NEW RECORD OF SOME PLANKTONIC CLADOCERAN FROM FISH PONDS OF JAMSHORO SINDH, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Five species of planktonic cladoceran Bosminopsis deitersi (Richard), Ceriodaphnia setosa (Matile), Ilyocryptus bhardwaji (Battish), Moina chankensis (Ueno), and M. rectirostris (Leydig) belonging to four families have been recorded for the first time from Pakistan, during the survey period of 2007-2008 in fish ponds of Jamshoro thermal power plant effluent.