scholarly journals A Recent Taxonomic Study of the Fish from the Jinam River in Dima Hasao Biodiversity Hotspot Region of Assam (India)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
Devashish Kar ◽  
Dimos Khynriam ◽  
Bubul Das ◽  
Satyajit Das

Abstract The Jinam River habitats inventory revealed the presence of alluvial valley, cascades, riffle-pools, boulders, cobbles, and gravel as types of substrata. The limnological parameters portrayed average values of air and water temperature, turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, free carbon di-oxide, total alkalinity, and conductivity. This recent pioneering study on the fish of the Jinam River in the Dima Hasao District of Assam revealed the presence of 18 species belonging to 15 genera, five families, and three orders, which are reported for the first time through this paper. Worth highlighting is the abundance of Barilius bendelisis and Devario aequipinnatus, and the fewer numbers of Chanda nama, these warranting proper management and conservation of the fish for this river.

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Z Ferdoushi ◽  
Y Ara ◽  
T Khatun ◽  
KKU Ahmed

An investigation was carried out on the limnological aspects of Ashura beel at Dinajpur district in Bangladesh. Several limnological parameters were evaluated from March 2013 to October 2013 from three sampling sites namely Kajladoho, Burirdoho and Sonnasydoho. Physical, chemical and biological parameters were analyzed fortnightly both at the field level and departmental laboratory of Fisheries Management, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur. Findings revealed that only water level in three sampling sites varied significantly. The ranges of water temperature, transparency, water level at three sampling sites were 24 to 35.50°C, 17 to 27.50 cm and 0.58 to 2.44 m, respectively. Moreover, the dissolved oxygen concentration, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness and phosphate-phosphorus concentration were also remained within optimum ranges. Thirty four genera were recorded where phytoplankton includes 29 genera belonging to four groups such as euglenophyceae, cyanophyceae, bacillariophyceae and chlorophyceae and five genera of zooplankton in the four groups namely copepoda, rotifera, cladocera and crustacean larvae. Phytoplankton was dominated by chlorophyceae and zooplankton dominated by copepoda. The abundance of phytoplankton was positively correlated with water temperature, water level, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, hardness, pH, and phosphate-phosphorus. On the other hand, abundance of zooplankton negatively correlated with water temperature, transparency and water level. However, from the findings of this study suggested that the water quality parameters of the selected sites were found to be suitable for the survival of aquatic organism.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 15(1): 103-112, January 2017


2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Veenstra ◽  
S. Nolen ◽  
J. Carroll ◽  
C. Ruiz

A 3-year study was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assessing water quality related impacts of aquaculture of 250,000 channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in floating net pens in the Rock Creek Arm of Lake Texoma, Oklahoma/Texas. Five large nylon nets suspended from a floating framework of galvanized metal anchored in open water 100 m offshore made up the net pens with fish stocking densities varying from 88 to 219 fish/m3. Water quality sampling was conducted biweekly from April to September and monthly from October to March at three locations. On all sampling dates field measurements of water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity were recorded at 1 m depth intervals and water samples were collected at a depth of 0.5 m and near the bottom of the water column at each site. Sample analyses included: total alkalinity, total hardness, turbidity, chloride, sulfate, orthophosphate, total phosphorus, nitrate-N, nitrite-N, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total organic carbon, dissolved organic carbon, biochemical oxygen demand, and chlorophyll a. The results showed statistically significant decreases in water temperature and dissolved oxygen and significant increases in field conductivity in surface waters near the net pens relative to other sampling sites. The most dramatic water quality effect observed during the study was decrease in dissolved oxygen levels near the net pens following lake turnover in the second year.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
ABM Mohsin ◽  
Roni Chandra Mondal

The behaviour of fourteen exotic ornamental fishes of Bangladesh under starved condition in aquaria was experimented from January to December, 2011. Fishes were belonging to 13 genera, 09 families and 4 orders. Two treatments each with three replications were used. Four different behavioural phases of fish were monitored through constant observation. Almost all the behavioural phases were seen earlier in the fishes of treatment T1. Marble angel survived more (1022±4.02 hrs; T2) than others. The lowest survival period (116±2.44 hrs; T1) was seen for albino suckermouth. Fishes were died earlier in T1 than T2, due to presence or absence of aeration facilities. Water temperature, dissolved oxygen, free CO2, pH, total alkalinity, ammonia-nitrogen and chlorine level were found to be varied from 25.66±0.17 to 28.66±0.35°C, 3.80±0.06 to 4.73±0.07 mg/l, 9.21±0.05 to 11.75±0.03 mg/l, 7.13±0.05 to 7.47±0.07, 76.66±1.64 to 108.92±3.20 mg/l, 0.0010±0.0006 to 0.0133±0.002 mg/l and 0.0045±0.001 to 0.012±0.0014 mg/l, respectively. The research findings would be helpful in gathering basic knowledge on different behavioural phases through which aquarists can maintain primitive behavioural phase in their aquaria.  Further research work is suggested in the aforesaid theme massively.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abul Bashar ◽  
S Sanjib Basak ◽  
Kazi Belal Uddin ◽  
AKM Saiful Islam ◽  
Yahia Mahmud

