Research Article

Distribution of Helminth Parasites in Intestines and Their Seasonal Rate of Infestation in Three Freshwater Fishes of Kashmir

Table 3

Seasonal mean pH of the water samples collected from different sites of Dal Lake and River Jhelum.

LocationSeasonsOverall meanCD
Autumn (mean ± SD)Winter (mean ± SD)Spring (mean ± SD)Summer (mean ± SD)

Dal Lake
Dalgate7.45 ± 0.357.87 ± 0.397.60 ± 0.268.31 ± 0.427.81 ± 0.370.35
Saida Kadal7.93 ± 0.508.04 ± 0.488.16 ± 0.368.14 ± 0.408.07 ± 0.10NS
Hazratbal8.20 ± 0.618.23 ± 0.348.42 ± 0.438.47 ± 0.418.33 ± 0.13NS
Telbal7.63 ± 0.437.83 ± 0.257.65 ± 0.447.86 ± 0.357.74 ± 0.12NS
River Jhelum
Chattabal Weir7.03 ± 0.287.49 ± 0.407.67 ± 0.327.87 ± 0.307.52 ± 0.350.48
Zerobridge7.20 ± 0.597.97 ± 0.438.10 ± 0.487.85 ± 0.417.78 ± 0.400.51
Khannabal7.84 ± 0.527.94 ± 0.808.35 ± 0.518.07 ± 0.408.05 ± 0.22NS

Overall mean7.61 ± 0.417.91 ± 0.227.99 ± 0.348.08 ± 0.247.90 ± 0.24
CDLocation = 0.20
Seasons = 0.15
Location × seasons = 0.41