Advances in Zoology Environmental Degradation and Biodiversity 10th All India Congress of Zoology

Contents: Preface. I. Fish and fisheries: 1. Piscine specialised branchial cells and their physiological significance/Jagdish Ojha. 2. Comparative micro-architecture of intestinal epithelia of some Indian freshwater teleosts : a scanning electron microscopic study/G.M. Sinha. 3. An overview of the fish diversity of Chatla Hoar floodplain lake in Cachar district of Assam with a note on their sustainable harvest and conservation/Devashish Kar and M.H. Barbhuiya. 4. Histopathological changes in gills associated with urea poisoning in air-breathing fish, Channa-punctatus (Bloch)/N.P. Sah and G.K. Thakur. II. Parasitology: 5. A review and assessment of the synonymy of certain species of the genus Ganeo (Trematoda)/H.C.P. Sah & Umapati Sahay. 6. A discussion on the synonymy of T. mehrai Rai, 1962; T. vitelloconfluentum Rai, 1962 with T. ranarum Mehra et. Negi, 1926/H.C.P. Sah and Umapati Sahay. III. Entomology: 7. Neuroendocrine glands of Labidura riparia Pallas (Dermaptera) with special reference to the brain neurosecretory cells and their neurosecretory pathways in adult insects/B.K. Singh & R. Nath. 8. Biological control of insect pests in horticultural fields of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh/K.R. Singh. 9. Study on the prospect of Tasar silkworm culture in some unexplored areas in Central Bihar/K.B. Sharma and Praveen Kumar. 10. Antheraea mylitta (Saturniidae : lepidoptera) larvae and humidity/A.K. Tripathi, Seema Rani and Sheela Singh. 11. Histological observations of brain neurosecretory cells in diapausing pupae of Tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae)/N.K. Maharaj and B.K. Singh. 12. Gut content analysis of Corixa distorta (Heteroptera)/B.P. Yadav, S.P. Singh, Om Prakash & S.N. Singh. 13. Host plants of aphids (Homoptera : aphididae) from Ranchi district of Chotanagpur plateau (Bihar)/Y.G. Jha. 14. Studies on the consumption of leaves of different food plants by different ecoraces of tropical Tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta D./N.G. Ojha, S. Rai and P.N. Pandey. 15. Estimation of uric acid in tubular and rectal fluid of insects inhabiting different niches/D. Dadel, K.N. Dubey, S.P. Singh and P.N. Pandey. 16. Efficacy of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) as pesticide on Rhizopertha dominica (F) in stored wheat/Gopal Krishna Tripathi and Ajit Kumar Verma. 17. Studies on blood sucking behaviour of Culex fatigans (Wied.)/A.K. Singh, D.N.P. Singh and S.N. Singh. 18. Rhopalocera of Jaipur region : biodiversity and status/M.M. Trigunayat and N.P. Singh. 19. Neem (Azadirachta indica) as an ecologically safer potential insecticide for pest control in the future/S.C. Singh. 20. Studies on the food and food preference in Platycorynus peregrinus (Coleoptera : chrysomelidae)/Purushottam Prasad and B.K. Singh. 21. Effect of different colours on the selection of Oviposition site by Musca domestica nebulo/S.K. Singh, B.K. Singh and S.N.P. Yadav. IV. Physiology and biochemistry: 22. Further studies on hemolymph vitellogenin synthesis of intersex (ix) mutant of Drosophila melanogaster/R.N. Chatterjee, M. Acharyya and M. Ray. 23. Effects of quinidine on ECG and heart protein level in Acridotheres tristis (Myna)/A.K. Singh, R.K. Singh, Ramanand Singh and C.P. Singh. 24. Role of BOAA on some biochemical constituents of some tissues on Rattus norvegicus/Shailendra Kumar, U.S. Sinha and V.K. Sinha. 25. Effect of metacid and Rogor on biochemical changes in some tissues of Mystus cavasius (Ham.)/Ajay Kumar and Acharya Shankar. 26. Prevention of the Gonad stimulatory effect of continuous illumination by Melatonin and 5-Methoxytryptamine in the Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti/N. Saxena and M.P. Sinha. 27. Study of Juxtaglomerular apparatus in the wild palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)/S. Ghalib Hasan and Amjad Fatmi. 28. Toxic effect of metacid on bimodel oxygen uptake in an air breathing fish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)/B.N. Pandey, Arun Kumar and Ranjan Kumar. V. Cyto-genetics: 29. The x-gene of hepatitis B-virus and its role in pathogenesis/Vijay Kumar. 30. A genetic trait : the dimple cheek in various human population of South Chotanagpur/H.N. Tiwari, Ashok Sinha and Sabita Singh. VI. Environmental sciences and wild life: 31. Wetlands of Darbhanga : abiotic and biotic status/A.K. Pandey, S.K. Verma, B.K. Jha and K. Pandey. 32. Assignment of guild structure on the basis of gut contents of certain insects/N.D. Goswami, Meena Kumar, P.N. Pandey and Uday Singh. 33. Studies on some aspects of community composition and relative abundance of invertebrate macrobenthic fauna of a newly constructed tropical reservoir/B. Mahato, Meena Kumar, M.P. Sinha and P.N. Pandey. 34. Study of diurnal variation of ozone in ambient air of Delhi/Samir Kumar Sinha and Chandrawati Jee. 35. Study of variation range of different physico-chemical parameters in relation to fish productivity and health/Pramila Singh and Chandrawati Jee. 36. Zooplankton diversity of Andaman sea/I.K. Rai & Sameer Terdalkar. 37. Impact of land use degradation on forest ecosystem : a case study of Noamundi iron mine, Singhbhum, Bihar/Abhijit Dutta, Sunita Dutta and P.N. Pandey. 38. Ecological study of Bichhiya river with special reference to water pollution in Rewa (M.P.)/Usha Awasthi and A. Awasthi. 39. Effect of industrial pollution at Kalu river on the content of sodium of some of the weeds growing in her bed/S.A. Salgare and R.N. Acharekar. 40. Some disturbing dimensions of environment degradations/Abhijit Dutta, Sunita Dutta, P.N. Pandey and K.C. Bose. 41. Effect of industrial effluent on the liver and kidney of Channa punctatus of river sone/S.P. Singh and R.K. Singh. 42. Acid rain : an invisible global problem/R.K. Gupta and A.C. Gorai. 43. Electromagnetic pollution : a review of the literature/Bhola Mahto and P.N. Pandey. 44. Survival of endangered mammals of Indian subcontinent : facts and factors/D.K. Belsare. 45. Food feeding and feeding ecology of the Indian greater one horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)/Ashok Sinha and Deepak Kumar Ghosh. 46. Some field observation on dietary components of Macaca mulatta Zimmermann, 1780/Shivesh Pratap Singh. VII. Endocrinology: 47. Bright prospective of pineal research/C. Haldar.
Advances in Zoology, Ecological Degradation and Biodiversity' incorporates the latest trend in Zoology in India and covers all major topics of animal sciences viz., fish and fisheries, entomology, parasitology, cytogenetics, genetical engineering, physiology and biochemistry, toxicology, environmental science, wild life and biodiversity. Each chapter is fully illustrated and referenced and will prove invaluable not only for specialist of particular area but also for zoologists, biologists in general and young research workers of India." (jacket)