EFFECT OF COPEPODS DIVERSITY ON POLLUTION LEVEL OF CHIREBANDI POND, GONDIA, DISTT. GONDIA, (M.S.)

Abstract

In the present study, the Chirebandi pond, Fulchur at Gondia (M.S.) was selected to study the effect of copepods diversity on pollution level of Chirebandi pond, Gondia, Maharashtra. It is situated at about 3 km from the Gondia town at Fulchur village on Gondia-Nagpur State highway No.249. It is a medium sized water body, surrounded by sparsely populated area and the water of which is used for washing, bathing and for other socio-cultural practices by the nearby people. To study the effect of copepods diversity on pollution level of Chirebandi pond. The physico-chemical parameters related with the quantitative analysis of copepods were analyzed seasonally from June 2006 to May 2007. Studies showed the seasonal fluctuations in water temperature (25°C-35°),Transparency (13-20 cm), pH (7.1-8.3), Dissolved Oxygen (3.4- 10.5 mg/l), Free Carbon Dioxide (6.0-17.5 mg/l), Total alkalinity (103-309mg/l), Chlorides (15.6-72.0 mg/l), Total Hardness ( 475-830 mg/l), Phosphate (2.07-7.15 mg/l), Nitrates (2.09-4.06 mg/l), Copepods were recorded as 1297 individual/litres in this study. The study has shown that there is an indication of pollution in this pond due to rapid encroachments of the pond area, domestic sewage. However, there is an urgent need of an action for conservation and to decrease pollution level before it becomes highly polluted.