Pollution and Biodiversity : Biosocial Aspects

Contents: Preface. 1. An analysis of Indian biodiversity and conservation measures/I. Sundar, R. Mohanraj and Arvind Kumar. 2. Industrial effluent treatment with flyash: a study of Durg District (Chhattisgarh)/Parminder Kaur. 3. Role of Bhoj Wetland Project in the conservation and management of Upper Lake, Bhopal/Avinash Bajpai, S.M. Misra and Neelam Verma. 4. Assessment of quality characteristics of Twin Lakes, Bhopal with reference to aeration units/Neelam Verma, Bimlesh Kumar and Avinash Bajpai. 5. Biological pollution abatement of petroleum refinery wastewater using pseudomonas sp./Sk. Masud Hossain. 6. Effect of some pesticides activity in soil under cultivation of Cucumis melo L./M. Venkateshwarlu. 7. Epidemological profile of fluoride occurrence with severity of dental fluorosis in the rural areas of Bettiah District (Bihar)/Arbind Kumar and Rajesh Verma. 8. Observations on the effects of the detergent Rin on the frog raila cyanophlyctis Schneider (Amphibia : Anura)/K. Bala Jagannadha Rao and B. Kishore. 9. Growth and yield responses of capsicum annum L. to distillery effluent irrigation/Piyush Malaviya, Rajbir Kour and Neeru Sharma. 10. Study of zooplanktons populations in freshwater resources with respect to human activities/S.S. Kharade and M.B. Mule. 11. Sublethal effect of neem derivative on the larval development of Aedes aegypti/R.S. Mohanraj and B. Dhanakkodi. 12. An anionic detergent ‘Nirma’ induced haematologcial changes in a freshwater catfish, heteropneustes fossilis (bloch)/Priti Pathak, D.K. Srivastava and A.K,. Srivastava. 13. Seasonal distribution and community structure of edaphic collembolans in homegarden and secondary successional soil in subtropical humid climate of Barak Valley (NE, India)/Ranabijoy Gope, D.C. Ray and A.K. Hazra. 14. Studies of Artemisia annua chemicals effect in plants/Rabin Chandra Paramanik, B.K. Chikkaswamy, M.P. Prasad and M. Shivashankar. 15. Effect of physico-chemical parameters on earthworm abundance: a quantitative approach/N. Karmegam and Thilagavathy Daniel. 16. Manifestation of physiological and biochemical variations in rice cultivars under effluent irrigation during early emergence/G. Panduranga Murthy, G. Chidananda Murthy and Shivalingaiah. 17. Assessment of drought in Jayamangali sub-basin, Karnataka/J.M. Neelakantarama and H.C. Vajrappa. 18. A systematic account of the diatoms from Amaravati Dam of Dhule District, Maharashtra/S.N. Nandan, K.D. Mahajan, N.V. Patil and M.D. Pawar. 19. Prevalence and intensity of Helminth infection in the pond fish of Vizianagaram Tank, Andhra Pradesh/T.C. Diana and K. Sreeramulu. 20. Sugarcane disease scenario in different factory zones of Orissa/M.K. Mishra. 21. Studies on estimation of fluoride and develop a method for removal of fluoride from drinking water/Deepika Bansal, R.K. Mittal and C.P. Singh Chandel. 22. Studies on antimicrobial activity of probiotic microorganisms against some human pathogenic microorganisms/S. Dhiva, R. Saravanamuthu and R. Chandrasekaran. 23. Economic measures and environmental management/S. Vijayan and C. Venkatesan. 24. Influence of meteorological parameters on airborne non-fungal biocomponents over potato agro-environments/Avinash V. Karne. 25. Biodiversity of airborne deuteromycotina spore types over potato plantations in a rural area of Western Maharashtra/Avinash V. Karne. 26. Impact of fly ash-soil amendment of vegetable production/N. Tripathi, P.K. Mishra, R.S. Singh and P.S.M. Tripathi. 27. Impact of human interventions on the general behaviour of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Northern India/Ritesh Joshi, Radhey S. Gangwar and Rambir Singh. 28. The effect of air pollutants on foliar biochemical aspects of plants in the industrial areas of Namrup, Assam/Hemen Sarma and C.M. Sarma. 29. Seasonal variation in the water quality of river Cauvery: a study with reference to point source pollution at Kollegal stretch/K.L. Prakash, K. Raghavendra and R.K. Somashekar. 30. Assessment of drinking water quality in bore wells of Mysore city, Karnataka, India/H.R. Meenakumari. 31. Effect of dairy effluent discharge on the adjacent water ecosystem, Thiruvananthapuram, Southern Kerala/P.R. Abhilash, V. Sobha and S. Santhosh. 32. Effects of industrial effluents on the groundwater regime during the winter season in Kudikadu village, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India/N. Ramamurthy and S. Kannan. 