Status of Freshwater Fishes in the Kerala Region of the Western Ghats Hotspot: Determining Distribution, Abundance and Threats to Data Deficient Species from Ten Major River Systems
Grantee Name: Rajeev Raghavan
- Hotspot
- Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
- Location
- India
- Amount
- $16,521
- Dates
- Aug 2009 – Dec 2010
- Keywords
- Freshwater, Research, Species Conservation
Assess the status of data-deficient freshwater fish from 10 major rivers of Kerala as freshwater fish remain one of the most poorly studied and documented taxa in the Western Ghats. Project will generate baseline information to help in systematic conservation planning and action, as well as monitoring and assessing the conservation status of globally threatened species of fish in the Western Ghats.
2 Improve the conservation of globally threatened species through systematic conservation planning and action
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