• Kamala Deka
• Bulbuli Acharjee

The great nobleman Swami Vivekananda once must have rightly said “Next only to Kashmir, Assam is the most beautiful place in India”. Assam state is very much known for its breath taking scenic beauty, rarest flora and fauna. Nalbari district is one of the major part of Brahmaputra valley. Nalbari district with its tropical climate and moderate to heavy rainfall harbours many smaller and larger wetlands where different types of plankton species has been seen. Plankton comprises microscopic organisms (both plant and animals) having very limited or no power of locomotion and living free floating and suspended in open or pelagic waters. The planktons have important role on the productivity of the water body. The present paper work deals with the study on planktons of Barbila beel of Nalbari, Assam was carried out for a period of two years, January 2018 to December, 2019. During the study period 53 forms of phyto plankton were identified in five different sites. They belong to five classes – Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Euglenophyceae and Dinophyceae. During this period 38 forms of zooplankton were identified and belong to four groups – Rotifers, protozoa, cladocera and copepods.

Phyto plankton, Zoo plankton, Barbila, Pelagic

"A Case Study on Plankton Diversity of Flood Plain Wetland with Special Reference of Barbila Beel, Nalbari District, Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.1254-1261, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004170.pdf

"A Case Study on Plankton Diversity of Flood Plain Wetland with Special Reference of Barbila Beel, Nalbari District, Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp1254-1261, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004170.pdf