Open AccessIncidences of winter fish kill in subtropical Surinsar Lake (Ramsar Site) in Shivalik hills of Jammu (J&K)
Author(s) -
S. P. S. Dutta,
Deepika Slathia,
Chandbala
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environment conservation journal/environment conservation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-5124
pISSN - 0972-3099
DOI - 10.36953/ecj.2014.15305
Subject(s) - cyprinus , heteropneustes fossilis , ramsar site , subtropics , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology , veterinary medicine , cyprinidae , ecology , wetland , medicine , catfish
Mass mortality of fish was observed in the morning on 02-02-2011 in winter monomictic Surinsar lake, Jammu and has been reported. Maximum count of dead fish was shared by Puntius spp. (P. ticto, P. conchonius and P. sophore). Other dead fishes of family Cyprinidae include Rasbora rasbora, Esomus danrica and Cyprinus carpio communis. A few dead specimens of air breathing Heteropneustes fossilis and Channa punctatus were also seen. In the present paper, possible causes of fish kill have been described.