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The study area, located in the western side of Kerala State, South India, is a part of Vembanad-Kol wetlands – the largest estuary in India's western coastal wetland system and one of the Ramsar Sites of Kerala. Major portion of this estuary comes under the Ernakulam district which includes the Cochin City – the business and Industrial hub of Kerala, which has seen fast urbanization since independence...