Assessment Of Water Quality And Zooplankton Community Of Ossah River, Umuahia, Abia State.
ABSTRACT
Zooplankton
(Greek: Zoo = Animal; Plankton = wandering). Zooplankton is composed of
microscopic animals which consist of several representatives, majorly all taxa
particularly the invertebrates (Gosswami, 2004). Zooplankton can be classified
as herbivorous and carnivorous, based on their nature of feeding and in turn
makes up an important food item to other aquatic animals in the higher trophic
level (Heven, 2002). They can also be classified based on their lifestyle and
size; zooplankton that spend their entire lives as planktons known as
Holoplanktons. Others such as the larval stages of many benthic invertebrates
only spend parts of their entire lives as plankton
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UGOCHUKWU, MBEKEE. "Assessment Of Water Quality And Zooplankton Community Of Ossah River, Umuahia, Abia State." Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 23 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-water-quality-and-zooplankton-community-of-ossah-river-umuahia-abia-state-7-2