Avinash Vanjare

Seeing the ‘unseen’: a spotlight on lesser known inhabitants of freshwater ecosystems

Freshwater biologists Sameer Padhye and Avinash Vanjare talk about smaller and lesser known animals that live in freshwater ecosystems and the importance of studying them.

Sameer Padhye

Posted on 20 May, 2023 11:17 AM

A number of large and small - and very interesting animals inhabit freshwater ecosystems, depend on them for their survival and play an important role in maintaining the health of freshwater ecosystems. A number of them are vanishing and being threatened as urbanisation, and human induced activities are taking a toll on the natural environment.

Freshwater ecosystems, under threat (Image Source: Biologia Life Science LLP)

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