Ecology and conservation of Chilika Lake, India - KIIT University

Promoting Indo-Swiss Scientific Collaboration
Workshop - call for participation
Ecology and conservation of Chilika Lake, India
November 25-26, 2011
The Swiss Embassy, in collaboration with KIIT University and the Chilika Lake Development Authority
(CDA), organize a two days workshop gathering Indian and Swiss scientists on November 25-26,
2011. The event will take place at the Wetland Research Centre of the Chilika Lake Development
Authority. During the workshop the Swiss participants will get familiar with the main issues and
ongoing research related to the Chilika Lake ecology and conservation. In addition the participants will
have the unique opportunity to assess the options for bilateral collaborations with selected Indian
counterparts in their field of interest.
Chilika Lake was chosen for this initiative as it has a remarkable potential for original research in
different disciplines within the natural and social sciences. The lagoon, which extends over
approximately 1000km 2 , is characterized by a very rich biodiversity and the key socio-economic
contribution it brings to the region. For an introduction on Chilika Lake, see for instance CDA website
(www.chilika.com), Asish K. Ghosh et al. (2006), Dujovny (2009, pp. 192-195), or Sutaria (2009, pp.
21-33). 1 A location map of Chilika Lake can be found at the end of this document.
Overall, scholarly work on issues related to the lagoon is relatively scanty, but may provide a platform
for future research proposals. Existing studies comprise of research on areas as -1) water quality (see
e.g. A.P. Patra et al., 2010; Satyanarayan Panigrahi et al., 2007); -2) the lagoon sediments (e.g. Asha
Khandelwal et al., 2008; Kwang-Seuk Jeong et al., 2008; Satya Panigrahi et al., 2009; Unmesh
Chandra Panda et al., 2006); -3) biodiversity (e.g. A. Mohapatra et al., 2007); -4) biology (see e.g. J.
1 Sutaria (2009) is available online at http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/5686/
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K. Patra et al., 2009; T. Raja Swaminathan et al., 2010); or -5) political and human ecology (e.g.
Dujovny, 2009; Sarmistha Pattanaik, 2007).
All researchers, who are interested to participate, are invited to send in a short CV and a brief
description of their main research focus to mattia.celio@eda.admin.ch, until Mai 31, 2011.
For further information, please feel free to contact the workshop organizers:
Dr. Mattia Celio
Science and Technology Counselor, Swiss Embassy
mattia.celio@eda.admin.ch
Tel: +91 11 26878372 / ext. 204
Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar
Director, KIIT School of Biotechnology (KSBT)
msbiotek@yahoo.com
Tel.: +91 9437011465, +91 674 2725732
Dr. Ajit K. Pattnaik
CEO
Chilika Development Authority (see www.chilika.com)
ajitpattnaik13@gmail.com
Cited references
A. Mohapatra, Rajeeb K. Mohanty, S. K. Mohanty, K. S. Bhatta and Das, N.R., 2007. Fisheries
enhancement and biodiversity assessment of fish, prawn and mud crab in Chilika lagoon
through hydrological intervention. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 15(3): 229-251.
A.P. Patra, J.K. Patra, N.K. Mahapatra, S. Das and G.C. Swain, 2010. Seasonal variation in
physicochemical parameters of Chilika Lake after opening of new mouth near Gabakunda,
Orissa, India. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences, 2(2): 109-117.
Asha Khandelwal, Manmohan Mohanti, Felipe García-Rodríguez and Burkhard W. Scharf, 2008.
Vegetation history and sea level variations during the last 13,500 years inferred from a pollen
record at Chilika Lake, Orissa, India. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 17(4): 335-344.
Asish K. Ghosh, Ajit Pattnaik and Ballatore, T.J., 2006. Chilika lagoon: restoring ecological balance
and livelihoods through re-salinization. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management, 11:
239-255.
Dujovny, E., 2009. The deepest cut: political ecology in the dredging of a new sea mouth in Chilika
Lake, Orissa, India. Conservation & Society, 7(3): 192-2004.
J. K. Patra et al., 2009. Biomolecular constituents and antibacterial activity of some marine algae from
Chilika Lake (Orissa, India). International Journal on Algae, 11(3): 222-235.
Kwang-Seuk Jeong et al., 2008. Patterning limnological characteristics of the Chilika lagoon (India)
using a self-organizing map. Limnology, 9(3): 231-242.
Sarmistha Pattanaik, 2007. Conservation of environment and protection of marginalized fishing
communities of Lake Chilika in Orissa, India. Journal of Human Ecology, 22(4): 291-302.
Satya Panigrahi, Johan Wikner, R. C. Panigrahy, K. K. Satapathy and B. C. Acharya, 2009. Variability
of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in a shallow brackish water ecosystem (Chilika
Lagoon, India). Limnology, 10(2): 231-242.
Satyanarayan Panigrahi et al., 2007. Anthropogenic impact on water quality of Chilika lagoon
RAMSAR site: a statistical approach. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 15(2): 225-236.
Sutaria, D., 2009. Species conservation in a complex socio-ecological system: Irrawaddy dolphins,
Orcaella brevirostris in Chilika Lagoon, India, James Cook University.
T. Raja Swaminathan et al., 2010. Development and characterization of a new epithelial cell line PSF
from caudal fin of Green chromide, Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790). In Vitro Cellular &
Developmental Biology - Animal, 46(8): 647-656.
Unmesh Chandra Panda, Prasanta Rath, Kali Charan Sahu, Sabyasachi Majumdar and Sanjay K.
Sundaray, 2006. Study of geochemical association of some trace metals in the sediments of
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Chilika Lake: a multivariate statistical approach. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,
123(1-3): 125-150.
Location map of Chilika Lake
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