An Assessment of Phytoplankton Population and Seasonal Variation in Lendi River, District Nanded, Maharashtra, India

Lendi River is one of the tributary of river Manar, originates at Malkapur dist. Latur and joins to river Manar at Degloor, dist Nanded. Water of this Semi-perennial river is used to perform various activities such as industrial, irrigation, fisheries and human activities. A total of 20 species of phytoplankton were recorded during the present study period. These include 13 species of Chlorophyceae, 4 species of Cyanophyceae and 3 species of Bacillariophyceae. Plankton samples were collected at regular intervals of one month at 3 stations from July 2010 to June 2011.