The changing water quality of lakes—a case study of Dal Lake, Kashmir Valley

R Kumar, S Parvaze, MB Huda, SP Allaie - Environmental monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
Lakes throughout the globe have been gravely altered or degraded at a pace much more
significant than their restoration. In the heart of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and …

Current status of wetlands in Srinagar City: Threats, management strategies, and future perspectives

SA Dar, SU Bhat, I Rashid, SA Dar - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Wetlands are the most diverse, highly dynamic, productive, and ecologically sensitive areas
in Earth. In Kashmir Himalaya, Srinagar city is bestowed with a large number of picturesque …

A novel GIS-based multicriteria analysis approach for ascertaining the catchment-scale degradation of a Himalayan wetland

I Rashid, S Aneaus, SA Dar, O Javed… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wetland degradation through a diverse spectrum of anthropogenic stressors worldwide has
taken a heavy toll on the health of wetlands. This study examined the health of a semi-urban …

Land system transformations govern the trophic status of an urban wetland ecosystem: Perspectives from remote sensing and water quality analysis

SA Dar, I Rashid, SU Bhat - Land Degradation & Development, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, urban wetlands are facing immense pressure from land use land cover changes
(LULCCs) and associated water quality degradation that is severely affecting the trophic …

Drivers of change to mountain sustainability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Y Wang, N Wu, C Kunze, R Long, M Perlik - The Hindu Kush Himalaya …, 2019 - Springer
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Climatic, geomorphic and anthropogenic drivers of the 2014 extreme flooding in the Jhelum basin of Kashmir, India

SA Romshoo, S Altaf, I Rashid… - … , Natural Hazards and Risk, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The 2014 extreme flooding in Kashmir, with the peak discharge exceeding 115,000 cfs and
the Jhelum River overflowing its banks, was triggered by the complex interplay of …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental risk assessment, spatial distribution, and abundance of heavy metals in surface sediments of Dal Lake-Kashmir, India

A Nazir, SM Hussain, M Riyaz, Z Kere, MA Zargar… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study assesses the pollution levels of Dal Lake in Kashmir, India, focusing on the
spatial distribution, abundance, and risk of heavy metals in surface sediments …

Metagenomic analysis exploring taxonomic and functional diversity of bacterial communities of a Himalayan urban fresh water lake

T Ahmad, G Gupta, A Sharma, B Kaur, MA El-Sheikh… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Freshwater lakes present an ecological border between humans and a variety of host
organisms. The present study was designed to evaluate the microbiota composition and …

The status of current knowledge, distribution, and conservation challenges of wetland ecosystems in Kashmir Himalaya, India

SA Dar, SU Bhat, I Rashid - Wetlands conservation: current …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary In the Kashmir Valley, the wetland ecosystems cover an area of 42 663 ha
comprising nearly 2.67% of the entire geographical area. These wetland ecosystems form …

Linking the recent glacier retreat and depleting streamflow patterns with land system changes in Kashmir Himalaya, India

I Rashid, U Majeed, S Aneaus, M Pelto - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study reports the changes in glacier extent and streamflow similar to many Himalayan
studies, but takes the unusual step of also linking these to downstream land use changes in …