.
22.Steiner, C.F. 2004. Daphnia dominance and zooplankton community structure in fishless ponds. J. Plankton Res. 26: 7. 799-810. Doi: 10. 1093/plankt/fbh067, Available online at www.plankt.oupjournals.org
23.Sulehria, A.Q.K., Qamar, M.F., Haider, S., Ejaz, M., and Hussain, A. 2009a. Water quality and rotifer diversity in the fish pond at district Mianwali, Pakistan. Biologia (Pakistan). 55: 79-85.
24.Sulehria, A.Q.K., Qamar, M.F.,Anjum Jaz, M., and Hussain, A. 2009b. Seasonal fluctuations of rotifers in a fish pond at district Bahawalnagar, Pakistan. Biological (Pakistan). 55: 21-28.
25.Sulehria, A.Q.K. 2010. Planktonic rotifers and their role in fish growth and farm fisheries. Thesis in Zoological Sciences. Provided by: Pakistan Research Repository. OAI identifier: oai: generic.eprints.org:6976/core447. Available Online at http://core.kmi. open.ac.uk/display/12114773.
26.Sulehria, A.Q.K., Mushtaq, R., and Ejaz, M. 2012. Abundance and composition of rotifers in a pond near Balloki Headworks. J. Anim. Plant Sci.22: 1065-1069.
27.Sulehria, A.Q.K., Ejaz, M., Mushtaq, R., and Saleem, S. 2013. Analysis of planktonic rotifers by Shannon Weaver index in Muraliwala (Sistt. Gujranwala). Pak. J. Sci. 65: 15-19.
28.Thompson, R.H. 1997. Fresh water biology. Science Publishers, Enfield.
29.Verma, H., Pandey, D.N., and Shukla, S.K. 2013. Monthly variations of zooplankton in a freshwater body, Futera Anthropogenic Pond of Damoh District (M.P.). Inter. J. Inn. Res. Sci. Engin. Technol. 75: 4781-4788.
30.Verreth, J. 1990. The accuracy of population density estimates of a horizontally distributed zooplankton community in Dutch fish ponds. Hydrobiologia, 203: 1-2. 53-61.
31.Yousefian, M., Abdolhay, H., Makhdomi, C., and Soleimaniroudi, A. 2008. Rearing of sturgeon fingerlings (Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897) in terrestrial ponds, and investigation on factors effecting its growth. Pajouhesh and Sazandeghi J. 78: 156-166.
32.Zhong, F., Gao, Y., Yu, T., Zhang, Y., Xu, D., Xiao, E., He, F., Zhou, Q., and Wu, Z. 2011. The management of undesirable cyanobacteria blooms in channelcatfish ponds using a constructed wetland: Contribution to the control of offfalvoroccurances. Water Research. 45: 6479-6488.
Journal of Utilization and Cultivation of Aquatics
Volume 9, Issue 2
July 2020
Pages 21-31

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics