Journal of Coastal Zone Management

Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Biography

Masuma Akter Sadia, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh. Masuma Akter Sadia has two publications. His research interest is on Aquaculture.

Publications

• Research   
  Factors Affecting the Biodiversity and Human Well-being of an Ecologically Sensitive Wetland of North Eastern Bangladesh
  Author(s): Atiqur Rahman Sunny*, Rashed Alam, Masuma Akter Sadia, Md. Yusuf Miah, Md. Sabbir Hossain, Md. Jahid Hossain, Mst. Sobnom Binta Mofiz, Sharif Ahmed Sazzad, Md Ashrafuzzaman and Shamsul H. Prodhan
  
  Wetland ecosystem of Bangladesh has great importance for the country’s economic, industrial, ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural aspects. Wetlands of north eastern region are very prominent for freshwater capture fisheries but a few studies focused on comprehensive assessment of biodiversity, conservation necessities, affecting drivers and its impact on natural wetland and dependent community. The present study has been conducted to identify the present status of fish diversity assemblage, dominance index, evenness and distribution of the species, conservation requirements, natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the biodiversity and human well-being of Dekhar Haor by employing qualitative and quantitative methods in two fishing communities. It was noticed that there were 69 fish species under 8 orders where 39 species were not threatened, 11 species were endangered, 10 .. View more»
  

  Abstract HTML PDF