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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake
3.6.3 Winter
Table 19 and Figure 15 show the distribution of species over genera, family, order and
class recroded at Keti Bunder during winter.
Table 20 Distribution of phytoplankton/algal species in Keti Bunder in November
2007 (winter)
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genera Species
MONERA Cyanophyta 2 3 3 8 20
PROTISTA Volvocophyta 2 3 7 9 21
Dinophyta 1 0 0 9 47
Bacillariophyta 1 0 0 30 70
Xanthophyta 1 1 1 1 2
Euglenophyta 1 1 1 2 6
PROTOCTISTA Chlorophyta 2 3 3 3 6
Charophyta 1 1 1 1 3
Total: 3 8 11 12 16 63 175
Figure 16 – Percentage of species against phylum recorded in Keti Bunder (winter)
%
1% 3% 3% 2%
11%
27%
12%
Cyanophyta
Volvocophyta
Dinophyta
Bacillariophyta
Xanthophyta
Euglenophyta
Chlorophyta
Charophyta
During second survey in November, 50 algal samples were collected out of which
150 algal/phytoplankton species belonging to 65 genera of eight phyla namely
Cyanophyta, Volvocophyta, Dinophyta, Bacillariophyta, Xanthophyta,
Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, Charophyta were observed in Keti Bunder and its
adjacent area.
The original habitat of the above algal specimens is marine water but they are
also found in fresh water. The plant specimen found through out the year were
also recorded in other localities e.g. Wah Garden nullah (northern Punjab), Kattas
(where the hell is this), Khwazakhella near Mingora, Swat (northern NWFP). As a
whole 39 species were recorded from different places of Keti Bunder and its
adjacent areas. In Table 21 each species has been mentioned, along with
habitat, current status, presence/absence at across the sampling points total and
relative frequency relative density and classification (Shameel, 2001).
Fifty fish species were recoded due to rich flora of algal/phytoplankton species in
the water body. During this season the light transparent in the water was more
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