IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy614General SciencesEnvironmental Determinants of Phytoplankton Assemblages of a Lentic Water Body of Burdwan, West Bengal, India DasDebjyotiPalSudinKeshriJai Prakash17This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

The present investigation concerns the seasonal changes of phytoplankton diversity and physico-chemical characteristic of water in a lentic water body. Diversity indices of 58 phytoplankton species and the regulatory effects of the 10 physico-chemical parameters of water on the phytoplankton diversity were assessed. The phytoplankton diversity, richness and dominance were high in winter but the evenness was high in the months of pre-summer. From the Euclidean distance of seasonal variation of phytoplankton diversity and physico-chemical parameters of water it was revealed that the phytoplankton diversity were changed with the seasonal i.e. pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon changes of physico-chemical parameters.

Diversity indices Euclidean distance Khan-pukur Physico-chemical characteristic Phytoplankton