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4.0 COMPARISION OF BIOLOGICAL STATUS OF RIVERS IN MEGHALAYA AND ASSAM STATE Although, Assam and Meghalaya are the sister states of North-Eastern India, their rivers differ from each other with respect to Taxonomical composition of biota (Table 13 & 14) and Biological Water Quality Criteria evolved from the saprobic score and diversity score of water quality (Table 15). Diptera and Megaloptera Taxonomic group of benthic macro-invertebrate families, were totally absent in clean water quality class `A’ Rivers of Assam. Plecoptera group was absent in Class `B’ water quality and Ephemeroptera and Megaloptera were absent in Class `C’ Water Quality Rivers of Assam compared to taxonomic groups of water quality classes of Meghalaya State. Taxonomic groups of Crustacea, Hemiptera and Ephemeroptera were the additional Taxa existed in the water quality class `D’ of highly polluted rivers of Assam. Taxonomic groups of benthic macro-invertebrates of `E’ Class water quality were not observed in Rivers of Assam and Meghalaya.
Table 13: Comparison of Taxonomic composition of Benthic Macro-invertebrates in Assam & Meghalaya
Table 14: Comparison of Biological Status of Rivers of Meghalaya and Assam
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