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Abstract
Phytoplanktonic diversity plays a vital role in aquatic environment as food for zooplankton, crustacean’s larvae and fish. The present study was aimed to study the ecological habitat quality on the basis of phytoplankton species richness in Upper Lake and Shahpura Lake, Bhopal. The results composed of 42 species belonged to the following five categories viz., Chlorophyceae (19 species) which account 47% in Upper Lake and 37% in Shahpura Lake and found dominated in both the lakes. Cyanophyceae (6 species), Bacillariophyceae (8 species), Euglenophyceae (7 species), Pyrophyceae and Zygnematophyceae were found in low numbers with 1 species each.