Large‐bodied predators are well represented among the world's threatened and
endangered species. A significant body of literature shows that in terrestrial and marine …

Gharial were historically distributed throughout the major channels of the Indus, Ganges,
Mahanadi, Brahmaputra-Meghna and possibly Irrawaddy drainages, to elevations of< 500 …

Riverine habitats are degrading at an alarming rate due to anthropogenic interventions.
Construction of large dams and barrages on the Ganga River has severely fragmented the …

Globally, the river ecosystems are threatened due to human-driven exploitation and
indiscriminate resource use. The rate of species loss is a magnitude higher in these …

The Ganga river, a symbol of faith for hundreds of millions of Indians, provides all essentials
for the development of human beings such as ample amount of freshwater for domestic …

The Tangon river (267 km long), of India and Bangladesh, is highly affected by the
construction of the dam (1989) at 10 km west of Boda in Panchgarh district, Bangladesh. The …

Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is one of the most highly threatened fauna of fresh water
ecosystems in the world. Yet, information about the species habitat characteristics …

Abstract The Ganga River ecosystem is under severe anthropogenic stress. Flow
regulations through structural barriers alter the geomorphic and hydraulic geometry of …

Underdeveloped water infrastructure and poor water and benefit-sharing mechanisms
among the riparian countries make the poor population excessively vulnerable to natural …

Dietary exposure risks of 39 multi-class Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) to the
threatened Gangetic dolphins (Platanista gangetica) were investigated in a conservation …