Aquatic Environment and Toxicology

by Arvind ed Kumar

ISBN: 9788170358510
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 14995.00
Biblio : xii+431p., figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Arvind Kumar is Vice-Chancellor of Magadh University and had been Vice-Chancellor of Vinoba Bhave University. Dr. Kumar is recipient of several awards and medals including Prof. WA Nizam Gold Medal by the Zoological society of India, Dr. S.Z Qasim Gold Medal.

About The Book

Water is elixir of life but the man has miserably failed to recognize this fact for the future generations. No doubt, India has a variety of lentic and lotic water resources, unprecedented development at all fronts associated with population explosion and mushroom growth of industries causes a rapid deterioration in the quality of aquatic environment. The environment is emerging as multidisciplinary faculty and aquatic environment has gained new dimensions. The present publication has been edited to reflect various aspects of aquatic environment with species emphasis on toxicology. This book is a unique compilation of 50 research articles, which will act as a searchlight for academicians, researchers, scientists, administrators and ecoplanners, which are working in the field of hydrobiology and aquacultural strategies.

Table of Contents

Preface vii SECTION I: AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT 1. Bioindicator as a Tool for Assessment of Aquatic Environment: A Review 1 2. Frequency of External Infection in Liza parsia from Polluted Harbour Waters of Visakhapatnam 16 3. Cyanobacterial Diversity in Polluted Lakes of Jalgaon District of North Maharashtra 28 4. Studies on Soil Fertility, Productivity and Ecosystem as Influenced by Introduction of Fish and Prawn in Rice-fish Integration System 63 5. Induced Breeding of Labeo rohita (Hamilton-Buchanan) Using Single Application of Ovaprim in a Controlled Environment Carp Hatchery 70 6. Evaluation of Growth Patterns of Two Indian Major Carps - Rohu (Labeo rohita) and Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) with Tilapia (Sarotherodon mossambicus) under Mixed Rearing Conditions 75 7. Observations on Three New Species of Myxobolus bütschli, 1882 from Hybrid Carps of West Bengal, India 81 8. Allelopathic Potential of Three Aquatic Macrophytes on Growth of Water Hyacinth 95 9. Food and Feeding Habit of the Cyprinid Fish Semiplotus manipurensis from Manipur 99 10. A Comparative Study on the Problems and Nature of Assistance availed from the Development Department by the Landless Farm Women Labourers in Irrigated and Rainfed Areas of Shimoga District, Karnataka 104 11. Observations on Mixed Fish Farming of Indian and Exotic Carps in a Seasonal Pond of Jodhpur 108 12. Water Quality of Well and Bore Well of Ten Selected Locations of Chitrakoot Region 112 13. Physico-chemical and Biological Quality of Ground Water in Mysore City 123 14. Physico-chemical Characteristics of Dal Lake Water 129 15. Ecological Study of Algae of Aner Dam (Maharashtra) 135 16. Ground Water Quality of Block-V Srisailam Right Branch Canal Command Area, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh 139 17. Ecological Status of Sitapur Pond at Haridwar (Uttaranchal) 148 18. Seasonal Variation in Biochemical Composition in the Muscle Tissue of Mugil cephalus, Linnaeus and Liza macrolepis (Smith) in Relation to their Maturity Stages 153 19. Water Quality and Phytoplankton Abundance in the South Indian River, Tamiraparani 158 20. Macrobenthic Molluscan Spectrum in the Coastal West Bengal 176 21. Status of Andaman Sea Ecology: Past, Present and Future 180 22. Variations of Some Abiotic and Biotic Factors of Fish Culture Ponds Treated with Neem Cake 188 23. Enzymatic Evaluation of a Heavily Polluted Lake in Mysore 194 24. Immunoresponse of Aquatic Molluscs in Biounsafe Environment 202 25. Range of Extension of Cat Fish Batasio travancoria Hora and Law to River Thunga in Karnataka Part of Western Ghats, India 211 26. Relative Condition Factor (Kn) of the Bighead Carp, Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson) 215 27. Ground Concentration of Conventional Pollutants from Major Industrial Sources of Visakhapatnam 221 28. Disease in Aqua-farming can be Challenged through Probiotics: A New Era 232 29. Assessment of Water Quality and Self-Purification Process in River Sai at Bela Pratapgarh 243 30. Impact of Degradation of Aquatic Ecosystems on Fisheries: A Case Study of Midnapore District, West Bengal 261 31. Benthic Foraminifera in Evaluating Environmental Stresses in Marginal Marine Environment: A Case Study 276 32. Regression Models for Assessment of Pollutant Loads in a River 285 SECTION II: TOXICOLOGY 33. Toxicological Effects of Cadmium Chloride on a Fresh Water Fish, Tilapia mossambica, Peters and its Ecological Significance 295 34. Effect of Malathion and Malathion-Temperature Combination of Haematological Parameters of Gobiid Fish, Glossogobius giuris (Ham.) 305 35. Effects of Sublethal Concentrations of Chromium on Gill Tissues of an Edible Fish Cirrhinus mrigala 316 36. Bioaccumulation and Elimination of Cadmium in Freshwater Fingerlings, Labeo rohita (Ham.) 322 37. Herbicides Induced Alterations on Some Haematological Parameters of Freshwater Teleost, Clarias Batrachus (Linn) 327 38 Heavy Metals in Foraminifera from the Tuticorin Coastal Sediments 336 39. Heavy Metals in Cultivated Soils and River Sediments and their Correlation Study 340 40. Clinical and Parasitological Studies on Human Fish Borne Trematode Helminthoses with Emphasis on Intestinal Histoenzymatic Changes in Egypt: Comparative Records from India 345 41. A New Kinetic Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Mn (II) in Micrograms in Water 352 42. Effect of Lethal Concentration of Metasystox (Oxydemeton-Methyl) on Blood Parameters of an Air Breathing Fish Heteropneustes Fossilis (Bloch) 358 43. Acute Toxicity of Fish Fingerlings in Paper Board Mill Effluent 362 44. Sublethal Effects of BHC on Oxygen Consumption by Fish Cyprinus carpio and Role of an Aquaphyte (Chara) as Detoxicant 366 45. “Ochratoxin A”: A Naturally Occurring Mycotoxin Found in Fish Feed Samples 370 46. FT-IR Study of the Effect of Nickel on the Tissue Proteins of an Edible Fish Cirrhinius mrigala 379 47. Metal Concentrations in Water Bodies of Schirmacher Oasis Antarctica: An Assessment 385 48. Toxic Effects of Chromium Sulphate on the Indian Catfish Heteropheustes fossilis (Bloch) in Short-term and Long-term Exposure 391 49. A Composite Approach for Evaluation of the Effect of Malathion on Gobiid Fish Glossogobius giuris (Ham.) 399 50. Acute Toxicity of Carbaryl and Methyl Parathion on Survival of Rana tigrina Tadpoles 413 Index 421