Contents: Preface. 1. Contamination impact of chemicals produced by moulds/Kailash Kumar Sah and Arvind Kumar. 2. Impact of heavy metals on algal flora in effluent channels Balanagar, Hyderabad/P. Manikya Reddy and D. Venugopal Rao. 3. Studies on some of the commercially important fishes caught in the Hobt Rigged with different categories of bridle lengths/Jaya Naik, B. Hanumanthappa and R.M. Prabhu. 4. Efficiency of micro-irrigation in Cane Culture: an agroclimatic study for Pune/S. Venkataraman. 5. Length-weight relationship and relative condition factor of freshwater fish Glossogobius Giuris (Hamilton) from Sadatpur Lake Near Pravaranagar, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra/B.A. Pawar and U.H. Mane. 6. Trypanosome infection and some associated physiological changes in an Indian Cat-fish Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus)/Jhuma Saha, Nimai Chandra Saha, Tushar Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Trilochan Midya and Nirmal Kumar Sarkar. 7. Effect of Nerium odorum Soland, on the periodicity of estrous cycle in female Albino Rates/Dixit Mukesh and A.O. Prakash. 8. Transport and transformation of Urea based fertilizers in an Inceptisol of Orissa/A.K. Dash, B.K. Mishra, M. Jena and B.B. Behera. 9. Genotoxic effects of 2, 4-D and modifying effects of Vitamin C tested in the Somatic Cells of High Bioactivation Strains of Drosophila Melanogaster/Niraj K. Tripathy. 10. Seasonal analysis in the water quality of River Ganga/Afreen Zafr and Naheed Sultana. 11. Effect of acetazolamide on body weight, organ weight and biochemical parameters in the kidney of Albino Rat/M. Maheshwar and P.K. Singh. 12. Study of flowers of various varieties of Hibiscus rosa-sinesis L. as an anti-solar/S.B. Patil, M.S. Kondawar, N.S. Naikwade and C.S. Magdum. 13. Studies on the impact of Lignite Flyash on Greengram in Pond Ash/N. Senthilkumar, S. Srinivasan and S. Krishnaprabu. 14. Study on mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins on seeds of mustard (Brassica nigra Koch)/S.K. Ghosh and C. Sengupta. 15. Growth performance and mass multiplication of Antidiabetic Gymnema species of Sirumalai Hills/M. Poonkothai and R. Kumuthakalavalli. 16. The role of proton driven antiporters in Na+ resistance and pH Homeostasis in the Lithium-Resistant (Li+-R) mutant of the Cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum/Santosh Bhargava and Ritu Thakur Bais. 17. Effects of Neem Leaf extract on growth characteristics and organic constituents of Trigonella Foenum-Graceum, L./S.L. Khapke, R.K. Aher, D.A. Bandal, G.V. Vyavahare, Y.B. Agre, D.B. Shelake and R.K. Shaikh. 18. Toxic effect of high chromium intake on the human body and chromium removal from water with low cost adsorbents/Jyotsna Lal and Kanchan Sachan. 19. Influence of pH, temperature, carbon and nitrogen sources on the growth of fungal species isolated from textile dye effluent contaminated soils/S. Devarajan and S.M. Hameed Sulaiman. 20. Effect of Triazole on growth and Chlorophyll Pigments in Radish/R. Sridharan, A. Kishorekumar, R. Somasundaram, P. Manivannan, G.M. Alagu Lakshmanan, M. Gomathinayagam and R. Panneerselvam. 21. Saccharification studies by a thermophilic fungus sporotrichum thermophile isolated from agriculture waste of Bhopal/Rajhans Singh, Namita Singh, Anil Prakash and Sarika Poonia. 22. Fly ash-soil amendment technique: a harbinger to enhanced vegetable production in Jharkhand/N. Tripathi, P.K. Mishra, R.S. Singh and P.S.M. Tripathi. 23. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) among flourmill workers: a case study of Jalgaon City, Maharashtra/S.B. Attarde and S.T. Ingle. 24. Alleopathic potential of Vicia sativa L. on germination, growth and dry matter production in wheat/A. Rahman and Musarrat Jabeen. 25. The role of abiotic factors in the distributional patterns of Acarina and Collembola in the sub-tropical forest ecosystem of Manipur/Chitrapati and Binoy Singh. 26. Influence of ecological factors to the agroecosystem of paddy in Imphal Valley: special reference to biomass/S.R. Singh, P. Rukamani Devi, N.B. Devi, W.K. Devi and N.S. Devi. 27. Effect of different layouts and mulches on green yield of turmeric cv. Salem/V.T. Yamgar, M.S. Shirke and P.S. Patil. 28. Genetic diversity studies in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Wap)/H.N. Shinde, K.V. Sushir, S.B. Kharbade and M.D. Tandale. 29. The incidence of Helminth Parasites in Amphibian and Reptilian population from Rohilkhand Region, India/Pooja Chandra, Neelima Gupta and Manju Bhaskar. 