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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake<br />
changes that may be natural or may be manmade e.g. flooding of habitats.<br />
Migration and hibernation can also affect reptile and amphibian species.<br />
Table 45 – Species richness and diversity index for reptile and amphibian species<br />
recorded from Keenjhar Lake<br />
S.no<br />
Type of index<br />
Keti<br />
Bunder<br />
1 Richness<br />
(number of<br />
species)<br />
2<br />
Keenjhar<br />
Lake<br />
Chotiari<br />
Reservoir<br />
Pai<br />
Forest<br />
27 23 31 18 16<br />
Evenness 0.4526 0.6787 0.4563 0.6948<br />
Keti<br />
Shah<br />
0.537<br />
6<br />
3 Shannon Index 2.503 2.748 2.649 2.526 2.152<br />
4 Margalef Index 3.823 3.506 4.127 3.237 2.845<br />
Evenness value<br />
Figure 31 – Evenness of reptile and amphibian species across sites<br />
0.8<br />
0.7<br />
0.6<br />
0.5<br />
0.4<br />
0.3<br />
0.2<br />
0.1<br />
0<br />
0.45<br />
Keti<br />
Bunder<br />
0.68<br />
Keenjhar<br />
Lake<br />
0.46<br />
Chotiari<br />
Reservoir<br />
Site<br />
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0.69<br />
0.54<br />
Pai Forest Keti Shah<br />
Evenness<br />
Figure 32 – Shannon and Margalef index for reptile and amphibian species for all<br />
sites<br />
Diversity index<br />
4.5<br />
4<br />
3.5<br />
3<br />
2.5<br />
2<br />
1.5<br />
1<br />
0.5<br />
0<br />
2.50<br />
Keti Bunder<br />
3.82<br />
Keenjhar Lake<br />
3.51<br />
4.13<br />
2.75 2.65 2.53<br />
Chotiari Reservoir<br />
Site<br />
Pai Forest<br />
3.24<br />
2.15<br />
Keti Shah<br />
2.85<br />
Shannon Index<br />
Margalef Index