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Studies on Monthly and Seasonal Variations in Primary Productivity of Glacial fed Mountainous Goriganga River in Kumaun Himalaya,Uttarakhand, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, Soban Sigh Jeena Campus Almora-263601, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 4, Issue (3), Pages 53-65, March,10 (2015)

Abstract

The primary productivity of Glacial fed Mountainous Goriganga River in Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand India has been estimated for two years from July-2006 to June-2008. Monthly and seasonal variations in Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), Net Primary Productivity (NPP) and Community Respiration (CR) were studied at three selected spots (spot-1, Jauljibi-600msl; spot-2, Baram- 900msl and spot-3, Madkot-1300msl). GPP values ranged between 0.024 gC/m2 /day to 0.198 gC/m2 /day, NPP values ranged between 0.012 gC/m2 /day to 0.124 gC/m2 /day and Community Respiration (CR) values ranged between 0.008 gC/m2 /day to 0.086 gC/m2 /day. Monthly, seasonal, yearly and selected spot wise variations in primary productivity including coefficient correlations have also been recorded and discussed in detail in the present paper

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