Biodiversity Ecology and Conservation of Rivers and Streams of North East India

Edited by Laishram Kosygin

ISBN 10: 8183702767 / ISBN 13: 9788183702768

Published by Akansha Pub, 2011

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Contents Foreword Preface 1 Biodiversity and conservation strategies of fishes of the Tlawng River Mizoram India with some new recordsLaishram Kosygin 2 Future of river Dolphin Platanista Gangetica gangetica in North East IndiaSP Biswas Th Pawlen Singha LP Hazarika and D Baruah 3 Ecology and diversity of fishes in the lotic habitats of upper Brahmaputra BasinJN Das and SP Biswas 4 Ornamental fish biodiversity of the rivers of Tripura and their conservationSagar C Mandal Arun B Patel Pronob Das Rupam Sharma and AU Muzaddadi 5 Fishes of the Barak River system in ManipurK Nebeshwar and W Vishwanath 6 Ecology and diversity of fish and Amphibian Fauna of Torrential streams of Wokha District Nagaland IndiaSabitry Choudhury Bordoloi and Nzano Humtsoe 7 Studies on ecological aspects of Manipur River System IndiaShantabala Devi Gurumayum and UC Goswami 8 Preliminary study on parasitic protozoan diversity of fishes of Koladyne River MizoramTh Hemandanda and N Mohilal 9 Study on certain ecological aspects on Namsang stream Arunachal PradeshRajdeep Dutta and Amalesh Dutta 10 Pre-damming investigation on river morphology and river bed sediment composition of the downstream of Subansiri River AssamDebojit Baruah Ranjit Dutta and Sarada Kanta Sarma 11 Status and functional roles of some Giant Riparian Amphiphytes in the Subansiri River ecosystem of North East IndiaDebojit Baruah Ranjit Dutta and Sarada Kanta Sarma 12 Ornamental fishes of hill stream channels of Subansiri Drainage system of Assam North East India potential for the aquarium fish trade and conservation issuesBikramaditya Bakalial Sabita Borah and Lakhi Prasad Hazarika 13 Fish diversity and their preferential habitats of Subansiri flood plain in North East India hydroelectric project and conservation needsLakhi Prasad Hazarika Sabita Borah Bikramaditya Bakalial and SP Biswas 14 Biodiversity of mosquitoes in the Brahmaputra valley of AssamPrafulla Dutta Siraj Ahmed Khan and Beauty Mahanta 15 Wetland ecology along the Dhansiri River Channel Assam IndiaP Kotoky MK Dutta and GC Boarah 16 Water chemistry of the rivers around Jorhat Assam IndiaP Kotoky RK Bordoloi NK Baruah KK Borthakur and GC Borah 17 Fish fauna and hydrological environment of Deopani stream Arunachal PradeshRajdeep Dutta Debajit Sarma and BC Tyagi 18 Pattern of microdistribution and physical habitat preferences of neolissochilus hexagonolepis McClelland in the rivers in Arunachal PradeshBoni Amin Laskar and Debangshu Narayan Das 19 Percid Fishes Teleostomi perciformes of ManipurL Arunkumar 20 Fish breeding grounds on Lohit River Arunachal Pradesh a case studyPranab Nath 21 Microbiological studies on effluent points of Nambul River ManipurRK Rajeshwari Devi and Haobjam Dhamendra 22 River pollution due to unauthorized dumping of urban solid wastes a case study of two important rivers in Imphal City ManipurW Chaoton Meetei Koijam KK Manibhushan Singh and N Ibotombi Singh 23 Molecular characterization of cyanobacteria and their diversity in wetlands including the paddy fieldsAshish Kumar Srivastava 24 Water resources in Arunachal Pradesh an overviewJS Rawat and Boni Amin Laskar 25 Ecology and biodiversity of Ningthoukhong River Manipur IndiaS Shyamjai Singh Haobijam Dhamendra and Laishram Kosygin Index Rivers have been very useful to men in all parts of the earth from time immemorial They provide water to slake the thirst of men to supply water for domestic purposes to fertilize their lands for agricultural purposes to generate hydropower and to provide a means of communication These wetlands also perform a host of ecological and hydrological functions that benefit mankind The biodiversity within these inland water ecosystems is highly diverse and of great importance to livelihoods and economies However in recent time these lotic ecosystems are deteriorating to various anthropogenic activities and thereby resulting in declining of aquatic biodiversity and resources in many parts of India including the NE region Therefor.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biodiversity Ecology and Conservation of Rivers and Streams of North East India
• Publisher: Akansha Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8183702767
• ISBN 13: 9788183702768
• Binding: Hardcover