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Advances in Environmental Biopollution

Edited by A.C. Shukla, APH, 1999, xiii, 536 p, ISBN : 81-7648-098-3, $55.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)
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Contents: Preface. Presidential address. 1. Environmental pollution and the purity of water/John A. Milburn. Special lectures: 1. Reproductive biology and strategies of two algal taxa from Port Okha : histochemical, structural and ultrastructural approach/M.R. Vijayaraghavan, M. Kumar and A. Jha. 2. Relevance of biopollutants in health hazards of domestic animals/S.T. Tilak. 3. Economic democracy and global environmental change/A.C. Shukla and Vandana, A. 4. Environmental management audits and its socio-economic effects/Vishnu Ratna and Vijai Kumar. 5. Environmental conservation in the Indian context/P.K.K. Nair. 6. Algae in abatement of pollution II : textile factory effluent/Pushpa Srivastava. 7. Atmospheric concentration of Cunninghamella spores/B.N. Pandey, K.K. Vaidya, S.R. Pawar and M.A. Battase. 8. Algae of Malpas dam, Armidale : self purification and potability of water/A.C. Shukla and J.A. Milburn. 9. Algal role in lotic waters of river Yamuna, Delhi/Priti Shukla. 10. Opportunistic fungi in the environment and their health implications/R.K.S. Kushwaha. 11. Environmental paradigms and regional conflicts: peace and security in South Asia/Vandana, A. 12. Role of environmental education/Kanan Nanda. 13. Global environment, sustainable development and the politics of environment and development/Annapurna Nautiyal. 14. Environmental degradation and gender problems: a review/R.J. Rao and R. Sharda.

Contributed articles: 1. Toxicity and physiological responses of cyanobacteria under the influence of cadmium ion/K. Kapoor and Leena Arora. 2. Persistence of insecticides used in controlling sugarcane borers and termites/S. Singh, A. Dixit and Arun Kumar. 3. Cryptic biopollution in the mangrove ecosystem of Orissa state: an overview/B.P. Choudhury. 4. Macroflora of river Ganga/Tripathi, S.K. and Shukla, A.C. 5. Seasonal changes in abiotic parameters of a eutrophic wetland (Lower lake Bhopal)/Nishi Naryani. 6. Neurotoxicity--an endpoint in risk assessment related to use of pesticides/Rachna Saxena, Lorna Dixit and A. Dixit. 7. Mycobacterium Lucknowense: a new environmental hazard/M.K. Tiwari and Pratibha Gupta. 8. Nutrient status of Upper lake, Bhopal/A. Bajpai and P. Tamot. 9. Influence of meteorological parameters on the incidence of air-borne pollen and fungal spores of Burdwan district, West Bengal/A.K. Mondal and S. Mandal. 10. Mycoflora of currency notes in Kanpur/P.S. Trivedi, K.P. Kamthan and G. Shukla. 11. Systematic enumeration of myxophyceae found in Kisan Nagar Pond, Kanpur/S.N. Pandey and Seema Jha. 12. Bio-remediation of chlor-alkali waste by Azolla/L. Behera, D.R. Nanda, M. Kar, B.B. Patro and B.B. Misra. 13. Observation on algal-biofouling in the pond at the Taj Mahal, Agra/D. Gupta and O.A.K. Das. 14. Effect of oxin generation and tube elogation of Ipomea palmata/Suman Lata and S.C. Sharma. 15. Environmental pollution pollutes the human mind as well/Neeta Misra and S.P. Misra.

16. Genus Pediastrum Meyen as indicators of Ganga water pollution/Pratibha Gupta and A.C. Shukla. 17. Liberalization, voluntary action and environment : a paradox/S.K. Singh and A.K. Misra. 18. Fluoride in drinking water and its impact on human health/A.K. Sinha, V.J. Vidyarthi and K. Kant. 19. History of forest decline in India/Soofia Shahab. 20. Environmental biopollutants inside vegetable market/M.R. Attre, S.K. Bharti, S.K. Rajurkar, T.N. More and S.B. Shinde. 21. The role of non-governmental organisations in environmental paradigm shift/Reena Mitra. 22. Seasonal studies on the growth of different species of Azolla in different potassium concentrations/Zaman (Mallick) Salina and D.P. Kushari. 23. Household moulds in the environment of Kanpur/Sarika Katiyar and R.K.S. Kushwaha. 24. Growth response, photosynthetic oxygen evolution and nitrogen fixation of several rice fields : cyanobacteria to pesticides/J.K. Sahu and S.P. Adhikary. 25. Fish algal interrelationships of river Ganga water/S.K. Tripathi and A.C. Shukla. 26. Pleospora as a bio-indicator/S.K. Bharati, M.R. Attre and S.K. Rajurkar. 27. Groundwater prediction, protection, and selection of waste disposal sites in Agra city/B.Z. Khan, B.S. Chauhan, R.P. Singh and R.C. Kapoor. 28. Implication of settleable dust in deterioration of library books and papers/S. Gupta and V. Kumar. 29. Environmental issues before church/R.K. Paul. 30. Pathogenic fungi of Ken river fishes at Banda/A.K. Awasthi and Jaya Gupta.

