Contents: 1. Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands - an Overview/Ramakrishna. 2. Seascape - hydrography, chemical and geological aspects of the Great Nicobar Island/S. Vinoth, S. Raviendran, Linoy Libini, T. Thangaradjou, K. Sivakumar, L. Kannan and S. Ajmal Khan. 3. Microbial resources of the Great Nicobar Island/N.S. Swarnakumar, K. Sivakumar, T. Thangaradjou, L. Kannan and S. Ajmal Khan. 4. Late quaternary faunal (Protozoa) diversity of South Andaman sediments, Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal/C. Rajshekhar. 5. Diversity of meiobenthos of the Andaman and Nicobar waters/P.M. Mohan and P. Dhivya. 6. Diversity of nematodes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Padma Bohra. 7. Zooplankton diel vertical migration at Andaman Sea/I.K. Pal, S. Terdalkar and M.L. Pereira. 8. Zooplankton abundance and diversity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India/J. Santhanakumar, N.V. Vinithkumar, G. Dharani, D. Magesh Peter, A.K. Abdul Nazar, R. Kirubagaran. R. Venkatesan and S. Kathiroli. 9. Occurrence and distribution of seagrasses in Great Nicobar Island/T.  Thangaradjou, S. Vinoth, S. Raviendran, K. Sivakumar, L. Kannan and S. Ajmal Khan. 10. Current scenario of seaweed resources in Great Nicobar Island/S. Vinoth, S. Raveindran, T. Thangaradjou, K. Sivakumar, L. Kannan and S. Ajmal Khan. 11. Distribution of sea grasses along the Andaman and Nicobar Islands : a post tsunami survey/T. Thangaradjou K. Sivakumar, E.P. Nobi and E. Dilipan. 12. Mangrove diversity and prospects of restoration and management in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Oswin D. Stanley. 13. Diversity of wild legumes and associated Rhizobia in the coastal regions of South Andaman/V. Jayakumar, S. Rajalakshmi and M. Palanisamy. 14. The family Lauraceae in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/T. Chakrabarty, G.S. Lakra and P.G. Diwakar. 15. Global importance of medicinal plants with relevance to Bay Islands/M.U. Sharief. 16. An analysis of floral diversity in Volcanic Barren Island, Andamans, India/V. Sampath Kumar, Vinod Maina and R. Sumathi. 17. Assessment of species composition within large area ecological plot of evergreen forest, Andaman, India/C.S. Reddy, P.R. Prasad and C.B.S. Dutt. 18. Intra-variability analysis in the heterogeneous tropical Island system of South Asia/P.R. Prasad, N. Nagabhatla and C.B.S. Dutt. 19. The reproductive biology of Andaman Padauk (Pterocarpus dalbergioides roxb.)/B. Nagarajan and N. Kala. 20. Diversity of decapod crustaceans in Great Nicobar Island/Thomas J. Kariathil, S.M. Raffi, S. Ajmal Khan and L. Kannan. 21. Diversity of Corals and their associated Molluscs and Echninoderms of Andaman Sea, South Andaman/C. Raghunathan, C. Sivaperuman and Ramakrishna. 22.Studies on molluscan diversity of great Nicobar Island- a pre tsunami scenario/M. Arumugam, A. Shanmugam, T. Balasubramanian, L. Kannan and S. Ajmalkhan. 23. An account on newly recorded five species of nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/C. Raghunathan, C. Sivaperuman and Ramakrishna. 24. On some new records of Sea Slugs (Class : gastropoda, subclass : Opisthobranchia) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands/C.R. Sreeraj, P.T. Rajan, R. Raghuraman, C. Raghunathan, R. Rajkumar Rajan, Titus Immanuel and Ramakrishna. 25. Biodiversity of Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Kailash Chandra and P.T. Rajan. 26. Insect diversity of Teak plantation in Andaman Islands/Sanjeev Kumar and Seema Kumar. 27. Post-Tsunami conservation of butterflies of Bay Islands/T.C. Khatri and Tripta Khatri. 28. Freshwater fishes Andaman Islands/K. Rema Devi. 29. Diversity of butterfly fishes (Chaetodontidae) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands : indicators in coral reef habitat monitoring and management/P.T. Rajan. 30. Diversity of perch resources in Andaman and Nicobar Waters/A. Anrose, M.K. Sinha, A.B. Kar and S.K. Pattnayak. 31. Diversity and potential of oceanic fishery resources in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/A. Anrose, M.K. Sinha, A.B. Kar, S.K. Pattnayak and K. Govindaraj. 32. Spatio-temporal distribution, abundance and biodiversity of oceanic sharks occurring in Andaman and Nicobar waters/M.K. Sinha, P. Paul Pandian, S.K. Pattnayak and A.B. Kar. 33. A review of herpetofaunal species descriptions and studies from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with an updated checklist/S. Harikrishnan, V. Karthikeyan and B.C. Choudhury. 34. Avifauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a review/C. Sivaperuman, C. Venkatraman, and C. Raghunathan. 35. Foraging ecology of Andaman Crake and its conservation/Ezhilarasi N. and L. Vijayan. 36. Saving globally threatened and endemic birds using the ibas approach approach in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/M.Z. Islam and A.R. Rahman. 37. Impact of tsunami on certain rare and threatened species of Nicobar Group of Islands with special reference to the Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis/K. Sivakumar. 38. Status of the Dugong Dugon (Muller) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands based on past records and traditional hunting by indigenous tribes/Elrika D'Souza, E.K. Raveendran, P.T. Rajan and Vardhan Patankar. 39. Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis umbrosa) in Nicobar Islands, India/G. Umapathy and Mewa Singh. 40. Post-tsunami status of long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosa) in Nicobar Islands, India : future concerns/T.C. Khatri and Tripta Khatri. 41. Distributional patterns of some faunal groups in the Andaman Islands : conservation implications/P. Davidar, V. Palavai, K. Yoganand, T. Ganesh and M.S. Devy. 42. Diversity and distribution of true flies (Insecta : diptera) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Bulganin Mitra, Dhriti Banerjee and P. Parui. 43. Isolation and anti-pathogenic activity of marine actinobacteria from Rutland of Andaman and Nicobar Islands/P. Revathi, S.T. Soumasundaram, K. Sivakumar and G. Vijaya Baskara Sethupathi. 44. Strategic plan and management of alien invasive fauna in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands/K. Sivakumar. 45. Invasives and their impact on Andaman biodiversity/Rauf Ali. 46. Protected area network in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a gap analysis for biodiversity representation and conservation status/V.B. Mathur and H. Padalia. 47. Prospects of eco-tourism in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Sunita Reddy.