Physicochemical parameters were studied for a period of two years from July 2012 to June 2014. The parameters namely air and water temperature were estimated using centigrade thermometer, transparency using secchi disc while pH, CO2, total hardness, total alkalinity, dissolved oxygen (DO) were estimated using HACH water test kit. The highest air and water temperature (31.52°C and 30.38°C) were recorded in September, 2013 whereas the lowest air and water temperature 21.04°C and 20.42°C were recorded in January, 2014. The pH of water was found to alkaline in nature (6.9 to 8.20). The maximum free CO2 value (7.81 mg/l) was recorded in February, 2014 and minimum (2.36 mg/l) in November, 2012.The value of total alkalinity was found to fluctuate from 51.9 mg/l in December 2012 to 90.68 mg/l in December 2013. Total hardness of lake water varied from 37.8 (August) to 47.3 (November) in 2012 and 55.17 (July) to 87.49 (February) in 2013-14 with regular trends in fluctuation. Mean secchi disc reading varied from 1.94±.57 m in 2012-13 and 2.02±0.40 m in 2013-14. Dissolved oxygen was found to vary from 6.10 (February) to 6.80 (November) during 2012, 3.90 (February) to 6.38 mg/l (July) during 2013 with a mean value of 6.4±1.51 and 5.74±0.68 mg/l. Water depth was found to fluctuate from 4.39 to 11.76 m with a mean value of 7.96± 2.56 m for one year study. The present research provides baseline information on changing trends of physicochemical parameters of Kaptai Lake which will facilitate sustainable management and conservation of this lake ecosystem.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.2(2): 319-327, August 2015


Our Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Thapa Chhetry ◽  
J. Pal

The Koshi river is the major tributaries of the Ganges which originates from the snowy peaks of Tibetan plateau in the central Himalayas. Its total catchment area is 60,400 km2, of which 28,140 km2 lies in Nepal, while the remainder is situated in Tibet. It passes from Nepal to India via the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve area of Nepal. It destroys large area through floods, especially in India. This paper deals with the air temperature and phyco-chemical parameters like temperature, transparency, pH, oxygen, carbondioxide, alkalinity, hardness, chloride and biological oxygen demand of water of Koshi river at Kushaha area of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve. The water temperature was recorded maximum in summer season but the transparency, pH, dissolved oxygen, total alkalinity and total hardness were recorded maximum in winter season. Similarly, free carbondioxide was maximum in rainy season and chloride and biological oxygen demand were recorded maximum in summer season. The air temperature and water temperature had positive and significant correlation with free carbondioxide and biological oxygen demand. Dissolved oxygen had positive and significant correlation with pH, total alkalinity and total hardness. Similarly, total alkalinity had positive and significant correlation with transparency, total hardness, chloride etc.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/on.v9i1.5746


Author(s):  
Identicia Marwein ◽  
◽  
Susmita Gupta ◽  

A study on diversity and ecology of Plecoptera larvae was carried out at two small streams, Wahdienglieng and Umrisa of Shillong, Meghalaya, North-east India for the year 2014 and 2015. The total number of families and genera recorded during the study were 3 families and 8 genera. During the first year at Wahdienglieng, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed that the high weighted variables are total alkalinity, pH, electrical conductivity, water temperature and sand while at Umrisa, free carbon dioxide and electrical conductivity were strong variables. The next year at Wahdienglieng, PCA showed pH as the highly weighted variable while at Umrisa, the PCA indicated dissolved oxygen, water temperature and rainfall as influential variables. The CCA (Canonical Correspondence Analysis) dendrogram revealed that Indonemoura spp and Kamimuria spp have positive impact with sandy substratum in Wahdienglieng; while Amphinemura spp showed positive correlation with dissolved oxygen in Umrisa during the first year. In the next year, water temperature showed positive relation with Indonemoura spp and Tetropina spp at Wahdienglieng and Umrisa, respectively. The presence of Plecoptera larvae in these streams indicated that the water is unpolluted and the substratum type enabled the larvae to reside at various microhabitats with diverse species.


2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
ZANNATUL FERDOUSHI ◽  
MD ABUL KALAM AZAD ◽  
MD. SHAMIM RAHMAN ◽  
MST NAHID AKTER

