**Author details**

Hari Singh1 \* and Sandeep Kumar Behera2

\*Address all correspondence to: hsingh7wild@gmail.com

1 Department of Higher Education, Govt. Degree College Ramnagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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[9] Singh H, Rao RJ. Status, threats and conservation challenges to key aquatic fauna (crocodile and dolphin) in National Chambal Sanctuary, India. Aquatic Ecosystem Health &

[10] Behera SK, Singh H, Sagar *V*. *indicator* Species (Gharial and dolphin) of riverine ecosystem: An exploratory of river ganga. In: Sanghi R, editor. Our National River Ganga: Lifeline of Millions. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing; 2013a. p. 121-141.

[11] Rao RJ, Tagor S, Singh H, Dasgupta N. Monitoring of Gharial (*Gavialis gangeticus*) and its habitat in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India. In: Proceedings of the 17th working meeting of the World Crocodile Conference 22nd Working Meeting of the IUCN SSC

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Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge UK: IUCN; 2004. p. 180-186 [13] Sharma RK, Singh H, Dasgupta N. A survey of habitat invetorization and habitat potentiality for sustenance of Gharial in son Gharial sanctuary, India. International Journal of

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2 Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (NMCG), New Delhi, India
