A Biomonitoring of Plankton to Assess Quality of Water in the Lakes of Nagpur City

The present study deals with the role of biological parameter especially plankton community and its trophic status to assess water quality of four selected lakes in the Nagpur city. Pollution status of lakes were assessed on the basis of the Palmer’s Pollution Index, Shannon Wiener Index and physico-chemical parameters. A total of 57 genera belonging to 7 groups of phytoplankton and 10 genera belonging to 3 groups of zooplankton were identified from the lakes. Different patterns of dominance and subdominance of indicator plankton community and species along with physico-chemical quality observed confirms the pollution status of the lakes.