Advances in Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Biology: Volume 6

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The current volume is an addition to “Advances in Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Biology”. Like the previous volumes, the volume 6 contains two sections – the first section on Fish and Limnology includes some recent additions to our knowledge in seed production in the giant fresh water prawn; influence of aquatic macrophytes on phytoplankton structure and fish communities; relation between zooplankton diversity and water quality of water bodies; effect of nutrients on the growth & brood size of fish food organisms; limnology of a high altitude reservoir; diel fluctuations of physico- chemical parameters and trophic status of lake Mansar; fish diversity in different lotic environments; fish parasites in marine and fresh water environments; inland fisheries in rainfed areas of Jammu and urban impacts on water quality and macro benthic invertebrate fauna.

The second section includes some recent additions to our knowledge of anthropogenic influences on the bird life in Kashmir; avian diversity of Eringole Sacred Grove in Western ghats of Kerala; feeding and breeding biology of Brown Rock Chat; Feeding biology of Red wattled lapwing in Jammu; Status and conversation of Black bucks in Odisha and wetland avifauna of a lake in Karnataka.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B L Kaul

Dr. Bansi Lal Kaul (born 1942) after passing M.Sc. Zoology from the University of Jammu and Kashmsir, Srinagar (India) in 1963 joined as lecturer in the Department of higher education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He was awarded Ph.D. in Fish Biology by the University of Kashmir in 1972. He served in various capacities including as Principal of Government College, Kathua and government of P.M.R. College of Commerce and Business Studies, Jammu. In 1991 Dr. Kaul was awarded prestigious World Food Day Award by the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. He has organized several seminars, conferences and awareness programmes on food security, wildlife and environment. He is fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the zoological Society of Londonand the Zoological Society of London. He is the founder of Indian society for Popularisation of Science and is associated with a large number of scientific and environmental societies like Bombay Natural History Society, Indian association for Advancement of Science and National Institute of Ecology. He is also on the panel of experts of several National Organisations.