Biotic composition in relation to occurrence of Zooplankton , Benthic fauna, Fishes and Aquatic fungi in the water bodies of Chikmagalur District of Karnataka: An overview
*B.H. Ramesh, **D.N. Veerendra and ***B.R. Kiran
*Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Government First Grade College, Bapuji Nagara, Shivamogga-577201 India **Department of Environmental Science, Government First Grade College, Bapuji Nagara, Shivamogga-577201 India ***Department of Environmental Science, SMR University College of Arts and Commerce, Shankraghatta-577451 India
ABSTRACT
The present review study deals with the occurrence and distribution of zooplankton, benthic fauna, fishes and aquatic Fungi in the lentic and lotic water bodies of Chikmagalur district of Karnataka as worked out by the various researchers. In the lentic habitat zooplankton were represented by Rotifera {06 species}, Cladocera {06 species}, Copepoda {04 species} and Protozoa with 02 species respectively. While, in the lotic sector Protozoans and Rotifers were consists of 15 species each, Crustaceans by 10 species and 04 species of insects were documented. In this study, 24 species of fishes and 26 species of aquatic fungi were recognized.