Water Testing and Phytoplankton Diversity in Talwada Pond in West Nimar District Barwani, (M.P.), India

Water is the source of all life. Water quality has been linked to survival of life across the world. The study evaluated the physicochemical parameter that linked to plankton diversity. Plankton is weakly swimming but most drifting small organism that inhibits the water column of ocean and bodies of fresh water. Phytoplankton is the free floating more or less drifting plant communities in the Reservoir. Phytoplankton could be used as the indicator of physicochemical status of any water body. The present investigations were carried out to study the biodiversity of Phytoplankton in Talwada reservoir of West Nimar (M.P.) during January 2022 to December 2023. Altogether 35 species of phytoplankton were observed including 18 Chlorophyceae spp., 8 Bacillariophyceae spp., 8 Cyanophyceae spp. and 1 Euglenophyceae spp, respectively. 8 Bacillariophyceae species were observed in abundant. Correlations of water quality parameter and phytoplankton biomass were evaluated. Phytoplankton diversity directly affects the fish productivity in Talwada Pond.