Seasonal Variations in Copepods Diversity Along the Vettar Coastal Waters, South Eastern India

摘要

The present study was carried out to assess the physico-chemical characteristics and marine copepods diversity from the Vettar estuary and adjacent coastal waters for the period of 1 year between January 2016 and December 2016. The water samples werecollected in the early morning at 3 fixed stations and analyzed to estimate the physico-chemical properties. The copepod samples were identified using standard identification manuals. During the study period, a total of 27 species of marine copepods wererecorded. The results of the ecological survey showed that Vettar estuary treasures an abundant diversityof copepod that play a key role in maintaining the ecological interlinks in the estuarine and the adjacent neritic waters of Bay of Bengal, where it joins. Our study favors a continuous monitoring and further assessment of zooplankton which is needed toexplore more about the ecological enigma in Nagore coastal water, Southeast coast of India.