Advances in Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Biology Vol. 3 is a collection of original research papers. The volume is divided into two sections viz. fish and limnology and wildlife. The section on fish and limnology includes papers on fish germplasm, fish habitat alteration, teratology, ecology and reproductive plasticity of cichlid fishes, influence of food on growth, status of various fish species in protected areas; diel variation in physicochemical parameters of high altitude zooplankton, aquatic pollution management, histomorphology of fish gonads and studies on fish parasites. A paper on issues related to gender in fisheries sector has also been included in this section in view of its importance. The section on wildlife includes a paper on conservation of salt water crocodile, follicular atresia in mammals, seasonal fluctuations in liver and body weight in common wall lizard, studies on habitat utilization of large herbivores, parasites of lizards, ecology or fresh water snails, ovular atresia iin a lizard, comparison of two wetland habitats in Kerala and a paper on effect of a polyphagoous insect pest on mulberry plants.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bansi Lal 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.
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