A preliminary assessment: seasonal variations of damselfly and dragonfly abundance in Serampore, Jolkol, West Bengal, India

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Acknowledgements

The authors are thankful to the H.O.D., Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal, India, for the necessary permission to perform the initial observations. The authors are grateful to Dr. Narayan Ghorai, Department of Zoology, WBSU, and Dr. Kuladeep Roy, Assistant Manager, WWF-India, WBSO, for their kind support throughout the study. The authors are also thankful to AnneshaLahiri, Uttam Gupta, SayokDolui and LoknathSaha for giving constant encouragement.

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Authors’ contributions

The manuscript was conceptualized, drafted and supervised by AIM; AM helped equally in data curation, and both authors analysed the data. AIM contributed to the field work. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Notes on contributors

Md. Abu Imran Mallick

Md. Abu Imran Mallick is with the Department of Zoology at West Bengal State University in India.

Arpita Mondal

Arpita Mondal is with the Department of Zoology at West Bengal State University in India.