, water quality
and plankton dynamics are affected by many factors. The cumulative effects of environmental factors on organisms will ultimately
result in changes in population and structure of the community (Singh et al., 2013a). Accordingly, use of phytoplankton
assemblages for monitoring the ecological status of lakes has been recommended (Fetahi et al., 2014). Little information
is available on the phytoplankton dynamics and water quality studies on Himachal Pradesh lakes are worth mentioning