30. Studies on the effect of graded levels of NaCI on in vitro IAA production, wheat germination and salinity associated soil parameters/N.S. Kulkarni, M.G. Bodhankar, R.B. Somani and J.V. Jaiswal. 31. Influence of hydrographic features on Pelagic Fisheries along Dakshina Kannada Coast/T.V. Ramana and M.P.M. Reddy. 32. Biodiversity of Aphids (Order: Hemiptera) from Satara District of Western Ghats/B.V. Jadhav and T.V. Sathe. 33. Behavioural surveillance of Indian Major Carp Catla catla (Hamilton) exposed to free cyanide/M.S. Prashanth and Yogesh B. Patil. 34. Incidence of phytophthora indicant disease for citrus decline in Vidarbha Region (Maharashtra)/S.S. Pande, A.B. Fulke and V.S. Tajane. 35. Drinking water quality and its impact on the health of users in Kattumannarkoil Taluk, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India/P. Sivagurunathan and B. Dhinakaran. 36. Impact of mercuric chloride on the biochemical composition of blood of Clarius batracus (Linn)/A. Parithabhanu and M.A. Subramanian. 37. Experiments of protein requirements of Young Silver Carp H. Molitrix (Val.)/Surabhi Gupta, A.P. Sharma and M. Das. 38. Effect of nitrogen management on growth and micro-climatic parameters of bed planted Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)/Navneet Kaur Brar and D.S. Kler. 39. Occupational health problems observed among the Saltpan workers of Thoothukudi District, South East Coast of India/R. Sornaraj, A. Amutha Jaisheeba and A. Pushparaj. 40. Lentic fishery: fishery of a tropical wetland (Beel) in Assam/Devashish Kar. 41. Water quality index for groundwater affected with bicycle manufacturing industrial wastes: an environmental quality audit/Vineeta Shukla, Sharda, Abusaria, Monika Dhankhar and K.V. Sastry. 42. Effect of different medicinal plant extracts against Root Knot Nematode Penetration into the roots of Solanacae crops/L. Joymati Devi and W. Mema Devi. 43. Mercury chloride induced changes in the DNA, RNA, Protein and Alkaline Phosphatase of kidney of freshwater Teleost, Lebeo nandina/M.M. Prakash, R.S. Maheshwari and V.K. Sharma. 44. Important medicinal plants of agency tracts of Visakapatnam District, A.P./M. Mutyala Naidu and T. Suseela. 45. Kinetic studies of dye effluent degradation by Aspergillums Terreus/N. Rajamohan. 46. Impact of open cast coal mining on soil environment and its management/Indu Gupta, R.S. Singh and A.C. Gorai. 47. Bioaccumulation of trace metals on the Clam Meretrix Casta, before and after Tsunami in Tharangampadi Estuary, Southeast Coast of India/P. Martin Deva Prasath, R. Vijayakumar and S. Kulathooran. 48. Geochemical study of fluoride in groundwater of Sanganer Tehsil (Villages Code Nos. 101-150) of Jaipur District, Rajasthan/Deepika Sohu, J.D. Sharma and Parul Jain. 49. Studies on environmental degradation of two wetlands in and around Guwahati City, Assam, India/P.K. Das and Aruna Bhattacharyya. 50. Effect of Tamoxifen on human Erythrocytes: an in vitro study/K. Vijayalakshmi, S. Seema and S.P. Sasipriya. 51. Natural radioactivity levels in sediments along the east coast of region of Potronovo-Pondicherry Coast, East Coast of Tamil Nadu, India/E. Manikandan, B. Rajamannan, R. Ravisankar, R. Sakthivel, M. Arumugam, V. Gajendiran and V. Meenakshisundaram. 52. Performance of Mentha piperita against T. Castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: tenebrionidae)/Sudhakar Gupta. 53. Effect of Isopod Parasite, Cymothoa Indica on pearl spot, Etroplus suratensis (Bloch) from Parangipettai coastal waters (Southeast Coast of India)/M. Rajkumar, P. Perumal, P. Santhanam and N. Veerappan. Index.
"Environmental disaster as well as degradation of natural resource has become the global problem. Accelerated conversion of forests with rapid industrialisation and urbanization, intensive agriculture, over-exploitation, overgrazing, mining and other human activities have resulted in the degradation of both the land and water resources. Environmental disaster is a key threat to socio-economic development (especially in developing countries).
This book is the compilation of esteemed articles of internationally acknowledged experts in the field of aquatic biology with the intension of providing a sufficient depth of the subject to satisfy the needs at a level which will be comprehensive and interesting. The present book will be useful to the students, research scholars, scientists in the field of environmental management and ecoplanners, politicians and other people with similar interest." (jacket)
