River ecological study: building the knowledge base for variety of assessments such as climate change in Nepal.

BR Jha, S Gurung, K Khatri, B Gurung, A Thapa… - 2015 - cabidigitallibrary.org
BR Jha, S Gurung, K Khatri, B Gurung, A Thapa, S Acharya
2015cabidigitallibrary.org
Climate change is now universally acknowledged to be taking place across the globe. It is
generally presumed that the impacts of climate change would be more severe in the country
like Nepal due to its location, physiography, poverty and lack of preparedness to cope with
the changes. The last reason is mainly associated with knowledge, information and ability to
use technologies based on science. The main objective of this research is to analyze and
evaluate the effects of climate change by taking fish as an indicator. However, an even more …
Abstract
Climate change is now universally acknowledged to be taking place across the globe. It is generally presumed that the impacts of climate change would be more severe in the country like Nepal due to its location, physiography, poverty and lack of preparedness to cope with the changes. The last reason is mainly associated with knowledge, information and ability to use technologies based on science. The main objective of this research is to analyze and evaluate the effects of climate change by taking fish as an indicator. However, an even more important outcome is to prepare a solid foundation of fish-based information, which could be used in the future as a reference for a variety of purposes including the study of climate change. Two sets of examples, one in the tributaries of a glacial river and another in the tributary of a rain-fed river are compared in terms of fish ecological attributes to test for effects of climate change. In addition to fish-based information, this research also studies physico-chemical parameters and benthic fauna so as to build up an ecological profile of the rivers.
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