Description
The dataset “Faunal diversity study of Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), Kolkata, West Bengal, India” is published by Nature Mates Nature Club Rabindra Sarobar (previously known as Dhakuria Lake) is an artificial lake in south Kolkata, West Bengal. But it is also a National lake in India. The name also refers to the area surrounding the lake. It is flanked by Southern Avenue to the North, Rashbehari Avenue (Russa Road) to the West, Dhakuria to the East and the Kolkata Suburban Railway tracks to the south. In the early 1920s, the Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT), a body responsible for developmental work in the Kolkata metropolitan area, acquired about 192 acres (0.78 km2) of marshy jungles. Their intention was to develop the area for residential use – improving the roads, raising and levelling some of the adjacent land and building lakes and parks. Excavation work was undertaken with the plan of creating a huge lake. Originally known as Dhakuria Lake, in May 1958, CIT renamed the lake as Rabindra Sarovar, as a tribute to the great Bengali writer and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. The area around this excavated lake was later developed to build recreational complexes, which included children’s parks, gardens, swimming and auditoria. Today the lake and its surrounding areas are one of the most popular recreational areas in Kolkata. 73 acres (300,000 m2) are covered by water, while shrubs and trees, some of which are more than 100 years old, occupy the rest of the area. Earlier, this lake was the lungs of Southern Calcutta. A partial tree census in 2012 recorded 50 different species. In the winter, one can spot some migratory birds along with resident birds around the lake. Though the numbers are dwindling because of the rise in pollution levels. The lake itself is home to many varieties of fish and odonates. Here fishing is strictly prohibited. This dataset enlists animal diversity observed on two days in two different years (11th February 2021 and 8th May 2023). During this biodiversity survey, we recorded Dragonflies (4 species), butterflies (8 species), fishes (6 species), reptiles (2 species), birds (48 species), and mammals (2 species). Species or genus-level identifications have been made for every species.
Enregistrements de données
Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme d'une Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant qu'ensemble d'un ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 102 enregistrements.
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Comment citer
Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:
Samanta T, Giri A, Basu Roy A, Chatterjee L, Sengupta N, Barve V (2023). Faunal diversity study of Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Version 1.4. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=rabindrasarobar_fauna_2021_2023&v=1.4
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Enregistrement GBIF
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Mots-clé
Occurrence; Observation
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Couverture géographique
Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| Enveloppe géographique | Sud Ouest [22,507, 88,346], Nord Est [22,516, 88,367] |
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Couverture taxonomique
The dataset enlists faunal diversity observed on two days in two different years. During this biodiversity survey, we recorded dragonflies (4 species), butterflies (8 species), fishes (6 species), reptiles (2 species), birds (48 species), and mammals (2 species). Species or genus-level identifications have been made for every species.
| Phylum | Arthropoda, Chordata |
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| Class | Insecta (Insect), Actinopterygii (Fishes), Aves (Birds), Reptilia (Reptiles), Mammalia (Mammals) |
| Order | Odonata (Odonates), Lepidoptera (Butterflies) |
Couverture temporelle
| Date de début | 2021-02-11 |
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| Date de début | 2023-05-08 |
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Données sur le projet
Pas de description disponible
| Titre | Data publishing mini contest - 2023 Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Asia |
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| Identifiant | EV-ASIA2023DM |
| Description du domaine d'étude / de recherche | Rabindra Sarobar (previously known as Dhakuria Lake) is an artificial lake in south Kolkata, West Bengal. But it is also a National lake in India. The name also refers to the area surrounding the lake. It is flanked by Southern Avenue to the North, Rashbehari Avenue (Russa Road) to the West, Dhakuria to the East and the Kolkata Suburban Railway tracks to the south. In the early 1920s, the Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT), a body responsible for developmental work in the Kolkata metropolitan area, acquired about 192 acres (0.78 km2) of marshy jungles. Their intention was to develop the area for residential use – improving the roads, raising and levelling some of the adjacent land and building lakes and parks. Excavation work was undertaken with the plan of creating a huge lake. Originally known as Dhakuria Lake, in May 1958, CIT renamed the lake as Rabindra Sarovar, as a tribute to the great Bengali writer and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. The area around this excavated lake was later developed to build recreational complexes, which included children’s parks, gardens, swimming and auditoria. Today the lake and its surrounding areas are one of the most popular recreational areas in Kolkata. 73 acres (300,000 m2) are covered by water, while shrubs and trees, some of which are more than 100 years old, occupy the rest of the area. Earlier, this lake was the lungs of Southern Calcutta. A partial tree census in 2012 recorded 50 different species. In the winter, one can spot some migratory birds along with resident birds around the lake. |
Méthodes d'échantillonnage
Random Sampling Equipment used binocular (Olympus 10*50 DPS I) and camera (Nikon Coolpix P900, P600, B600). Observed data recorded in the field notebook.
| Etendue de l'étude | Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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Description des étapes de la méthode:
- Direct observation, Call identification, Field notes, Photography
Citations bibliographiques
- Grimmett R, Inskipp C, Inskipp T (2016) Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- eBird. (2022). eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org
- IUCN. (2022). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Mistry, D., & Basu, R. (2014). Status of Physical Environment and Land use Pattern in Rabindra Sarobar Lake Area of Kolkata. International Journal of Social Science, 3, 311.
- Saha, T., Roy, A., & Ghosh, P.B. (2005). Ecology of Bacterioplankton in a Nationally important Lake, Rabindra Sarobar in Kolkata. Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. 7(4): 717-722
Métadonnées additionnelles
| Objet | To study the faunal diversity of Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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| Identifiants alternatifs | 04ec8f88-c397-44e7-8cfb-8cdf5f961ca7 |
| https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=rabindrasarobar_fauna_2021_2023 |