Advances in Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Biology: Vol. 1
Contents: Preface. I. Fish and limnology: 1. Melanophore occurrence in early life history stages (periodization) of Mahseer, Tor tor (Hamilton) and its role in identification of the larvae inhabiting Jammu waters of J and K state/Y.R. Malhotra and Subash Chander Gupta. 2. Seasonal variations in biochemical composition in some fresh water fishes, Part-III, Channa punctatus (Bloch)/B.N. Pandey, Anupa Sharan, Rumana Perween and M. Kumar. 3. Some relationships between size structure and fertility of rotifer populations/S.S.S. Sarma. 4. Effect of accessory pneumectomy on some haematological values of air breathing fish Clarias batrachus/B.D. Joshi. 5. Food and feeding habits of heteropneustes fossils (Bloch) inhabiting Gadigarh Steam, Jammu./S.P.S. Dutta. 6. Observations on the use of ovaprim for induced spawning of Indian major carps/P.K. Roy. 7. Aquatic Odonata and Hemiptera of Jammu and their role in aquaculture/Baldev Sharma, Neeru Dhalla and Renu Salaria. 8. A comparative study of the renal organs of freshwater teleostean fish, part-I-morphology/B.L. Kaul. 9. A comparative study of the renal organs of freshwater teleostena fish, part-II-Histology/B.L. Kaul. 10. Benthic-macroinvertebrates as indicators of aquatic environment/Usha Moza. 11. Effect of mechanical stress on early embryonic stages of Tor tor/Kuldeep K. Sharma. 12. Icthyofauna of the sector of kaveri river in head region/M.N. Madyastha and S. Murugan. 13. Biology of Indian Belone, Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton) a fresh water fish from Jammu water of J & K state I-periodization in life history of Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton)/Subash Chander Gupta and Kuldeep K. Sharma. 14. Rotifer fauna of Devikoppa tank: Dharwad (Karnataka, India)/K. Vijay Kumar. 15. Terminology of various developmental stages of fish larvae inhabiting Jammu freshwaters/Subash Chander Gupta and Arun Kumar Gupta. 16. Inter-specific competition in mixed culture of cladocera/Y.R. Malhotra and Seema Langer. 17. Limnology of farooq Nagar Pond, Jammu, Part II-Rotifera/S.P.S. Dutta and Jyoti Sharma. 18. Relative population abundance of Ichthyo-fauna of lake Mansar/Arun K. Gupta, Anil Khajuria, S.C. Gupta and Seema. 19. On the distribution and ecology of some gastropod Molluscs of the Jammu province in J & K State/Anil K. Verma and P. L. Duda. 20. Macrobenthic fauna in relation to some environmental factors in eutrophicating lake Mansar, Jammu/K. Gupta and Anil Khajuria. 21. Population structure and seasonal succession of zooplankton of Lake Surinsar, Jammu (India)/M.K. Jyoti and H.S. Sehgal. II. Wildlife: 22. On the habitat and behaviour, maturity-size and sexual dimorphism in a population of freshwater embydid turtles of Jammu, J & K state/P.L. Duda, Anil K. Verma and D.N. Sahi. 23. Status and management of wildlife in Jammu and Kashmir state/B.L. Kaul and Indu Kanwal. 24. Eco-geographical distribution and present status of herptiles in Kashmir Himalayas/D.N. Sahi and P.L. Duda. 25. Shrinking wetlands of India/S.K. Chadha. 26. Ecology and status of wildlife in Ladakh/B.L. Kaul. 27. On the freshwater chelonian fauna of Jammu and Kashmir/D.N. Sahi and Anil K. Verma. 28. Threatened wildlife habitat in Kashmir Himalayas/B.L. Kaul. 29. Role of gastropods in trematode transmission among herptiles-Part I Amphibia, a numerical analysis/Anil K. Verma and P.L. Duda. Index.