Isolation and Screening of Microfungi by L-Asparaginase enzyme assay

Abstract :

The amphibians are the most sensitive animals to environmental changes as they are in intimate contact with many
components of the natural surroundings. They may signal environmental degradations earlier than most other organisms
and hence serve as critical bio-indicators of the ecosystem. Most of the organisms living in water bodies which are
sensitive to changes in their environment. The present study was carried out at Cauvery River banks of Nagai District
from April 2010 to June 2010 with the objective to register the water quality, diversity and abundance of amphibian
fauna in the old and new Cauvery regions with special reference to the physico chemical parameters. Several
physicochemical or biological factors could act as stressors and adversely affect the aquatic animal growth and
reproduction. Hence, regular monitoring of physicochemical and biological water quality parameters is essential to
determine the status of aquatic medium with reference to aquatic animal management. Water samples were analyzed
by standard procedures of APHA, 1995. The frog population was calculated as number per hectare. Statistical analyses
were performed by using window based statistical packages mainly, Microsoft EXCEL, Minitab and SPSS. To understand
the relationships between the frog populations with physico chemical characteristics of water was analysed through
Pearson’s correlation. Present survey revealed that only one species was recorded in the study area with the highest
abundance in April 2010 in Cauvery River than old Cauvery River. The present study proved that, if the water quality
is altered, the density of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis population will also suffered a lot and it leads to imbalance in the
ecosystem. This study concludes that Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis could be habitat specific, which could be influenced by
water quality. So far as the amphibian diversity is concerned only one species of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis was recorded.
An overall water quality influence on amphibian density, distribution and abundance was evidenced from the present
study and needs further investigation.