Open Journal of Marine Science, 2014, 4, 43-50 Published Online April 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojms http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojms.2014.42006 How to cite this paper: Pandey, P., Sahu, P.K., Jha, Y.N. and Shrivastava, A.K. (2014) Diversity in Macrobenthic & Algal Fau- na of Limha Pond, Ghutku Bilaspur India. Open Journal of Marine Science, 4, 43-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojms.2014.42006 Diversity in Macrobenthic & Algal Fauna of Limha Pond, Ghutku Bilaspur India Pratibha Pandey 1 , Pankaj K. Sahu 2* , Yogendra N. Jha 3 , Atul K. Shrivastava 4 1 Department of Zoology, Dr. C.V. Raman University Kota, Bilaspur, India 2 Department of Botany, Dr. C.V. Raman University Kota, Bilaspur, India 3 Department of Zoology, Govt. Science College Jhanjhgir, Champa, India 4 Directorate of Research Services, JNKVV, Jabalpur, India Email: * sahu.pankaj1@gmail.com Received 14 November 2013; revised 23 December 2013; accepted 11 January 2014 Copyright © 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The present study reported on phytoplankton in comparison to the zooplankton in Limha Pond, Ghutku, Bilaspur. The phytoplankton represented in larger number of Cyanophyceae with least density of Dinophyceae and Chlorophyceac, and Bacillariophyceae is the second dominant group. The present study tried to discuss on the problem Macrobenthic fauna of Limha Pond, Ghutku Bi- laspur and observed quantitative algal and faunal diversity i.e. phytoplankton (34 species), aqua- tic organism (6 species) Bacillariophyceae (8 species), Chlorophyceae (11 species), Euglenophy- ceae (6 species), Zooplankton (20 species), and Fish species (16 species). Present study revealed that Cyprinidae (carps) were the dominant fish and Catla was a major contributor among carps. The following species Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo calbasu, Barbus tor and Cirrhinus reba etc. were noted in Limha pond, Ghutku, Bilaspur. Keywords Aquatic Community; Fishes; Algal Group; Limha 1. Introduction The phytoplankton forms a very important component of the aquatic vegetation, occurring in all kinds of water bodies and consequently enjoying a worldwide distribution. Therefore, particularly in the recent past, numerous researchers from all parts of the globe have paid considerable attention to the study of the planktons. Macro benthic organisms form an important aspect of benthic studies in various fresh water ecosystems as they serve as * Corresponding author.