FAUNAL DIVERSITY AND ITS DETERMINANT FACTORS IN SOME HILLSTREAMS OF GARHWAL HIMALAYA
ANOOP K. DOBRIYAL *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, H.N.B. GARHWAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, PAURI GARHWAL - 246001, INDIA.
HEMANT JOSHI *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, H.N.B. GARHWAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, PAURI GARHWAL - 246001, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The paper deals with ichthyofaunal, periphytic and macro-zoobenthic diversity in two hillstreams of Garhwal Himalaya which have different ecological conditions due to difference in nature of their origin. The determinant ecological factors for this diversity are also discussed.