Assemblage patterns and community structure of macro-zoobenthos and temporal dynamics of eco-physiological indices of two wetlands, in lower gangetic plains under varying ecological regimes: A tool for wetland management

• Published in: Ecological engineering Vol. 130; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Meena, D.K., Lianthuamluaia, L., Mishal, P., Swain, H.S., Naskar, B.K., Saha, S., Sandhya, K.M., Kumari, S., Tayung, T., Sarkar, U.K., Das, B.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Abundance; Agricultural management; Aquatic invertebrates; Aquatic plants; Assemblage; Basins; Biodiversity; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll a; Communities; Community structure; Dissolved oxygen; Diversity indices; Dominance; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Ecosystems; Eutrophic environments; Eutrophic waters; Eutrophication; Exchanging; Floodplains; India; Macro-zoobenthos; Marine molluscs; Mathematical analysis; Phosphorus; Resource management; Rivers; Secchi discs; Security; Species diversity; Species richness; Transparency (optical); Trophic state; Volume transport; Water depth; Water quality; Wetland management; Wetlands; Zoobenthos; Macro-zoobenthos; Community structure; Ecology; Assemblage; Biodiversity; Wetlands; India

•Khalsi wetland is sustaining aquatic diversity while Akaipur beel is succeeding towards super eutrophic ecosystem.•The CCA1 and CCA2 explained 27.59% and 23.95% and 39.78% and 15.26% of the species environment correlation in Akaipur and Khalsi, respectively.•The distribution range of macrozoobentho...