Qualitative and quantitative study of protozoans in Bennetura reservoir from Omerga Taluka M.S. India

The present 'study of qualitative and quantitative of protozoans in Bennetura reservoir from omerga taluka m.s. India’ The work carried out during a year June 2021 to May 2022. Location of Bennetura 76°-27"-40"Longitude and 17°-47"-40"Latitudes. It's manmade earthen reservoir having maximum height 13.38 meter, catchment area is 79.58sq.kms and capacity of live storage 11.47 mm3, full tank level water 10.30m..Its nine villages in command and reservoir is constructed year of completion in 1984. The Bennetura reservoir distance from omerga to dam is about 18 km. The water is used for irrigation, agricultural, sugar factories, domestic activity, drinking and fishery purpose. The study of qualitative and quantitative protozoans is very important because this may be help to analysis the environmental degradation. The analysis revealed that there were seven genera belong to zooplankton group protozoans. The zooplankton group protozoans population in reservoir ranged between 12 to 23 nos./lit. It's maximum protozoans in month of summer season 23nos./lit.in month of may and minimum population in month of monsoon season 12nos./lit.in month of August in Bennetura reservoir from omerga taluka