{"id":943,"date":"2023-05-16T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagdand.surelabs.in\/?page_id=943"},"modified":"2025-09-03T06:58:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:58:34","slug":"vishwamitri-river-vadoadra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pagdand.org\/?page_id=943","title":{"rendered":"Vishwamitri River, Vadodara Crocodile Count 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"943\" class=\"elementor elementor-943\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e86db07 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e86db07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a97c37\" data-id=\"1a97c37\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1966f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a1966f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vishwamitri River, Vadodara Crocodile Count 2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6161ac8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6161ac8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6d7f4b\" data-id=\"c6d7f4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2877ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2877ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Day time ground survey method<\/strong>: The urban stretch of river (22\u00b019 N 73\u00b013 E; Dena village to Talsat village) was arbitrarily divided into 7 zones. Lalbaug and other water bodies with crocodile population formed the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0zone. After familiarizing the participants with the habitat during the training session, the count was initiated from at 0930 h to 1300 h and the daytime basking crocodiles will be manually counted as per Vyas et al (2013).<\/li><li><strong>Nocturnal spot light survey:<\/strong>\u00a0Not to be used due to river access difficulties.<\/li><li><strong>Body size estimates:<\/strong>\u00a0Crocodile size classes based on total length (TL) classified as TL &lt; 1 m as juveniles, between 1.1 and 2 m as sub-adults, and &gt; 2 m as adults. Use of 8&#215;40 binoculars will be done to execute this task.<\/li><li><strong>Citizens based count:<\/strong>\u00a0Public volunteers participated for counting crocodiles, a team of 10 volunteers and a team leader was assigned a stretch of river and data was collected through methodologies as well with information from the locals.<\/li><li><strong>Statistical analysis:<\/strong>\u00a0Descriptive statistics was used to summarize information on crocodile population, encounter rates and abundance (number\/km of river)\u00a0 that was calculated as per Vyas et al (2013).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-593f43d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"593f43d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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