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  title info:
    title: Fish ecology of a wetland in the southern Western Ghats, India
  name:
    name part: Grubh, Archis Robert.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2002
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: remote
    extent: xii, 101 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
  abstract: Fish assemblages and abiotic environmental conditions in a wetland in the Western Ghats, southern India, were investigated from August 2000 to July 2001. Rainfall showed a seasonal pattern of dry, major wet, and minor wet seasons. The hydrology of the wetland system did not fluctuate seasonally as the water level was maintained fairly stable due to operation of sluice gates by local authorities. Regulated inflow and outflow connection of the Valliar River to the wetland facilitated faunal exchange to some degree. Abiotic environmental parameters (e.g., temperature, turbidity, pH, DO, and rainfall) showed seasonal variation and were significantly associated with fish assemblage structure. Fish assemblages revealed seasonal variation and habitat associations throughout the annual cycle. Fish abundance and biomass was highly correlated with rainfall and turbidity. Maximum juvenile abundance and maximum number of species were observed during the major wet season in all habitats. The littoral region had more species and higher fish abundance than the offshore region, although the offshore region had higher biomass due to the presence of larger fish. Chanda nama was the most abundant species in the fish assemblage, and was found in higher abundance in the littoral region. C. nama is a facultative lepidophagous fish, and exhibited ontogenetic diet shift from feeding on aquatic insects and microcrustacea in the juvenile stage, to scale feeding in adults. It bred throughout the year, with two distinct spawning peaks coinciding with high rainfall during the months of April and August.
  note: by Archis Robert Grubh.
  note: "Major subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences".
  note: Vita.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
  note: M.S. Texas A&M University 2002
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-92).
  subject:
    topic: Major wildlife and fisheries sciences
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-THESIS-G81
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      url: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-THESIS-G81
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 030711
    record change date: 20220103134532.0
    record identifier: in00001765828