Abstract
Zooplankton samples were collected from Keenjhar Lake to study cladocera during 2006, 2007 and 2008.A total of 15 genera were identified comprising of Diaphanosoma, Ceriodaphnia, Bosmina, Bosminopsis, Macrothrix, Moina, Alona, Alonella, Cydorus, Ilyocryptus, Camptocercus, Simocephalus, Leydigia, Dunhevedia and Sida crystallina. They were captured highest in November and lowest in March (2006- 2008). Among all these the most abundant genus was Bosmina sp. while least abundant was Camptocercus sp. (2006 to 2008).
