41 relations: Achankovil, Benthic zone, Bharathappuzha, Brine shrimp, Cabomba, Carinotetraodon imitator, Chalakudy River, Cladocera, Copepod, Crustacean, Detritus, Diatom, Endemism, Estuary, Fresh water, India, Infusoria, Insect, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Kabini River, Karnataka, Kerala, Mollusca, Muvattupuzha, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Overfishing, Pamba River, Periyar (river), Rotifer, Sexual dimorphism, Shoaling and schooling, South India, Sunder Lal Hora, Tetraodontidae, Thrissur Kole Wetlands, Vamanapuram River, Vembanad, Vulnerable species, Western Ghats, Zooplankton.
Achankovil
Achankovil is a river in Kerala, India, created towards the southern tip of the peninsula by the confluence of the Rishimala, Pasukidamettu, and Ramakkalteri Rivers.
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Benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
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Bharathappuzha
Bharathappuzha ("River of Bhārata"), also known as the River Nila, is a river in India in the state of Kerala.
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Brine shrimp
Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp.
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Cabomba
Cabomba is an aquatic plant genus, one of two belonging to the family Cabombaceae.
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Carinotetraodon imitator
Carinotetraodon imitator, commonly known as dwarf Malabar puffer, is a species of pufferfish found in rivers in the Western Ghats of India.
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Chalakudy River
Chalakudy River or Chalakudy Puzha is the fifth longest river in Kerala, India.
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Cladocera
The Cladocera are an order of small crustaceans commonly called water fleas.
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Copepod
Copepods (meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat.
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Crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.
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Detritus
In biology, detritus is dead particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material).
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Diatom
Diatoms (diá-tom-os "cut in half", from diá, "through" or "apart"; and the root of tém-n-ō, "I cut".) are a major group of microorganisms found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.
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Endemism
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Infusoria
Infusoria is a collective term for minute aquatic creatures such as ciliates, euglenoids, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates that exist in freshwater ponds.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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Kabini River
The Kabani, also called Kabini or Kapila, is one of the major tributaries of the river Cauvery in southern India.
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Karnataka
Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.
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Kerala
Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.
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Mollusca
Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.
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Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha is a prominent old town in the midlands directly to the east of Kochi.
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Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
The Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern state of Kerala in India is spread over the southeast corner of the Western Ghats, and covers a total area of.
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Overfishing
Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species cannot replenish in time, resulting in those species either becoming depleted or very underpopulated in that given area.
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Pamba River
The Pamba River (also called Pampa river) is the third longest river in the South Indian state of Kerala after Periyar and Bharathappuzha and the longest river in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore.
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Periyar (river)
Periyar (meaning: big river) is the longest river and the river with the largest discharge potential in the Indian state of Kerala.
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Rotifer
The rotifers (Rotifera, commonly called wheel animals) make up a phylum of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Shoaling and schooling
In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are shoaling (pronounced), and if the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are schooling (pronounced). In common usage, the terms are sometimes used rather loosely.
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South India
South India is the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, occupying 19% of India's area.
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Sunder Lal Hora
Dr Sunder Lal Hora FRSE FLS (May 2, 1896 – December 8, 1955) was an Indian ichthyologist and was known for his biogeographical theory on the affinities of Western Ghats and Indo-Malayan forms.
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Tetraodontidae
The Tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.
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Thrissur Kole Wetlands
Thrissur Kole Wetlands (Malayalam: തൃശൂർ കോൾ പാടങ്ങൾ) is a unique wetlands lying in Thrissur District in Kerala, India.
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Vamanapuram River
Vamanapuram River is an long river in southern Kerala.
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Vembanad
Vembanad (Vembanad Kayal or Vembanad Kol) is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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Western Ghats
Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India.
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Zooplankton
Zooplankton are heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) plankton.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_pufferfish