Advances in Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Biology: Vol: V

Contents: Preface. I. Fish and limnology: 1. Reproductive biologyof secomberomorus brasiliensis (Perciformes: scombridae)/S. Challappa, J.T.A. Ximenes-Lima, A. Araujo and N.T. Chellappa. 2. Anomalies in cirrhinus mrigala (Ham. Buch,.), Catla catla (Ham. Buch) and labeo rohita (Ham. Buch.) inhabiting freshwater environments of Jammu (J&K)/Subash C. Gupta and Touseef A. Zargar. 3. Histopathological alterations in interregnal and chromaffin cells of channa punctatus (Bloch) exposed to sublethal concentration of carbaryl and cartap/D.K. Mishra, K. Bohidar and A.K. Pandey. 4. Art of freshwater prawn, macrobrachium rosenbergii, culture in saline water/P.K. Roy. 5. Studies on the neuroendocrine regulation of egg maturation in the giant freshwater prawn, macrobrachium rosenbergii (de man)/A.K. Pande and Anjani Kumar. 6. Freshwater fish diversity of tunga and bhadra rivers, Western Ghats, Karnataka/A. Sjajmawaz and M. Venkateshwarlu. 7. Population growth and demography of Moinodaphnia macleayi (King, 1853) (Crustaceae : Cladocera) in relation to Algal (Chlorella vulgaris or scenedesmus acutus) food density/S. Nandini and S.S.S. Sarma. 8. Bloom events of toxin producing cyanobacterial species associated with fish kills in a tropical reservoir of Brazil/N.T. Chellappa and Sathyabama Chellappa. 9. Bhoj wetland: a review/Ashwani Wanganeo and Rajni Wanganeo. II. Wildlife: 10. Structure and composition of birds in the new Amarambalam tropical forests of Kerala, Southern Western Ghats, India/E.A. Jayson. 11. An unusual breeding case of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) at Jammu/B.L. Kaul and Anil K. Verma. 12. Avifauna of Jammu and Kashmir/O.P. Sharma. 13. Responses of Thyroid, parathyroid, calcitonin producing C cells and Adrenal Cortex of Rattus norvegicus to sublethal heroin administration/S.R. Barai, S.A. Suryawanshi and A.K. Pandey. 14. Biodiversity resources of Bhitarkanika mangrove ecosystem: significance and threat/Sudhakar Kar. 15. Granulosa: Oocyte interactions during folluculogenesis in Mammals/R.K. Sharma and M.B. Sharma. 16. Alterations in certain enzyme activities in muscles and nerve cord of Periplanata Americana induced by Sublethal administration of cypermethrin, carbaryl and monocrotophos/B.G. Kulkarni, Fatuma A. Mohammed and A.K. Pandey. 17. Avifauna of Jammu and Kashmir/O.P. Sharma. 18. Responses of thyroid, parathyroid, calcitonin producing C cells and adrenal cortex of rattus norvegicus to sublethal heroin administration/S.R. Barai, S.A. Suryawanshi and A.K. Pandey. 14. Biodiversity resources of Bhitarkanika Mangrove Ecosystem: significance and threat./Sudhakar Kar. 15. Granulosa: Oocyte interactions during folliculogenesis in Mammals/R.K. Sharma and M.B. Sharma. 16. Alterations in certain enzyme activities in muscles and nerve cord of periplanata Americana induced by sublethal administration of cypermethrin, carbaryl and monocrotophos/B.G. Kulkarni, Fatuma A. Mohammed and A.K. Pandey. 17. Avifauna of Mansar Wetland (J and K) with emphasis on their feeding ecology/Deepti Kotwal, Sanjeev Kumar and D.N. Sahi. 18. Penguins: the amazing creatures/Anil K. Verma and B.L. Kaul. 19. Importance of new systematic in parasitological taxonomy/P.L. Koul and M.K. Raina. 20. Insect pests associated with the medicinal plants in shivalik region of Jammu, J and K state/Madhu Sudan. Index.

The current volume is an addition to Advances in fish and wildlife ecology and biology. As in the previous volumes this volume 5 contains two sections the first dealing with fish and limnology and the second with wildlife. The first section includes some recent additions to our knowledge in reproductive biology, histopathological changes in internal and chromafin cells exposed to sublethal concentrations of carbaryl and cartap in fish, some studies on neuroendocrinology regulation of egg maturation, culture of giant fresh water prawn art of freshwater prawn culture in saline water, anomalies in freshwater major Indian ocarps, population growth and demography of Moinodaphnia in relation to algal food density, book events of cyanpbacteria associated with fish kills, freshwater diversity of tunga and bhadra rivers and a review of Bhoj wetland. The section on wildlife includes five chapters on different aspects of advances made in our knowledge of bird life, another chapter deals with study of responses of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal cortex to sublethal administration of heroin in Rattus; there is also a chapter on biodiversity resources of Bhitarkanika Mangrove system. A chapter dealing with oocyte interactions during folliculogenesis in mammals has also been added. There are two chapter son studies in insects. One deals with the alterations in enzyme activities in Cockroach induced by sublethal concentrations of chemicals the other deals with the damage caused to medicinal plants by insect pests in the Jammu Shivaliks. A chapter on new systematic in parasitological taxonomy has also been included.