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D.N. Saksena, D.T. Vengayil, and Nanda Kulkarni; Zooplankton of Temporary water pools of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. J.Zool.Soc.India 37(1&2):7-16, 1986

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Preliminary study of four temporary pools in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh showed that they all had remarkably high density of zooplankters. Presene of a large number of eutrophic zooplankter forms mainly rotifers, indicated high level of nutrients in most of the temporary pools. Abundant growth of zooplankters may be attributed to oxidation of organic material due to complete drying up of the pools and remaining so for a long period of time, thus liberating the nutrients which in the rainy season get dissolved in water and are available to the plankton. The topography and morphometry appears to have significant effect on the trophic status and species composition in the temporary pools.