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Patterns of diversity and conservation status of freshwater fishes in the tributaries of river Ramganga in the Shiwaliks of the Western Himalaya – A paper in Current Science

This paper is based on a short study to assess the species diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in three tributaries of Ramganga.

A J T Johnsingh

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Current Science

K Sivakumar

Nature Conservation Foundation

V M Atkore

Posted on 20 Mar, 2011 09:47 PM

One tributary was within a protected area (PA; Corbett National Park); the other two were outside the PA (Lansdowne Forest Division). Cast nets were used for fish sampling, which was done from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

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