Assessment of Water Quality Parameters and their Impact on Distribution of Fish Fauna in River Neelum, Azad Jammu &Kashmir, Pakistan

Present study deals with the fish distribution in River Neelum and measures the effect of physicochemical parameters on fish distribution. Temperature, pH, DO, hardness, alkalinity, and electric conductivity, total dissolved solids, chloride, nitrite, nitrate and sulphate were analyzed from differen...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research. Series B: biological sciences 2019-03, Vol.62 (1), p.49-57
Main Authors: Sakhi-uz-Zaman, Shafi, Nuzhat, Ali, Usman, Ayub, Huma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Aquaculture
Aquaculture industry
Dam construction
EDTA
Electrical conductivity
Fishes
Hydraulic flow
India
Mariculture
Mechanical properties
Pakistan
Pollutants
Pollution
Seafood industry
Water
Water quality
Water resources
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Summary:Present study deals with the fish distribution in River Neelum and measures the effect of physicochemical parameters on fish distribution. Temperature, pH, DO, hardness, alkalinity, and electric conductivity, total dissolved solids, chloride, nitrite, nitrate and sulphate were analyzed from different tributaries and their mixing point with River Neelum. All the parameters were in the range of guideline values set for surface water by WHO. A total 8 fish species including Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo trutta fario, Glyptothorax kashmirensis, Triplophysa stoliczkai, Diptychs maculatus, Schizothoraxplagiostomus, Triplophysa kashmirensis and Glyptosternum reticulatum were recorded in the six river sites during study period. Maximum (8) fish species were recorded at Saonar followed by Sharda and Taobutt (7 each), Yamgar (6) and Sangli (5), whereas the minimum fish diversity was noted at Shonter (4). Temperature showed a highly significant (p
ISSN:2221-6421
2223-2567
DOI:10.52763/pjsir.biol.sci.62.1.2019.49.57