33. Vermicompost: its proper and successful application in the cultivation of Aloe barbadensis/Jayanta Sinha, Chanchal Kumar Biswas, Arup Ghosh and Nazrul Haque. 34. Fluoride distribution in groundwater of Magadi Taluk, Bangalore rural district/N. Jaiprakash, Vijayakumara and E.T. Puttaiah. 35. Impact of tourism and pilgrimage on the ambient air quality of Haridwar city during Ganga Dushera Festival/B.D. Joshi and Kamal K. Gangwar. 36. Change in total hardness of water when mixed with thirst quenching herbal product called ‘Dahasamani’/L.J. Vijayalekshmi and V.R. Prakasam. 37. A review of Biofertilizers and biocides: a best alternative of chemical fertilizers and pesticides/Deepali, Kamal K. Gangwar and B.D. Joshi. 38. Need for review of water quality analysis and standard for multidimensional use of water/K.L. Prakash, V. Raghu and R.K. Somashekar. 39. Assessment of vehicular pollution and its impact on ambient air quality of rapidly growing urban centre: A case study of Hyderabad City, India/S.S. Asadi, Padmaja Vuppala and M. Anji Reddy. 40. Influence of different levels and sources of phosphorus on soybean (Glycine max L.)/Narayan S. Mavarkar, T. Basavaraj Naik, K.T. Gurumurthy and C.J. Sridhara. 41. Effect of sewage water and normal water irrigation on soil fertility/Jyoti Singh, N. Joshi, B.D. Joshi and S.C. Mohan. 42. Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution by fungal consortium/K. Indra and P. Singaram. 43. Studies on the distribution of macrophytes of Yenapat Lake, Bishnupur, Manipur/Th. Monorama Devi and B. Manihar Sharma. 44. Status of health and socio-economic condition of workers in quarrying and crushing units of Tumkur District/H. Babitha Rani and N. Shadakshara Swamy. 45. Integrated approach for water resources development in drought prone areas of Warangal District using remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS)/S.S. Asadi, Padmaja Vuppala and M. Anji Reddy. 46. Delayed effect of Neem extracts on the fitness parameters of Aedes aegypti/R.S. Mohanraj and B. Dhanakkodi. 47. Studying the feasibility of Azolla mass multiplication in sewage water/K. Indra, P. Singaram and A. Lakshmanan. 48. Performances study on treatment of domestic wastewater using Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR)/A. Gandhimathi and T. Meenambal. 49. Effect of Parthenium hysterophorus Linn. seedling vigour and yield on some legumes/K. Aruna Lakshmi and M.P. Kusuma. 50. Structure of the polysaccharide occurring in the seeds of Cassia hirsuta L.F. Part I: Hydrolytic studies/H.C. Srivastava and Rajesh Srivastava. 51. Structure of the polysaccharide occurring in the seeds of Cassia hirsuta L.F. Part II: Methylation and periodate oxidation studies/H.C. Srivastava and Rajesh Srivastava. 52. Biochemical analysis of medicinal plant Rampantly used in the tribal regions of Santal Pargnas, Jharkhand/B.N. Jha and Rakesh Ranjan Pathak. 53. Studies on production of biodiesel using palm oil by chemical and enzymatic methods and its evaluation/M.V.V Chandana Lakshmi and V. Sridevi. 54. Trophic status of Yamuna River at Mathura and Agra with respect to impact of disposal of Refinery Wastewater at Mathura/V.W. Bhonge, P.R. Chaudhari, C.D. Ghosh, J.K. Bassin and S.R. Wate. 55. Diversity of medicinal and poisonous plants of protected forest area in Institutional Campus of Nagpur City/Rakhi B. Gupta, P.R. Chaudhari and S.R. Wate. 56. Comparative study of organic pollution level from different water bodies in Allahabad city/Om Prakash Verma, Ankit Kumar, Nirmala - Singh, Purushottum Kumar and Birendra Kumar Singh. Index.

“Environmental regulatory agencies in certain states are authorized to ban the production, sale, use of certain chemicals disposal of certain wastes, or the use of certain production processes or waste management practices. Similarly mandatory banning or reduction of toxic substances has been proposed for implementation in some states. Policymakers could also lower concentration thresholds for allowable emissions and effluents of specific pollutants. Lowering concentration thresholds might reduce the cost of pollution prevention relative to generating and treating the waste to acceptable levels. Care must be taken, however, to ensure that facilities are not diluting the waste to achieve the new threshold or shifting it to another medium.

This book is a pioneering attempt in the field of biosocial environment. It will be highly useful to students of environmental sociology, environmental engineering, environmental economics and also to biological science students, researchers and teachers.”