Acknowledgements
The team is thankful to the Director, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, for all the facilities provided during the study period. The study was part of the CIFRI Project ‘Habitat Characterization, Fisheries and Socioeconomics of Rivers Cauvery, Tapti, Siang and Chaliyar’ (No. REF/17-20/07). The authors are also thankful to the Director, ZSI, Kolkata, for the help received in the identification of the isopods and to the technical staff of ICAR-CIFRI, Vadodara, for their timely technical support.
Funding
This research was funded by ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.
Conflicts and interests
None of the authors has conflicts of interest.
Availability of data and materials
Data is available with the first author and shall be provided as and when required.
Code availability
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Authors’ contributions
DB- specimen collection, manuscript writing; BKD- conceptualization, editing; SPK- data entry and analysis; SKD- review & editing; SS- review & editing; SM- Isopod identification, photograph.
Ethical Approval
All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All animals in this study were wild-caught and in accordance with the guidelines set out in the animal welfare laws of India. The study was undertaken with the approval of the statutory authorities of the ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, India (AN ISO 9001: 2015).
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