Recent Advances in Biodiversity of India

Contents: 1. Assessment of Floral Diversity in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India/G.P. Saravanan, P. Thiyagarajan, O. Gopalakrishnan and K.T. Parthiban. 2. Floristic Diversity of the Jarawa Reserve of Andaman Islands and Impact of Human Interference therein/T. Chakrabarty, P.G. Diwakar and V. Maina. 3. Survey on Plant Distribution in Sipcot Industrial Park, Ranipet, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India/S. Saravanan, G. Jegan and K. Muthuchelian. 4. Seven Interesting Plants from South India/C. Murugan, G.V.S. Murthy and J.V. Sudhakar. 5. Ficus Diversity in Southern Western Ghats is a boon for Biodiversity Conservation - A Glimpse/Juliet Vanitharani, B. Kavitha Bharathi and I. Viji Margaret. 6. Diversity of Soil Micro Flora and Micro Fauna in Kothagiri Hills of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India/G.P. Saravanan, P. Thiyagarajan, D. Gopalakrishnan and K.T. Parthiban. 7. Current Status of Distribution of Palms other than Rattans in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/T.N. Manohara, E.L. Linto and C. Renuka. 8. Diversity and Conservation Status of Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands/E.L. Linto, T.N. Manohara and C. Renuka. 9. Glimpses of a Few Remarkable Wild Trees for the Survival of Animal Species in Southern Western Ghats/Juliet Vanitharani and Nalini Mabel. 10. Potential Biodiversity of Underutilized Fruits in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/D.R. Singh, R. Sudha, Abay K. Sivastava, Amit Srivastava and R.C. Srivastava. 11. Effect of Pollution on the Bacterial Flora of Crassostrea madrasensis along Tamil Nadu Coast/C. Ganga Baheerathi, K. Revathi and V. Gayathri. 12. Mangrove Biodiversity Conservation Strategies/Oswin D. Stanley. 13. Studies on Live Planktonic Foraminifera in and around Port Blair Offshore, Andaman Islands/P.M. Mohan, P. Dhivya, A.S. Ngampam, D. Vijay and P. Mothilal Yuvaraja. 14. Rotifer Diversity in a few lakes of Andhra Pradesh/S.V.A. Chandrasekhar. 15. Seasonal Variation in Diversity, Spatial Distribution and Species Succession of Phytoplankton in Port Blair Bay, India/J.T. Mary Leema, N.V. Vinithkumar, D. Magesh Peter, A.K. Abdul Nazar, R. Kirubagaran and S. Kathiroli. 16. Distribution and Biodiversity of Phytoplankton in the Coastal Seawaters of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India/N.V. Vinithkumar, Mehmuna Begum, G. Dharani, Anushrita Biswas, A.K. Abdul Nazar, R. Venkatesan, R. Kirubagaran and S. Kathiroli. 17. Spatial Distribution Pattern of Phytoplankton in Relation to Nutrients Availability in the Offshore Waters of Andaman Sea, India/Mehmuna Begum, N.V. Vinithkumar, P.M. Mohan, P. Dhivya and R. Kirubagaran. 18. Hydrographical and Diversity of Phytoplankton Composition and Community Structure in Chennai Coastal Waters/G. Ananthan, P. Soundarapandian and R. Sankar. 19. Occurrence of Green Noctiluca scintillans Blooms in Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, India/C. Venkatraman and P. Padmanaban.
20. Antibacterial, Toxic and Haemolytic Activity of the Sponge, Callyspongia diffusa
(Ridley, 1884)/G. Ananthan, M. Ramachandran and M.M. Karthikayan. 21. Occurrence and Biomedical Applications of Tunicate, Phallusia nigra Savigny 1816, from Tuticorin Coast, India/K. Ganesan, S. Bragadeeswaran, Y. Venkateshwaralu and V.K. Meenakshi. 22. Effect of Tributyltin on the Different Species of Mussel along the South East Coast of India/V. Gayathri, K. Revathi, K Ganga Baheerathi and C. Raghunathan. 23. Diversity of coral and its associated fauna in Great Nicobar Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands/C. Raghunathan, C. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman. 24. Mate Guarding Behaviour in the Dragonfly Pantala flavescens (Odonata : Libellulidae) at Vellore, Tamil Nadu/R. Jayanthi, K. Revathi and Gaurav Sharma. 25. Studies on the Diversity of Odonata and Lepidoptera Fauna of Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India/Gaurav Sharma. 26. Studies on the Reproductive Behaviour of Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys (Odonata : Arthropoda) at Gyan Sarovar, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India/Gaurav Sharma. 27. Insect Conservation and Pest Management Strategy: Some Perspectives for the Control of Brinjal Pest Leucinodes orbonalis Guen/Anjali Mathur and Anuj Saxena. 28. Parasitoid Fauna Associated with Pests of Agricultural Crops in two Northeastern Districts of Tamil Nadu/M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 29. Descriptions of New Taxa in Thoronini - (Scelioninae: Platygastridae: Hymenoptera:
Insecta) from India/K. Rajmohana. 30. Development of Species Specific Microsatellite Primers for Five Amphibian Species of Western Ghats/Sanil George, V. Preeji and V. Reshmy.  31. Identification of Unknown Tadpoles using DNA Barcode Sequences/Sanil George, V.G. Sujith and K. Meenakshi. 32. The Contribution of Coral Reef Fishes to Andaman Fisheries Production: Grouper Fishery and its Monitoring and Implications for Management/P.T. Rajan. 33. Geographical Distribution Pattern of Sea Turtles in the Indian Seas/P Kannan and M. Rajagopalan. 34. Diversity of Oceanic Fishery Resources in Andaman and Nicobar Waters/V.S. Somvanshi, A. Anrose, A.B. Kar and S.K. Pattanayak. 35. Biochemical Studies on the Effect of Profenofos in Tilapia mossambica (Peters)/M.D. Bindhuja and K. Revathi. 36. Fisheries and Economics/B. Mathialagan, A. Padmanaban and K. Neethirajan. 37. Impact of Tsunami on Marine Fish Production in Andaman and Nicobar Waters and Measures for Sustainable Fishery/V.S. Somvanshi, A. Anrose, M.K. Sinha, A.B. Kar and S.K. Pattnayak. 38. A Preliminary Survey on the Subterranean Piscine Diversity in Thrissur District, Kerala, India/Moncey Vincent and K. John Thomas. 39. Nutrition Status of Some Trash Fishes/Sanjeev Kumar, G. Ananthan, M. Sudhakar and R. Sankar. 40. Impact of Aquatic Macrophytes and River Connectivity on Fish Biodiversity of Floodplain Wetlands of Dhubri District of Assam, India/Ranjan K. Manna, M.D. Aftabuddin, Jujushman Baruah, Mofiul Islam and Vijay Kolekar. 41. Habitat Association and Foraging Patterns of Two Small Cyprinid Fish Species Chela dadiburjori Menon and Horadandia atukorali Deraniyagala/K. John Thomas and Moncey Vincent. 42. Structure and Species Composition of Bird Community in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Isalnds/C. Sivaperuman and C. Raghunathan…….