Abstract
The study was carried out to assess Zooplankton Diversity and abundance of River Kaduna and College of Agriculture and Animal Science Dam in Kaduna. Water samples were collected once a month for a period of twelve months. Water samples were collected from four sampling stations each for River Kaduna and CAAS Dam. Samples were then taken to the laboratory for analyses and identification of organisms. The abundance of zooplankton species at the College of Agriculture and Animal Science is 26 from 6 families and total species is 318, species abundance for dam during the wet season was 147 and 192 in the dry season. For the river's abundance of zooplankton species was 28 from 6 families and total species was 352, species abundance of river in the wet season is 140, dry season total species in the river is 187. The assessment of the zooplankton diversity of CAAS Dam and River Kaduna shows that zooplankton species were higher in the River than the Dam except both seasons; Dam species were more than that of the River. However, species richness is higher in the River than the Dam.
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