Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan
In this study abundance and composition of zooplanktons in the Indus River Estuary was conducted to examine habitat characteristics and its impact on tiny organisms. Overall 30,656 individuals were identified and segregated into seven major groups including Copepods, Cnidarians, Decapods, Mollusk,...
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In this study abundance and composition of zooplanktons in the Indus River Estuary was conducted to examine habitat characteristics and its impact on tiny organisms. Overall 30,656 individuals were identified and segregated into seven major groups including Copepods, Cnidarians, Decapods, Mollusk, Pisces, Amphipods and Chaetognaths. For better understanding they were further divided into eighteen planktonic categories. Among them Lucifer spp. comprises of 52.21% was the most abundant group with a peak appeared in March whereas Chaetognaths were rarely observed in the entire study period. Species diversity exhibited a mixed trend with the highest values (0.776) of dominance observed in spring (March). The results of Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) indicate (60.2% and 39.79%) variability among first II axis. On this basis of the result it is obvious that water turbidity is trigger of the abundance and distribution whereas total dissolved solids (TDS) showed minimal influence deduced from CCA analysis.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6503fa8898d44e7924413d2cb1efec92025-08-20T03:35:58ZengUniversity of Baghdad, College of Science for Womenمجلة بغداد للعلوم2078-86652411-79862023-06-01203(Suppl.)10.21123/bsj.2023.9048Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, PakistanMushaiyada Mairaj0Sher khan Panhwar1Fatima Hayat Shaheen Zafar2Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi- 75270, Sindh, Pakistan.Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi- 75270, Sindh, Pakistan.Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. In this study abundance and composition of zooplanktons in the Indus River Estuary was conducted to examine habitat characteristics and its impact on tiny organisms. Overall 30,656 individuals were identified and segregated into seven major groups including Copepods, Cnidarians, Decapods, Mollusk, Pisces, Amphipods and Chaetognaths. For better understanding they were further divided into eighteen planktonic categories. Among them Lucifer spp. comprises of 52.21% was the most abundant group with a peak appeared in March whereas Chaetognaths were rarely observed in the entire study period. Species diversity exhibited a mixed trend with the highest values (0.776) of dominance observed in spring (March). The results of Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) indicate (60.2% and 39.79%) variability among first II axis. On this basis of the result it is obvious that water turbidity is trigger of the abundance and distribution whereas total dissolved solids (TDS) showed minimal influence deduced from CCA analysis. https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/9048Canonical Correspondence Analysis, Heterotrophs,Indus River Estuary, trophic level, Zooplanktons |
| spellingShingle | Mushaiyada Mairaj Sher khan Panhwar Fatima Hayat Shaheen Zafar Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan مجلة بغداد للعلوم Canonical Correspondence Analysis, Heterotrophs,Indus River Estuary, trophic level, Zooplanktons |
| title | Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan |
| title_full | Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan |
| title_short | Zooplankton composition and structure in the Indus River Estuary, Sindh, Pakistan |
| title_sort | zooplankton composition and structure in the indus river estuary sindh pakistan |
| topic | Canonical Correspondence Analysis, Heterotrophs,Indus River Estuary, trophic level, Zooplanktons |
| url | https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/9048 |
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