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Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Wayanad

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    A STUDY ON MICROHABITAT SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BICOLOURED FROG (Clinotarsus curtipes. Jerdon, 1854) TADPOLE WITHIN A HILL STREAM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT
    (2016-07-29) Haritha, S; Abdul Azeez, C P
    The microhabitat selection of C. curtipes within hill streams was carried out in streamlets of Chennaykavala and Sugandhagiri which flow through the vested forests of Wayanad District. The study was carried out from April 2015 to May 2016. The hypothesis that the distribution of C. curtipes within hill stream depends on stream ecology and river continuum concept was tested. Ecological factors in the region of the stream where the tadpoles were present was compared with that of the region where tadpoles were absent. The Chi-square test and t-test were used to analyze the association of presence of tadpole with stream type, vegetation type, canopy cover, embededdness, physical and chemical parameters of water. Analysis was done using the statistical software package SPSS version 20. The microhabitat selection was showed to be influenced by stream ecology and riparian vegetation type. As the vested forests of Wayanad were under human disturbance, the study showed deviation from River continuum concept.