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Zooplankton are the crucial role on aquatic ecosystem, they are diverse of group of heterotrophic organisms. They occupy key position in aquatic food web, serving as primary consumers i.e primary consumers that feed on phytoplankton and other microscopic organisms and in turn as food source for large organisms, zooplankton play a role in biogeochemical cycles, particularly in carbon sequestration through the biological pumps. The study has been done for 90days of interval between 9 am to 11am in the month of May to July.
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