A study was carried out to assess planktonic community with some physico-chemical parameters of the Gorveshwari river in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. Fortnight water samplings were performed at four sites. Findings revealed that water temperature, water level and transparency were within the optimal ranges- 14.33-31.23°C, 1.38-3.97 m and 43.32- 88.67cm respectively. The values of dissolved oxygen, pH, total alkalinity and total dissolved solids were found to vary 7.16 -9.32 ppm, 6.37-8.93, 28.07- 39.56 ppm and 59.87-133.74 ppm in the four sampling sites respectively. From plankton analysis, 36 genera of plankton were identified of which 27 genera were phytoplankton groups and 9 genera were zooplankton. Among them, Chlorophyceae ranked the first position with highest abundance 3.11±0.12×103cells/L. Euglenophyceae was recorded as the minor group of phytoplankton both in number and density. On the other hand, abundance of Rotifera was found to be higher in number (0.95±0.04×103cells/L), while, Crustacean larvae was noticed as scarcer group throughout the study period. Moreover, from correlation analysis it was observed that the abundance of total phytoplankton and total plankton were negatively correlated with water temperature and transparency where positively correlated with water level, pH, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids and total alkalinity. This study concludes that the fish production suitability of Gorveshwari river is within productive range though some anthropogenic activities affecting the aquatic biodiversity were also observed throughout the sampling period.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janaina Câmara Siqueira da Cunha ◽  
Renato Galindo de Barros Filho ◽  
Rafael Pereira da Silva ◽  
Iris Gabrielly Arruda dos Santos ◽  
Gilberto Gonçalves Rodrigues

AIM: The present study aimed to elucidate if the water physical and chemical parameters from a first order stream of Biological Reserve of Saltinho from south Pernambuco induces in the distribution and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates. METHODS: Both limnological parameters (pH-value, electrical conductivity, water temperature, turbidity, salinity and dissolved oxygen) and structural variables of aquatic habitat (substrate, food availability and flow velocity) influence the macroinvertebrates community structure. The creek is very small, with an approximate width of 1-3 m and a depth of 0.5 m. It was used a Surber sampler (100 mm) in three stretch of the creek, each one with two sampling units (s.u.) totaling six s.u. distant 50 m, with a sampling effort of five minutes per s.u.. The measurer multiparameter was used in order to obtain the water analysis (limnological parameters). RESULTS: From 11 taxa of macroinvertebrates found no significant correlation (p<0.05) was presented with pH-value, water temperature and salinity, but some taxa showed with electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity (TD) and dissolved oxygen (DO). Hemiptera abundance increases with decreasing DO; Ostracoda abundance increases with increasing EC and TD and the decrease in DO; and Trichoptera abundance increases with the decrease in EC and TD and the increase in DO. The stretches exhibited similarity in relation to the richness and abundance of macroinvertebrates and limnological parameters. The macroinvertebrates distribution in the stream not showed the same pattern, grouping s.u. of different stretch, because the habitat structural variables influenced the distribution. CONCLUSIONS: Therefore, the macroinvertebrates community varies according to abiotic factors in different limnological and structural parameters. This study is the first record of a work that associates benthic fauna and abiotic parameters at the Atlantic forest of Pernambuco.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4483 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
MENG WANG ◽  
BAO-ZHEN HUA

Neopanorpa van der Weele, 1909 is the second largest genus of Panorpidae, and is endemic to the Oriental Region. Yunnan, a province in the southwestern region of China, is well-known as a biodiversity hotspot and abundant in Neopanorpa species. However, only sixteen species of Neopanorpa have been described from Yunnan hitherto and the taxonomic study of Neopanorpa in Yunnan has lagged far behind as compared with studies performed in neighboring regions. In the present study, notably high diversity of Neopanorpa species is found in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan. Seven species of Neopanorpa are described as new: N. semiorbiculata, N. tincta, N. triangulata, N. diancangshanensis, N. magnatitilana, N. longistipitata, and N. quadristigma spp. n. Neopanorpa spatulata Byers, 1965, originally described from Thailand, is recorded from China for the first time. Neopanorpa dimidiata Navás, 1930 is a synonym of N. brisi (Navás, 1930). Keys to species of Neopanorpa in Yunnan are provided. The phylogenetic relationships of Neopanorpa species from the Hengduan Mountains, the Indochinese Peninsula, and the eastern Himalayas are briefly discussed. 


2020 ◽  
pp. 305-313
Author(s):  
Dina Nath Pandit ◽  
Punita Kumari ◽  
Sunita Kumari Sharma

A study was carried out to evaluate the ecology and diversity of the zooplankton of the Ganga River at Arrah from Bihar, India from January 2018 to December 2019. Varied physical and chemical parameters supporting the zooplankton and corresponding biodiversity indices were studied. The water temperature showed inverse correlation with pH, dissolved oxygen, whereas direct relationship with total alkalinity, hardness, chloride, nitrate and sulfate. A total of 23 genera of zooplankton belonging to 6 genera of Rotifera, 5 of Protozoa, 5 of Cladocera, 4 of Copepoda and 3 of Ostracoda were identified with a density from 2 to 213 ind./L. The analysis showed that density of zooplankton declined in post-monsoon and remained maximum in summer because of the various environmental and inflow characteristics of the water body. The density of zooplankton showed direct correlation with total alkalinity, hardness and chloride of water but inverse correlation with water temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen. Shannon-Weiner index, Margalef richness index, Pielou’s evenness index, Menhninick’s index and Simpson index were won’t to assess relation of water quality with zooplankton and limnological profile of the river. The diversity indices indicated moderate to high diversity of zooplankton and moderately polluted conditions of the river.


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