31. Quantification of leaf-leachates from Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) O. Kuntze/Q. Taheruzzaman, A. Chattopadhya and D.P. Kushari. 32. Implications of Kanpur diatoms in Ganga water quality/S.K. Tripathi and A.C. Shukla. 33. GA, induced resistance against cadmium toxicity during germination in black gram/B. Saran. 34. Role of tree species in pollution abatement/C.M. Misra, R. Srivastava, P. Dubey and B.S. Burfal. 35. Industrial air pollutant--influences, germination and pollen tube growth in Datura alba/S.C. Gupta. 36. Environmental management/R.C. Kapoor. 37. Biochemical analysis of the allergenic pollen of Saccharum spontaneum Linn. and Cymbopogon schoenanthes Spreng/Sanjukta Parui, A.K. Mondal and S. Mandal. 38. Effect of distillery effluent on growth of cyanobacteria--Phormidium sp./N. Mohan, N. Shrihgirishi and J. Mohan. 39. Plant indicators of nickel and chromium in the southern part of Lalitpur district/S.A. Farooqi and Anjum Farooqi. 40. Expanding horizons of atmospheric biopollution: aero-biology/S.K. Tripathi. 41. Atmospheric concentration of Cunninghamella spores/B.N. Pande, K.K. Vaidya, S.R. Pawar and M.A. Battase. 42. Studies on periphytic algae of natural substrates/Jaishree Dubey. 43. Geneotype--environment interaction for qualitative parameters in potato/Archana Tiwari, P.D. Singh and M. Shukla. 44. DIEL fluctuations in vertical distribution of planktonic organisms in a tropical lake at intake point for a water treatment plant/P. Tamot. 45. Infant mortality and stratification/A. Saxena.

46. Eco-friendly management of malaria vector/Preeti Sharma, Alka and C.N. Srivastava. 47. Preliminary studies on allergenic algae of Ken eco-system of Banda/A.K. Awasthi and Neeta Shukla. 48. Role of home science of discipline in teaching respect for environment/Eesha Sinha. 49. Management lapses in the development of Auli: a heavenly base for lovers of skiing/D. Nigam. 50. The eco-environmental order in contemporary global politics/Ratna Tiwari and Vandana, A. 51. Recent advances in chickpea breeding for biotic stresse resistance in India/S.K. Chaturvedi, H.K. Dishit, S.R. Gupta, A.N. Asthana and Pankaj. 52. Keratin decomposition in forest soil in a successive manner/Pramila Parihar and R.K.S. Kushwaha. 53. The abused environment/V.N. Shukla. 54. Psycho-philosophy of human beings vis-a-vis pollution/Shraddha Shukla.

Short communications: 1. Risks, benefits and economic impacts of environmental paradigms/P.S. Trivedi, Usha Gupta and M.K. Pandey. 2. Women--a power in sustainable development and environmental protection/S. Sharma. 3. House dust mites as intramural hazardous biopollutants/S.B. Jagdand. 4. Tourism as an industry : tourism Linkd with pollution and environments degradation/Shipra V. Srivastava. 5. The role of NGO's in Agra's environmental problems/A. Kumar. 6. Women, NGO's and environmental education/Ajanta Chadha. 7. The awakening ray/Inderdeep Kaur. 8. Environmental degradation--an open threat to survival/R.K. Jaiswal. 9. Environmental education/Neelu Jain. 10. Technologies and problems of treatment of industrial waste water/M.K. Pande. 11. Effect of pesticides on crop plants/N.C. Yadav. Index.

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