Abstract
The present study was undertaken on Wular Lake, a Ramsar Site in Kashmir Himalaya, to study the seasonal succession of crustacean zooplankton from September 2010 to August 2011. A total of 42 crustacean taxa belonging to Cladocera (23), Copepoda (16) and Ostracoda (3) were identified at five different sampling sites. Among the crustaceans, Cladocera was numerically the most dominant group at sites III, IV and V, followed by Copepoda at sites I and II. On an average basis total crustacean density ranged from 416 ind./l in winter to 1567.6 ind./l in summer. On the basis of Sorensen’s similarity index, study sites IV and V showed close similarity (88.13%). <br><br><font color="red"><b> This article has been retracted. Link to the retraction <u><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/ABS150706081E">10.2298/ABS150706081E</a><u></b></font>
Highlights
The present study was undertaken on Wular Lake, a Ramsar Site in Kashmir Himalaya, to study the seasonal succession of crustacean zooplankton from September 2010 to August 2011
Copepoda and Ostracoda fluviatile origin, formed by the meandering of River are the major groups in meiobenthic crustacean as- Jhelum
The most dominant Cladocera taxa reported from the entire lake were Chydorus sphaericus, Alona affinis, Macrothrix rosea and Moinodaphnia sp
Summary
The present study was undertaken on Wular Lake, a Ramsar Site in Kashmir Himalaya, to study the seasonal succession of crustacean zooplankton from September 2010 to August 2011. Copepoda and Ostracoda fluviatile origin, formed by the meandering of River are the major groups in meiobenthic crustacean as- Jhelum. A study sites differing in various characteristics were chosen for the present study (Fig. 1 and Table 1).
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