Exploring Marine Zooplankton Diversity In Mumbai’s Coastline, Maharashtra, India.

The Zooplanktons were collected in the interval of 10-15 days from each site. As Zooplankton are present on the surface during the day, the collections were done during the day by using a Zooplankton hand net.

Each site had different geographical condition, which includes high current, sandy and muddy shore, and different tide levels. A total of 28 species were found during the study of these 5 stations; we found 6 orders and 17 families of Zooplankton. Among these species, copepods and foraminifera are the most dominant groups of holoplankton.