Habitat suitability analysis and monitoring of various factor for survival of model organism - crabs

Authors

  • Ravi D.Barde, Narayan G, Nagrale, and M.M.V.Baig

Abstract

Freshwater crabs recorded their presence in nearly all freshwater habitats ranging from streams emerging from mountains or highland to large rivers along with all water bodies in the land.  They are ecologically as well as economically significant owing to their role in nutrient recycling, water quality monitoring and small-scale fisheries. The past few decades have seen an upsurge of interest in the using freshwater crabs as an ecological model for assessing impact of various environmental stress and pollutant in the rivers. The present investigation deals with the study of the analysis of environmental factors prevailing habitat of Barytelphusa guerini in and near the Godavari river basin and its tributaries such as temperature of water, soil near the bank of river, analysis of pH, turbidity, hardness, conductivity and dissolved oxygen. Alteration in values of environmental parameters due to water pollution affects habitats of crab Barytelphusa guerini in the Godavari river and its tributaries.

Published

2020-12-30

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