Fishes are the most primitive vertebrate from which all other vertebrates including man has evolved. They are adapted to aquatic life with gills to breathe and fins to move about, although a few species can move on land and breathe air. They show a great diversity of form, habitat and are adapted to a wide range of environment. Human race has been associated with fish life from time immemorial. In the field of fisheries, conservation and utilization of fish is important as fish is major food source harvested from natural populations. Due to population explosion, high degree of pollution, urbanization, industrialization and indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides in agriculture, fish biodiversity is losing at an alarming rate. Hence, fish management is the prime need of the time. The present book “Fish Management and Aquatic Environment†is the compilation of some most recent research articles of eminent scientists from different parts of the country. With its application-oriented approach, the book would be immensely useful to everyone dealing with aquacultural science, such as university teachers, farmers, academics, technocrats, politicians, researchers and post-graduate students as well.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Arvind Kumar
Dr. Arvind Kumar (b. 23-03-1953), University Professor, Department of Zoology, S.K. University, Dumka has 24 years' experience as an outstanding teacher and researcher. He is a recipient of National Merit Scholarship all through his college and university years and got meritorial fellowship of CSIR, New Delhi. He has been awarded Professor W.A. Nizami Gold Medal by the Zoological Society of India in 2000during 11th annual Congress. He did his M. Sc. In Zoology in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1982 on Eco-Physiology of Aquatic Insect from Bhagalpur University. He has done pioneering work in the field of limnology, aquatic insect ecology, biodiversity, conservation and tribal ecology. Dr. Kumar has successfully guided more than 11 research scholars for Ph.D. and got more than 205 research articles and reviews published in reputed national and international journals. He has authored/ edited more than 15 books and is also on the Editorial Board of more than a dozen esteemed national and international journal. Dr Kumar is a fellow, life-member and member of number of organizations and is also working as office bearer of some of them. Dr. Kumar has charied a number of sessions of different seminars/ symposia. He was also made convener of the National Symposium organized by S.K. University in 1998. He has been invited to different Universities, such as, University of Madras, Chennai, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad, etc. to deliver lectures' on different topics of Environmental Sciences. Presently, Dr. Kumar is the Charman of Board of Environment Impact Assessment & Ecoplanning, Jharkhand, President of Tribal Ecoconservation Society ad Secretary General of Society of Environmental Sciences. He is also the Chief Editor of Journal of Current Sciences and the Editor of Indian Journal of Environment and Ecoplanning. Professor Kumar has visited Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy & Vienna in 2005 and China, Japan & Singapore in 2006 in order to deliver lectures during international symposia. He is a fellow, life member and member of number of organizations and is also working as office organizations and is also working as office bearer of some of them. Dr. Kumar has chaired a number of sessions of different seminars/symposia in India and abroad. He has been editing there international scientific journals at a time regularly since more than fifteen years and is Editor-in-Chief of The Ekologia , Chief Editor of Journal of Current Sciences & Editor of Indian Journal of Environment and Ecoplanning. Dr. Kumar is also the hon'ble member, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, Ranchi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pushpalata Dubey
Dr. Pushpalata Dubey, Lecturer in Department of Zoology, T. N. B. College, Bhagalpur (Bihar) has many years of experience as an outstanding teacher and researcher. She has published more than 25 research articles and is presently principal investigator of a major project awarded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi on verms and Vermitechnology.
There are no reviews yet.