ENV 107 LAB REPORT-1

Section: 23
Semester: Spring 2020

Lab Instructor: Yeasna Jain Sanjana

Prepared by:

Group: 03
Name ID
Labiba Hasan 1712106030
Anika Nawar 1712012030
Samin Yeasar 1632584030
Sheikh Shadab Ahmed 1711366030
Khondokar Rifat Anjum Raka 1711010030

Date of submission: January 29, 2020

Introduction
Hakaluki Haor is a marsh wetland ecological system of North-Eastern Bangladesh. It is one of
Bangladesh's largest and one of Asia's larger marsh wetland resources. Hakaluki Haor is
bounded by the Kushiara river as well as a part of the Sonai Bardal river to the north, by the
Fenchuganj- Kulaura railway to the west and to the south, and by the Kulaura-Beanibazar road
the east.

A total of 558 species of animals and birds have been identified here, including some very rare –
already declared as threatened, vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species. Some
190,000 people live in the surrounding Hakaluki haor area. It was designated an Ecologically
Critical Area (ECA).

Figure: Hakaluki Haor

Instruments
The instruments that were used in this experiment are- marbles, a bowl and calculators. A total of
28 marbles were given in a bowl to our group among which there were 5 white, 6 purple, 4 red, 4
green, 3 yellow, 4 sky blue and 2 orange colored marbles. The marbles were used to represent
different species of fishes that inhabit in Hakaluki Haor. The white marbles represented Shing
(Stinging Catfish), purple marbles for Magur (Walking Catfish), red marbles for Tengra
(Mystus), green marbles for Bele (Scribbled Gobi), yellow marbles for Baim (Tyre-track Eel),
sky blue marbles for Puti (Swamp Barb) and orange marbles for koi (Climbing Perch).
Calculators were used to calculating the percentage of fishes and other estimates.

Figure: Instruments for experimental purposes

Procedure
We start our research with a bowl & some marbles. Firstly, we differentiate marbles into seven
colors which are white, purple, light orange, red, green, yellow & sky blue. Then we count each
color marbles and finally we got a total of 28 marbles of different colors. After that we get to
know the total marble of five groups which is 144 marbles & separated number of marbles from
each color. After completing the 1st session in the second session we allocated percentage
proportionally from each color of the given marbles.
Data Analysis

Color of the marbles Percentage (%)

White 20.8
Purple 35.3
Light Orange 9.5
Red 17.4
Green 21
Yellow 21
Blue 20

Percentage (%)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
White Purple Light Red Green Yellow Blue
Orange

NUMBER OF MARBLES
Sky blue

Yellow

Green

Red

Light orange

Purple

White

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Each of the datasets that are collected from primary or secondary sources are analyzed in this
report and presented possibly by creating Bar diagram. As the data sets are larger in size, the
most common method of analyzing used in calculating an average, or taking the arithmetic mean
of the data set and their respective percentage. A total of 28 different types of species of fishes
(marble) that inhabit in Hakaluki haor are collected as a sample for the Experiment. Through the
observation, it is found that the average arithmetic mean is 19.4% of fishes present in each
portion of Hakaluki haor consisting of 5 Shing fish (white marbles), 6 Magur fish (purple
marbles), 4 Tengra fish (red marbles), 4 Bele fish (green marbles), 3 Baim fish (yellow marbles),
4 Puti fish (sky blue marbles) and 2 Koi fish (orange marbles) respectively. But also, it was
found that some portions are absent maybe because of seasonally availability.

From the above Bar diagram, the purple marbles for Magur (walking catfish) have secured the
highest percentage caring 35.3% among others. This can be because of having seasonally
breeding capacity. And the orange marbles for Koi (climbing perch) have the lowest 9.5% in
haor. And the rest of the species have an average of 20% present more or less in some portion of
Hakaluki Haor.

The report clearly takes into consideration the accuracy of data representation in the
measurement of units. In reality, our experiment area is much smaller than the volume of
Hakaluki Haor, 125,000,000 cubic meters, and each of the marbles represents fish of that color.
Therefore, we take a small representative unit and later scale or translate the result for the whole
area.

Conclusion
The following experiment has been done practically in the class for making observations to
evaluate things in numerical units. The result mentioned in this report are based on the sample
collected randomly. The Experiment has been conducted by identifying different kinds of fishes
present in Hakaluki Haor.