BIRD ECOLOGY FROM THE RAVI RIVER OF LAHORE: HABITAT DEGRADATION

M. Iqbal, I. Saleem, Z. Ali, M. A. Khan, M. Akhtar

M. Iqbal, I. Saleem, Z. Ali*, M. A. Khan, M. Akhtar

1 Department of Zoology, Govt. College of Science, Wahdat Road, Lahore
2 Department of Zoology University of the Punjab, Lahore
3 Department of Zoology, Government College University, Faisalabad

Corresponding Author: akbaar111@yahoo.ca
Page Number(s): 817-821
Published Online First: August 01, 2011
Publication Date: August 01, 2011

ABSTRACT

The habitat degradation of the birds is determined from the five sites of the Ravi River near Lahore in this paper. The studied sites were surveyed from mid March to mid September in 2008 and found 22 species of the birds. Water samples were taken from the sites and the different selected parameters were used for water analysis including pH, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Chloride and Sulphate. The results revealed that all the values of pH, BOD, COD, TDS, TSS, Chloride and Sulphate exceeded the national environmental quality standard (NEQS) limits in the studied sites of the Ravi River near Lahore. The threats for the birds and the recommendations are discussed in this paper.

Keywords: Hadiara drain, Habitat degradation, Birds, Lahore, River Ravi.
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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