LIMNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF POND NEAR RAILWAY STATION, NARKATIAGANJ SUB-DIVISION OF WEST CHAMPARAN (BIHAR)
FAIZ ALI *
DEPT OF BOTANY., R.L.S.Y. COLLEGE, BETTIAH (WEST CHAMPARAN) B.R.A UNIVERSITY, MUZAFFARPUR- 842 001, INDIA
R. N. YADAVA *
DEPT OF BOTANY., R.L.S.Y. COLLEGE, BETTIAH (WEST CHAMPARAN) B.R.A UNIVERSITY, MUZAFFARPUR- 842 001, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The pond near Railway station has been used daily for bathing and washing of clothes by large number of inhabitants of railway station pond, Narkatiaganj (West Champaran). The samples were collected fortnightly during October 2013 to September 2014 to analyze physico-chemical and biological status of water, such as temperature, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, dissolved oxygen, free carbon dioxide, chloride, organic mater, nitrite, phosphate, Sulphate and algal flora. Variations in physico-chemical parameters were noted. The results also revealed that the pond Water was hard, alkaline and polluted. Totally 39 species of algae were reported from the four classes.
Keywords: Pond, West Champaran Limnology, Physico-chemical status, Phytoplankton