Contents: Preface. I. Fish and limnology: 1. Role of thyroid gland in the regulation of metabolic rate in fishes with special reference to Indian teleosts/B.N. Pandey. 2. Alcohol dehydrogenase isozyme expression in the air-breathing fish, Clarias batrachus and Heteropneustes fossilis of North Eastern India/Alka Prakash and Sant Prakash. 3. The ecological role of algal weeds, charophytes in particular in fisheries waters/Usha Moza. 4. Importance of fish food organisms (live food) in aquaculture practice/Seema Langer, K. Gupta and R. Gandotra. 5. Morphological studies of alimentary canal of fishes of lake Mansar/Arun K. Gupta, Seema Langer and S.C. Gupta. 6. Transgenic fish--production and improvement of fish resources/Anil K. Verma and B.L. Kaul. 7. Sewage fed fisheries--a biotechnological application/Y.R. Malhotra, Seema Langer and S. Raina. 8. The histopathology of Pallisentis jagani and Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli infection in Channa striatus and Schizothorax sinuatus/P.L. Kaul and M.K. Raina. 9. Female reproductive system of Pallisentis jagani/P.L. Kaul, M.K. Raina and Usha Zutshi. 10. Bacterial microflora, their distribution and relationship with fish and its environment--a review/J.P. Sharma and V.K. Gupta. 11. A comparison of the feeding rates of Streptocephalus torvicornis and Chirocephalus diaphanus (Crustacea: Anostraca) on rotifers/S.S.S. Sarma and K.R. Dierckens. 12. Population growth of Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas (Rotifera) in relation to algal (Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides) density/S.S.S. Sarma, E.D. Fiogbe and P. Kestemont. 13. Ecological crisis in lake Mansar Jammu, J & K State/B.L. Kaul and Anil K. Verma. 14. Zooplankton composition, abundance and dynamics in a lentic habitat (Kalika pond, Dhar, M.P.)/R.K. Dave, M.M. Prakash and N.K. Dhakad. 15. Impact of nutrient influx on water quality trends of a Vindhyan lake/S. Pani and A. Wanganeo. 16. Seasonal variations in biochemical composition of muscle during the annual ovarian cycle of female Channa gachua (Ham.)/K. Gupta, Sujata Raina, R. Gandotra and S. Langer. 17. Effect of dietary testosterone propionate (TP) on the growth of common carp, Cyprinus carpio L./Y.R. Malhotra, R. Gandotra and K. Gupta. II. Wildlife: 18. The common barn owl, Tyto alba stertens Hartert, 1929 : an effective bio-control agent of rodent pests/P. Neelanarayanan, R. Nagarajan and P. Kanakasabi. 19. Morphology of the male reproductive organs in the Indian saw back turtle, Kachuga tecta and brown roofed turtle Kachuga smithii from J & K State/Anil K. Verma, D.N. Sahi and P.L. Duda. 20. Preliminary observations on the ecology of the freshwater soft-shell turtles (family : Trionycchidae) of J & K State/D.N. Sahi, P.L. Duda and Anil K. Verma. 21. Impact of anthropogenic activities on the aquatic birds population at Bahadur Sagar (Jhabua, M.P.)/M.M. Prakash and D. Shinde. 22. A new species of Loxogenes (Digenia : Lecithodendriidae) from Rana Cyanophlylctis in Jammu/P.L. Duda, B.R. Pandoh and A.K. Verma. 23. Ecological notes on the freshwater hard-shelled turtles (family : emydidae) of Jammu and Kashmir State, India/P.L. Duda, Anil K. Verma and D.N. Sahi. 24. Notes on the habitat ecology and barriers to dispersal of some gastropod molluscs of J & K State/P.L. Duda, Anil K. Verma and P.S. Pathania. 25. Reprotechnology in wildlife conservation/R.K. Sharma and Manju Sharma. 26. Seasonal variations in ovarian weight and the gonadosomatic index in the wall lizard Hemidactylus Flaviviridis Rupell (Sauria : Gekkonidae) in Jammu/Bhavna Abrol, Deep N. Sahi, P.L. Duda and Anil K. Verma. 27. Impact of tourism and development on biodiversity in Patnitop (J & K state)/A.K. Parimoo and B.L. Kaul. 28. The Guindy National Park : its history and physiogeography/R.K. Menon. Index.

"Advances in Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Biology, Vol. II is a compendium of original research papers written by scholars in these fields. Articles in the first section include those on physiology, metabolism, fish-food organisms, alimentary canal and on quality of water inhabited by fish. Papers on transgenic fish, sewage-fed fisheries and parasites of fish have also been included in this section. Ecological crisis of Lake Mansar (J & K) and studies on rotifers which are an important component of fish food also form a part of this section. In the second section on wildlife, articles on turtles, wall lizard, barn owl, aquatic birds and gastropods have been included. Other papers on wildlife include a note on Gundy National Park (Madras), impact of tourism on wildlife in Patnitop (J & K) and on a new species of digenetic trematode parasite found in frog. A paper on reprotechnology in wildlife conservation also finds a place in this section. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Late. Prof. S.M. Das an eminent Zoologist of the Indian subcontinent." (jacket)