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Title: | Diversity, Uses, and Threats in the Ghodaghodi Lake Complex, a Ramsar Site in Western Lowland Nepal | Contributor(s): | Lamsal, Pramod (author); Pant, Krishna Prasad (author); Kumar, Lalit (author) ; Atreya, Kishor (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1155/2014/680102 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15644 | Abstract: | This study documents aquatic and terrestrial/riparian biodiversity in an anthropogenically disturbed Ramsar site, the Ghodaghodi Lake complex, in the Western Nepal surveyed during the summer season (March-April) of 2007. The study site comprises three major interconnected lakes: Ghodaghodi (138 ha), Nakharodi (70 ha), and Bainshwa (10 ha). Five transect lines for aquatic macrophytes and three transect lines and 37 sampling plots were laid to sample terrestrial/riparian plants, birds, and animals. Five sample plots were established for fish and aquatic bird. A total of 45 species of aquatic macrophytes, 54 species of terrestrial/riparian vegetation, 19 fish species, 41 bird species, 17 mammals (endangered and vulnerable), and 5 reptiles (critically endangered, vulnerable, and near threatened) were recorded at the lake complex. Local people have used most of the aquatic and terrestrial plants for different purposes while many of the potential medicinal plant species were still untapped. Persistent anthropogenic threats, like excessive harvesting and poaching, habitat destruction-population pressure, forest fragmentation, siltation, fertilizer and pesticide seepage, water pollution, overgrazing, and unmanaged irrigation system found over the lake complex, endangered the existing biodiversity. The suggested remedial measures are further exploration of medicinal potential, prioritization of in situ biodiversity conservation strategies, and implementation of awareness program at local level against anthropogenic threats. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | ISRN Biodiversity, v.2014, p. 1-12 | Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Place of Publication: | Egypt | ISSN: | 2356-7872 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050209 Natural Resource Management 050206 Environmental Monitoring 050205 Environmental Management |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410406 Natural resource management 410599 Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified 410404 Environmental management |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960506 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments 960509 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Mountain and High Country Environments 961204 Rehabilitation of Degraded Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180502 Assessment and management of pelagic marine ecosystems 180501 Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems 180307 Rehabilitation or conservation of fresh, ground and surface water environments |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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