Rotifera Site 1 Site 2 Site 3
Summer Rainy Winter Summer Rainy Winter Summer Rainy Winter
Asplanchna 15 10 7 13 8 5 10 8 5
Atrochus 8 3 2 7 5 3 5 3 2
Brachionus 38 31 19 35 29 13 28 25 10
Cephalodella 17 15 11 13 12 9 10 6 3
Colurella 20 17 11 17 11 5 10 9 7
Conochilus 17 9 6 15 8 7 10 6 4
Dicranophorus 15 11 5 11 9 5 7 4 2
Epiphanes 22 12 10 12 10 5 8 5 3
Euchalinus 15 12 9 10 8 4 11 9 3
Keratella 16 13 9 14 11 6 12 9 4
Lacane 14 11 9 12 9 5 20 11 16
Lophocaris 24 17 11 10 15 5 24 17 10
Phyllodina 13 19 2 19 2 8 12 3 7
Phinoglena 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Rotaria 19 14 3 13 10 9 10 7 3
Trichocerca 7 5 2 5 4 1 3 2 2
Total 263 201 116 208 153 91 181 124 81
Cladocera
Alona 4 3 1 5 3 2 6 5 1
Alonella 7 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 0
Chydorus 17 10 2 19 14 2 19 7 1
Ceriodaphnia 19 11 7 17 10 4 11 7 4
Daphnia 23 10 3 32 24 15 16 12 10
Macrothrix 4 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0
Pleuroxus 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simocephalus 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 83 45 16 79 54 23 59 32 16
Copepode
Phyllodiaptomus 10 6 3 9 5 2 4 3 1
Mesocyclops 15 12 9 10 8 5 6 8 0
Microcyclops 9 7 2 12 10 7 8 6 1
Eucyclops 25 19 11 23 15 10 19 10 7
Cyclops 20 13 11 18 13 10 17 15 4
Total 79 57 36 72 51 34 54 42 13
Table 2: Distribution pattern of zooplankton species (ind/l) at different sites in Bhimtal lake during 2013-14.