Statistical Analysis of Zooplankton Diversity in Hasanparthy Lake of Hanumakonda District of Telangana State

The present attempt is made to assess the various diversity indices of zooplankton in Hasanparthy Lake during the year 2022-23. A Heron-tranter plankton collecting net was used to collect the zooplankton from the selected lake. The collected plankton were preserved at 4% formalin for further quantitative estimation. A total of sixteen species of zooplankton were observed in this study. The highest number of species are Rotifera group and the lowest number are Ostracoda group. The Shannon _H and Simpson-1_D and Evenness diversity indices were calculated in the present study and the highest values of Shannon _H values were noticed in the Rotifera group (1.821) and followed by Copepoda (1.750), Cladocera (1.093), and the Ostracoda (0.683). The Simpson-1_D values were highest in Ostracoda group (0.803) and followed by Copepoda (0.778), Cladocera (0.337) and Rotifera (0.274). The abundance of zooplankton in the selected lake that in a non-polluted state and supports to trophic level.