Research Article
Distribution Pattern of Rooted Floating Leaf Type Macrophytes in Response to Water Depth in a Fresh Water Lake of Kashmir Himalaya
Shabir A Khanday1*, Arshid Jehangir1, A R Yousuf2 and Zafar A Reshi3
1Department of Environmental Science, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India
2National Green Tribunal, New Delhi-110001, India
3Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India
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- Shabir A Khanday
Department of Environmental Science
University of Kashmir, India
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Received Date: March 08, 2015; Accepted Date: June 12, 2015; Published Date: June 14, 2015
Citation: Khanday SA, Jehangir A, Yousuf AR, Reshi ZA (2015) Distribution Pattern of Rooted Floating Leaf Type Macrophytes in Response to Water Depth in a Fresh Water Lake of Kashmir Himalaya. J Ecosys Ecograph 5:159. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000159
Copyright: © 2015 Khanday SA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The distribution of rooted floating-leaf type macrophytes were studied in response to water depth in Manasbal Lake of Kashmir Himalaya. Seven aquatic plant species viz., Potamogeton natans, Trapa natans, Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphoides peltatum, Nymphaea alba, Hydrocharis dubia and Euryale ferox were observed along three different depth zones in the lake. The depth zones D1 (0-100 cm) and D2 (101-200 cm) were noticed to be suitable for the growth of macrophytes in terms of their community features while as less values of the same for plant species were observed at a depth range of 201-300 cm (D3). Thus, a certain effect was depicted by water depth on the community of rooted floating aquatic plant species, which could be used as a potential management strategy to control their infestation in the Lake ecosystem.
