Water being a critical factor for life on earth needs thorough information in order to specific ecosystems. Understanding basic terminology of aquatic resources and fisheries bears much importance in view of increasing attention being paid to the management of our water resources. With a view to acquaint readers to the terminology in vogue the world over an attempt has been made to compile and present terminology pertaining to aquatic resources and fisheries in the form of this book. This publication would be useful to the teachers, extension workers etc. engaged in the study and management of aquatic resources. In this publication, over 8000 words are compiled for benefit of readers. These are arranged in alphabetical order. Wherever a word is bearing more than one meaning, these are stated separately under heading 1, 2, 3, …The synonyms wherever appear are indicated in the parenthesis. When two different words have same meaning, their entries are not repeated. In such cases the cross-references frequently form an integral part of the text and a cross-reference is often placed within the text and is preceded by “See also’.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR L.L. Sharma
Dr. L.L. Sharma (Associate Professor and Head, Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur) passed his M.Sc. (Zoology) in first Division with specialization in Limnology and fisheries in 1973 from the M.K.S. University, Udaipur, and did his Ph.D. in 1980 on "Limnological aspects of Udaipur waters in comparison to selected waters of Rajasthan" from the same university. He has been an active scholar in the field of environment and Aquatic Ecology for the last over 30 years and has contributed 70 research papers and 33 popular articles on different aspects of aquatic ecology, fisheries and environment in reputed journals. Dr. Sharma has been closely associated with the research projects sponsored by the D.S.T. (New Delhi and Jaipur) UNICEF, DOD, ICAR and Department of Environment of Environment (Jaipur) and Department of Atomic Energy (BRNS). Dr Sharma is an active member of several NGO's and academic associations. He has visited Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Japan for attending seminars, symposia and environmental activities. Dr. Sharma has been pursuing research in the field of limnology, Inland aquaculture, Aquatic pollution, Aquatic biodiversity, Thermal ecology and conservation of lakes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.C. Ujjania
N.C. Ujjania, Asst. Professor (Fisheries), Maharana Pratap university of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur had his M.Sc. (Limnology & Fisheries) in 1997 from RAU, Bikaner and Ph.D. (FRM) from central Institute of Fisheries education (Deemed University, ICAR, New Delhi) Mumbi. Dr. Ujjania worked at KFUPM, Dhahran (KAS) as Fisheries Biologist fro UN sponsored he has been actively engaged in research on fish and fisheries. Dr. Ujjania has published over 20 publications including research paper, research reports, extension manuals etc. Presently he is attached with KVK (Maharana Pratap university of Agriculture & technology, Udaipur) Kota and working with the farmers for extension of aquaculture activities.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V.P. Saini
Dr. V.P. Saini (Assistant professor, department of Aquaculture, Maharana Pratap university of Agriculture & technology, Udaipur) had his M.sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) in Limnology and Fisheries from Rajasthan Agricultural university, Bikaner (Rajasthan. In 1998 he did certificate course – CES (Certificate in Environmental Studied) from Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi. Beginning his professional career in 1994, Dr. Saini has worked at RTADCF, Udaipur as Hatchery development Officer. In 1996 Dr. Saini Joined University services as Assistant professor. For the last over 12 years, he has been actively engaged in research in teaching. Dr. Saini has published over 30 research papers, one book is reputed journals, and developed two water samplers and one field kit microbiological analysis of water. Presently he is attached with Non-Plan research project on aquaculture.
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