Asia’s largest Brackish water Lake Hot spot of biodiversity with 228 species of Bird, 335 species of Fish and largest group of endangered Irrawaddy dolphin habitat Chilika Lagoon - The Eco-Wonder Largest wintering ground for migratory waterfowl ...
The spatio-temporal distribution of geochemical fractions of phosphorus and its bio-availability for Asia's largest brackish water lake has been carried out. One way ANOVA analysis revealed that both iron bound phosphorus (Fe-P) (p?n?=?360) and calcium bound phosphorus (Ca-P) (p?n?=?360...
23. Ashtamudi Lake It is a lagoon in the Kollam district of Kerala. It has been registered as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. 24. Pulicat Lake It is the second-largest brackish water lake on the Coromandel Coast. It lies on the border of Andhra Pradesh ...
However, there is a legendary Nile crocodile who could easily be as long, if not longer, despite having never been caught or measured. Gustave is a legendary crocodile who roams the banks of the Ruzizi river and Lake Tanganyika inBurundiand is rumored to have killed around 300 people. Althou...
Freshwater Fisheries Lake Recreation Transportation 1. Introduction Humanity depends on freshwater ecosystems for food, energy, water supply, transportation, and other needs, but the fresh water critical to human welfare is highly unequally distributed on the planet (Vörösmarty and Sahagian, 2000)....
Lake Victoria has thousands of inflowing streams fromKenya, its most important water source. But it’s most recognized for its outflowing water, which feeds into the Nile River. The Nile exits the lake inUganda, making Lake Victoria the principal source for the longest stretch of the world’...
000 cal. years BP. The post-glacial history of the Baltic has included both freshwater and brackish water stages depending on the connection of the Baltic Sea with the world’s oceans. As the Baltic is one of the most polluted sea areas in the world, many studies have also focused on ...
The Rokken-gawa lowland is located on the southeast coast of Lake Hamana (Figs. 5 and 15), and is behind a 2–3 m high sand dune. There are no historical documents of tsunami disasters caused by the Hoei and Ansei-Tokai tsunamis in this area. As this area is located beside the lake...
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands defines wetlands as “areas of marsh, fen, peat land or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exc...
People knew this would lower the lake's level, but urban water supply had a higher value than the environment. By 1990, the shrinking Mono Lake had doubled in salinity and lost a number of freshwater habitats such as delta marshes and brackish lagoons that formerly provided lake-fringing ...