Biodiversity of shorupdah beel, Manirumpur, Jessore

Abstract

The study was conducted to observe the biodiversity of Shorupdah Beel, fish species, non-piscine animal species and the aquatic vegetation. This beel riches with its biodiversity and most of them are consume by the people of surrounding area. This water body not so deep compare with its biodiversity, highest 5-6 feet in rainy season. A total fifty two species belong to ninteen families under nine orders were identified non-piscine biodiversity of Shorupdah Beel comprises five species of prawns, four species of mollusks, three species of arthropods, two species of amphibians and two species of reptiles. Only fish and prawn are consumed by local people and the highest catch found just after rainy season that is during August and September. Ten species of aquatic vegetation found in this beel. Among these some are edible and some are not. Fishermen and local people said that biodiversity has been declining very fast over the last decades due to change of water depth, over fishing, temperature, use of chemicals in agriculture etc.

Biodiversity of shorupdah beel, Manirumpur, Jessore

“…Rahman (1996) recorded and identified a total of 47 species of fish in the catches of different gears by the fishermen in BSKB Beel. Most of the species were found commercially important.…”