Assessment of eutrophication status for Conservation of kondakarla fresh water lake Andhra Pradesh india

Abstract

newline Abstract newlineWetlands which are considered to be one of the world s most productive newlineecosystems are facing threats never experienced before due to increased human newlineinterferences and other anthropogenic stresses. India, with its diverse terrain, newlinelandscapes and eco-systems and with a geographical area of 32,87,240 km newline supports newlinevarious wetland classes and it is estimated that 4.63% of the total geographical area i.e. newline1,52,572 sq.mt is occupied by wetland and of this total area, inland wetlands newlineconstitute 69.22%. Kondakarla Wetland is the second largest freshwater lake in newlineAndhra Pradesh (AP), is situated in the Visakhapatnam district, is a part of the Sarada newlineriverine system is rich in terms of biodiversity. Understanding the importance of newlineconserving wetlands and after identifying Kondakarla Lake as an important wet land newlineresource and in order to provide a scientific basis for the conservation of Kondakarla newlinelake , and to strengthen the public s awareness of wetland resources protection and newlineresource distress by education the present study Assessment of Eutrophication Status newlinefor Conservation of Kondakarla fresh water lake was conducted for a period of newlinethree years from 2015-2018 with the following objectives ; newline2 newline