Mahalakshmi Kumari, M.Rauf Anwar and Nazrana Azmi
Department of Zoology, Purnea (PG) College, Purnea, Bihar
Water is the important component for life and for rural development. The Katihar district of Bihar is one of the important districts from Agricultural point of view. The Harwa Jabbar Jheel is a natural depression of 180 ha and depth 40ft. the present study was made to study the physico-chemical status of the Jheel from fisheries point of view. The study revealed that air temperature 28.05± 4.32 water temperature25.06±4.67 the pH 7.09±0.26 dissolved oxygen 6.35±1.18 free carbon dioxide 20.75±10.11 and total alkalinity 127.16±11.62. It is concluded that above parameters of the Jheel is within favorable range for fish culture.
Keywords: Physico chemical, fish pond, Katihar.