Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Marine Faunal Communities

Part I. Tropical Marine Faunal Communities

1. The Late Holocene Foraminifera from Andaman Islands, Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal
C. Rajshekhar

2. Distribution of Live Planktonic and Benthic Foraminifera in the Shelf off Port Blair and Hut Bay, Andaman Group of Islands, India
P. M. Mohan, P. Dhivya, K. Narayanamurthy

3. Species Composition and Distribution of Sponges (Phylum: Porifera) in the Seagrass Ecosystem of Minicoy Atoll, Lakshadweep, India
M. P. Prabhakaran, N. G. K. Pillai, P. R. Jayachandran, S. Bijoy Nandan

4. Diversity and Distribution of Polychaetes from Tamil Nadu Coast, India
G. Sivaleela, K. Venkataraman

5. Current Status of Indian Opisthobranch Fauna
Bhave Vishal, Apte Deepak

6. Species Diversity and Abundance of Opisthobranch Molluscs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) in the Coral Reef Environments of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
C. R. Sreeraj, C. Sivaperuman, C. Raghunathan

7. Macrofaunal Diversity Assemblage of Edible Oyster Bed (Crassostrea madrasensis) in Vellar Estuary
R. Rajasekaran, J. Fernando Olivia, V. Sekar, J. Suriya

8. Diversity and Abundance of Marine Copepods in Muthupet Mangrove Waters, Southeast Coast of India
P. Santhanam, N. Jeyaraj, J. Sivakumar, K. Jothiraj, T. Jayalakshmi, S. Ananth, R. Nandakumar, A. Shenbaga Devi, B. Balaji Prasath, S. Dinesh Kumar

9. Assessment of the Population Status and Threats to the Horseshoe Crabs Along the Northern East Coast of India
Tripathy Basudev, K. Sivakumar, John Sajan, Behera Satyaranjan, B. C. Choudhury

10. Diversity and Distribution of Marine Brachyuran Crab Communities Inhabiting West Coast of India
M. K. Dev Roy

11. Diversity and Community Structure of Brachyuran Crabs in North Andaman
S. Kumaralingam, C. Sivaperuman, C. Raghunathan

12. Present Status and Distribution of Echinoderms in Reef Communities of Nicobar Islands, India
Sadhukhan Koushik, C. Raghunathan, K. Venkataraman

13. Diversity and Distribution of Echinoderms in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, Southern India
C. Venkatraman, K. Venkataraman, Rajan Rajkumar, S. Shrinivaasu, P. Padmanaban, K. Paramasivam, C. Sivaperuman

14. Diversity of Ascidians from the Gulf of Mannar

V. K. Meenakshi, S. Senthamarai

15. Fish Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A Review
P. T. Rajan, C. R. Sreeraj

16. Coastal Marine Fish Fauna of East Coast of India
Mishra Subhrendu Sekhar

17. Deep-Sea Fish Distribution Along the South-West Region of Indian EEZ
S. Venu

18. Distribution and Abundance of the Marine Fish Parasite from Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu
K. Rakesh Kumar, S. Parthasarathy, R. Rajaram

19. Diversity and Distribution of Reef Fishes in Gulf of Mannar Islands, India
J. S. Yogesh Kumar, S. Geetha, R. Sornaraj

20. Abundance of Olive Ridleys Along Odisha Coast: Sources of Mortality and Relative Importance of Fisheries Impacts
K. Behera Subrata, C. S. Kar, Behera Satyaranjan, John Sajan, K. Sivakumar, B. C. Choudhury

21. Sightings of Marine Mammals in Bay of Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Waters
P. Kannan, M. Rajagopalan

Part II. Ecology and Conservation

22. Status of the Benthos and its Environmental Parameters in Redskin Island, Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

P. Dhivya, P. M. Mohan, V. Sachithanandam

23. Present Status of Coral Reefs in India
R. Raghuraman, C. Raghunathan, K. Venkataraman

24. An Invasion of Snowflake Coral Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing and Michelotti 1860) in Indian Seas: Threats to Coral Reef Ecosystem
C. Raghunathan, K. Venkataraman, Ch. Satyanarayana, R. Rajkumar

25. Studies on the Recovery of Bleached Corals in Andaman: Fishes as Indicators of Reef Health
P. Krishnan, Grinson George, Titus Immanuel, Malakar Bitopan-Malakar, A. Anand

26. Artisanal Octopus Fishery: Socio-Economics and Management
Nair Aditi, Apte Deepak

27. Status and Conservation of Dugong dugon in India: Strategies for Species Recovery
K. Sivakumar

28. