A Report on Micro-invertebrates Associated with Littoral Macrophytes in Kagzipura Lake

The present study deals with micro-invertebrates associated with littoral macrophytes of kagzipura reservoir from January to December 2009.During the present study species of Protozoa, Rotifera, Copepoda, Cladocera and Ostracoda along with Sponges, Bryozoa. Nematodes and Insect larvae are recorded. This study will be helpful to understand the real picture of community structure of limnetic ecosystem

Record of freshwater gastrotricha from Marathwada region

ABSTRACT Gastrotricha is generally less studied phylum in India and information about its diversity and density is scanty. The present paper reports occurrence of Polymerurus nodicaudus and Chaetonotus elegans species of Gastrotricha in periphytic habitat of Kagzipura Lake, District Aurangabad, Maharashtra. This is the first report on gastrotrich from this region

An assessment of bryozoan (Phylactolaemata) fauna of Kagzipura Lake, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Freshwater Bryozoa is one of the less explored or ignored animal groups from India.  Kagzipura Lake, a rainwater fed water body was surveyed for three years to understand the diversity and distribution of bryozoan fauna.  The present study depicts four Phylactolaemata bryozoans species as Rumarcanella vorstmani, Plumatella casmiana, Lophopodella carteri and Swarupella divina.  The manuscript provides brief descriptions of these species, photomicrographs of statoblasts using scanning electron microscopy and colony characteristics. </div

Principles and Particularity: The Role of Cases in Bioethics

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethic