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Largest Freshwater Lake ‘Loktak’ in Manipur Needs Urgent Conservation


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1 Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403 206, India
2 Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Manipur 795 003, India
 

Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems that support diverse and unique habitats. Loktak Lake in Manipur, India is the largest freshwater lake (area of 287 km2) which has been included under the Ramsar Convention and also listed under the Montreux record. The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. The most unique feature of the Loktak Lake is the presence of floating ‘phoomdis’, which are the massive heterogenous masses of soil, vegetation and organic matter in different stages of decay and present in various sizes.
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Authors

Komal Salkar
Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403 206, India
Vishwanath Gadgil
Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403 206, India
Santosh Kumar Dubey
Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403 206, India
Milind Mohan Naik
Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403 206, India
Radha Raman Pandey
Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Manipur 795 003, India

Abstract


Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems that support diverse and unique habitats. Loktak Lake in Manipur, India is the largest freshwater lake (area of 287 km2) which has been included under the Ramsar Convention and also listed under the Montreux record. The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. The most unique feature of the Loktak Lake is the presence of floating ‘phoomdis’, which are the massive heterogenous masses of soil, vegetation and organic matter in different stages of decay and present in various sizes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi12%2F2436-2437