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A multi-temporal analysis for change assessment and estimation of algal bloom in Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India

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Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan, India is the major inland salt water lake producing salt for centuries. The present study addresses the monitoring changes in and around the lake and its consequent effect on the lake water ecology. For this, satellite images of the years 1976, 1981, 1997, and 2013 are analyzed for land use land cover classes. Significant reduction in the water body is observed in contrast with the increase in salt pan around the periphery of lake and wetland classes. Further, the extent of water body and algae in the lake are delineated as per normalized difference water index and normalized difference vegetation index. Rainfall data do not indicate any major change in the pattern, but drastic decrease in the extent of water body and significant increase in algal bloom are serious concerns for the lake’s existence. This may be due to surrounding anthropogenic activities and construction of check dams and anicuts in the lake catchment which curtail the runoff into the lake and provide favorable growth of algae. Sambhar Lake, being declared as a wetland according to the Ramsar Convention, is necessary to protect and conserve the ecological importance of the lake through sustainable planning and management.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Environment Department, Government of Rajasthan for providing financial support to carry out this study. Authors are also thankful to Director, CSIR-NEERI for providing encouragement, necessary infrastructural support, and kind permission for publishing the research article.

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    Ritesh Vijay, Shannon M. Pinto, Vikash K. Kushwaha, Sukdeb Pal & Tapas Nandy

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Vijay, R., Pinto, S.M., Kushwaha, V.K. et al. A multi-temporal analysis for change assessment and estimation of algal bloom in Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India. Environ Monit Assess 188, 510 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5509-7

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