author(s)
Sadguru Prakash

abstract
Wetlands support vast biodiversity of flora and fauna, provide food and shelter to organisms that thrive in. Macrozoobenthos play an important role in aquatic ecosystem as primary and secondary consumers and form the trophic relationships include those that feed on them directly or indirectly like fish and bird population. They are the best indicators of the stress in the aquatic ecosystem, so it is utmost important to document the benthic diversity. During the present investigation 22 genera of macrozoobenthos were recorded. Out of 22, 9 genera belong to phylum Mollusca, 7 to Annelida and 6 to Arthropoda. The annual density shows that molluscan dominates and constituted 40.08% of the total macrozoobenthos population was followed by annelids (36.35%) and arthropods (23.57%).