Account of Limnological Diversity of Lentic Freshwater Ecosystem: Nakki Lake, Mount Abu (Rajasthan, India)

Abstract

Nakki Lake serves as the lifeline being city’s primary source of water and a popular destination for visitors to Mount Abu. It covers the annual requirements of fresh water and other uses of the local population as well as of the millions of visitors who attend the sanctuary every year, and of the endemic species that dwell there. In the present era, however, due to ongoing pollution and eutrophication it is a significant question, whether it is possible or not to preserve the primary source of water. The present study is an attempt to evaluate the annual statistics of the quality of the lake’s limnological parameters (2017-2019). This gives us the ability to understand the potability of the water as well as to determine the level of pollution and eutrophication in order to keep the optimal water quality standards for a healthy aquatic ecosystem.