Nusrat Samweel* and Tahir Nazir
Department of Forestry,Dolphin (PG) Institute of Bio-Medical and Natural Sciences,
Mandhuwala, Dehradun, India
Received-10.02.2015, Revised-21.02.2015
Abstract : Aquatic plant diversity and the physico-chemical characteristics of the aquatic habitat of Song and Suswa river flowing in the Rajaji National Park, Uttarankhand, has been monitored seasonally. Four sampling sites S1, S2, S3 and S4 were identified. S1 and S2, at Song river S3 and S4 at Suswa river of Rajaji National Park. Seasonal sampling was done and the study revealed that diversity has been found to be high in winter months comparatively due to low turbidity, high water transparency, high dissolved oxygen and low water velocity
Keywords: Inventoring, Monitoring, Physico-chemical parameters, Aquatic, Habitats, Rajaji National Park
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