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Download Download PLATINUM The Journal of Threatened Taxa (JoTT) is dedicated to building evidence for conservaton globally by publishing peer-reviewed artcles online OPEN ACCESS every month at a reasonably rapid rate at www.threatenedtaxa.org. All artcles published in JoTT are registered under Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License unless otherwise mentoned. JoTT allows allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of artcles in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Communication Baseline biodiversity and physiochemical survey in Parvati Kunda and surrounding area in Rasuwa, Nepal Jessie Anna Moravek, Mohan Bikram Shrestha & Sanjeevani Yonzon 26 April 2019 | Vol. 11 | No. 6 | Pages: 13734–13747 DOI: 10.11609/jot.4481.11.6.13734-13747 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies, and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. The journal, the publisher, the host, and the part- Publisher & Host ners are not responsible for the accuracy of the politcal boundaries shown in the maps by the authors. Partner Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2019 | 11(6): 13734–13747 Baseline biodiversity and physiochemical survey in Communication Parvati Kunda and surrounding area in Rasuwa, Nepal ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Jessie Anna Moravek 1 , Mohan Bikram Shrestha 2 & Sanjeevani Yonzon 3 ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM 1,2,3 Wildlife Conservaiton Nepal, Bafal, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal. 1 2 3 OPEN ACCESS [email protected] (corresponding author), [email protected], [email protected] Abstract: Parvat Kunda, a small, alpine wetland located near the village of Gatlang in Rasuwa, Nepal, is a major source of drinking water for the village, possesses spiritual signifcance, and is a reservoir of local biodiversity. This study presents the frst scientfcally conducted biodiversity survey of the wetland. Here, biodiversity data (wetland plants, birds, mammals, aquatc insects), basic water chemistry (nutrients, pH, dissolved oxygen, conductvity), and basic bacterial tests (total coliform, Escherichia coli, Giardia, Salmonella, Shigella) for the Parvat Kunda wetland is presented from November 2016 and February and May 2017. Parvat Kunda, two of three alternate village water sources, and several village taps were found to be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Within and around the wetland, 25 species of wetland plants, nine tree species, 10 macroinvertebrate taxa, 37 bird species, and at least six mammal species were documented. Acorus calamus was the dominant wetland plant and the rapid proliferaton of this species over the past twenty years has been reported by community members. Future studies that further document and monitor wetland biodiversity are necessary. This study provides a valuable baseline for future research in this culturally and ecologically important wetland. Keywords: Acorus calamus, Escherichia coli, eutrophicaton, Himalaya, wetland monitoring. Nepalese Abstract: ;f/: kfjtL{s'08 Ps ;fgf] t/ ;f+:s[lts / kfl/l:ylts ?kdf dxTjk"0f{ pRr kxf8L If]qdf cjl:yt l;d;f/ xf] . of] s'08 /;'jf lhNnfsf] l:yt uTnfª ufpFsf] glhs /x]sf] 5 . of] uTnfª ufpFsf] nflu kLpg] kfgLsf] d'Vo ;|f]t xf] / o;sf] :yfgLo h}ljs ljljwtfdf dxTjk"0f{ of]ubfg ePtfklg To;sf] clen]v /flvPsf] kfO{Pg . 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DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4481.11.6.13734-13747 Editor: L.A.K. Singh, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Date of publicaton: 26 April 2019 (online & print) Manuscript details: #4481 | Received 11 August 2018 | Final received 01 April 2019 | Finally accepted 05 April 2019 Citaton: Moravek, J., M.B. Shrestha & S. Yonzon (2019). Baseline biodiversity and physiochemical survey in Parvat Kunda and surrounding area in Rasuwa, Nepal. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(6): 13734–13747. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4481.11.6.13734-13747 Copyright: © Moravek et al. 2019. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: The Asia Foundaton, The Luce Foundaton, Wildlife Conservaton Nepal. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Author details: Jessie Anna Moravek previously worked as a research consultant at Wildlife Conservaton Nepal. She is now a postgraduate student at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Mohan Bikram Shrestha former conservaton ofcer at Wildlife Conservaton Nepal. Sanjeevani Yonzon is the program director at Wildlife Conservaton Nepal. Author contributon: JAM organized and conducted feld data collecton (plants, trees, macroinvertebrates, water chemistry) and wrote the manuscript. MBS organized feld logistcs, conducted feld data collecton (trees, birds, mammals), and consulted on the manuscript. SY acted as project supervisor and consulted on the manuscript. Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the people of Gatlang, partcularly Cher Shing Tamang, Mingmar Tamang, and Nabeen Lama for assistance in logistcs. Further thanks to Rajeshwar Rijal from Wildlife Conservaton Nepal, and to Prajjwal Rajbhandari at the Research Insttute for Bioscience and Biotechnology. Dr Ram Devi Tachamo-Shah at Kathmandu University, Dr Nirmala Pradhan at the Nepal Natural History Museum, and persons at the Godawari Natonal Herbarium provided species identfcaton advice. This work was jointly funded by The Asia Foundaton, the Henry Luce Foundaton, and Wildlife Conservaton Nepal. 13734 Biodiversity and physiochemical survey in Parvat Kunda, Nepal Moravek et al. INTRODUCTION of Parvat Kunda to regional vegetaton and bird and macroinvertebrate biodiversity, and ultmately The Himalaya, ofen considered the “water towers of provide informaton that will promote the sustainable Asia”, provide water for almost 1.3 billion people living management of the wetland ecosystem. downstream (Xu et al. 2007). Nowhere, however, are the Himalayan water resources as critcal as in the mountains Study site themselves. Communites throughout the Himalaya Parvat Kunda is in ward number three of Aama depend on alpine wetlands for drinking water, rely on Chhodingmo Rural Municipality, about 100km north of wetland fora and fauna for food and medicine, and Kathmandu in Nepal’s Rasuwa District. Climactcally, atach spiritual signifcance to bodies of water (Pandit the region is cold and snowy in December through 1999; Xu et al. 2009). Furthermore, the Himalayan February and temperature maximums occur between wetlands provide pristne, favourable habitats for fora May and July. Seasonal climate variatons are dominated and fauna in otherwise harsh mountain environments by the Indian monsoon that occurs between June and and are therefore important reservoirs of biodiversity September, while small scale climactc variatons depend (Murray 2009). on alttude and aspect (Kharel 1997). The Himalayan wetlands face many threats. Climate Parvat Kunda is just outside Langtang Natonal change already causes rapid glacial reducton in many Park. The NP encompasses 1,710km2 (660mi2) area areas and the ongoing rise in temperature will likely in Nuwakot, Rasuwa, and Sindhulpalchok districts in impact rain paterns, wetland thermal regimes, and the central Himalayan region. Langtang NP and the habitat for fora and fauna, jeopardizing sensitve wetland surrounding area are home to 46 types of mammals and ecosystems and threatening critcal water sources (Yao 250 species of birds, including several rare and protected et al. 2004; IPCC 2007; Tse-ring et al. 2010; Gerlitz et al. species such as Snow Leopard Panthera uncia, Clouded 2015). Another major threat to the Himalayan wetlands Leopard Neofelis nebulosi, Leopard Panthera pardus, and is eutrophicaton. Eutrophicaton is characterized by Red Panda Ailurus fulgens (Fox et al. 1996; DNPWC 2019). excessive plant and algal growth in a body of water, Gatlang Village is located at 2,300m on a trekking which ofen results from human actvites that produce route called Tamang Heritage Trail and is known for excessive nitrogen and phosphorus waste, such as raising its traditonal Tamang architecture.
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