• CN Venkatesh
• Uday Jayaramaiah
• Shashikanth H majgi

Zooplankton plays a critical role in the aquatic food chain for aquatic organisms. The current study focused on a zooplankton population at Mallapura Lake in Chitradurga, Karnataka. Water samples were collected once a month for one year, from October 2022 to September 2023. There are 20 species of zooplankton known to science, classified into four groups: rotifers (14 species), copepoda (3 species), and cladocera (3 species). Based on the findings of the current study, we can conclude that the Rotifera are the most numerous of the zooplankton groups identified throughout the survey.

Zooplankton, Cladocera, Copepoda; Mallapura lake; Rotifera

"Assessment of Zooplankton diversity in the Mallapura lake, Chitradurga District, Karnataka", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 10, page no.e818-e825, October-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2410492.pdf

"Assessment of Zooplankton diversity in the Mallapura lake, Chitradurga District, Karnataka", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 10, page no. ppe818-e825, October-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2410492.pdf