Wetlands and their Fish Diversity in Assam (India)

• Main Author: Kar Devashish
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
• Series: Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research
• Subjects: wetlands; habitat; fish; epizootic ulcerative syndrome
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0019

Water is indispensably important for sustenance of life. Wetlands serve as potential reservoirs of water which also harbour coveted bioresources, which sustain animal life. Fish is a potential bioresource for nutrition and offer work places for people. The Asian continent has innumerable wetlands with the Indian sub-continent portraying myriads of wetlands of different kinds, including perennial wetlands (locally called “Beel” or “Taal”), seasonal floodplain wetlands (“Haor”) and river-formed oxbow wetlands (“Anua”). In addition to playing a pivotal role in providing nutrition and work places to the people, wetlands also play a significant role in flood management, in regulating biogeochemical cycles, and above all, perhaps, in the rehabilitation of the innumerable fish stocks.