Home > Journals > Indian Journal of Biology

Indian Journal of Biology

Submit your article Read this Journals View all journals
Full Text (PDF)
Original Article

Fish Diversity and Water Quality Assessment of the River Damodar in and around Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Indranil Bhattacharjee* , Indranil Bhattacharjee* , Biplab Mandal** , Partha Sarathi Roy*

Author Information

Licence:



Indian Journal of Biology 3(1):p 9-18, January - June 2016. | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijb.2394.1391.3116.2

How Cite This Article:

Timeline

Received : N/A         Accepted : N/A          Published : N/A

Abstract

 The ichthyofauna in relation to water quality was studied on monthly basis from March 2014 to
February 2015, in the Damodar River, Burdwan district, West Bengal. The result of present investigation reveals the occurrence of 35 species of fishes belonging to 6 Order, 15 families and 23 genera were recorded. Among the collected species Order Cyprinidontiforms constituting 41%, Order Perciformes constituting 37%, Order Siluriformes constituting 16%, of the total fish species. The highest richness was found in sampling site- 1– Krisak Setu. The maximum species richness (33) was recorded in site- 1 and low species richness (27) was recorded in site-2. The highest Shannon value was recorded to be (3.29) in site- 2. The low Shannon value was (2.68) in site- 3. Water parameters such as temperature, pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, hardness, free CO2, salinity, total inorganic nitrogen, and phosphate were recorded and found suitable for fish production. Conductivity, transparency, and high chloride level are minor limiting factor that may needs rectification for improved fisheries management. 

Keywords: Fish Diversity; Water Parameters; Biodiversity Indices; Damodar River; Burdwan; West Bengal.

References

No records found.


About this article

Cite this article

Licence:



Received Accepted Published
N/A N/A N/A
DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijb.2394.1391.3116.2

Keywords


Article Level Metrics

Last Updated

Saturday 01 August 2026, 17:17:21 (IST)

1396

Accesses

6
291
00

Citations


NA
NA
NA

Download citation


Article Keywords

Keyword Highlighting

Highlight selected keywords in the article text.


Timeline

Received N/A
Accepted N/A
Published N/A

licence




Access this article

Reprint Order Form
Buy this Article
Institutional Subscriptions

Share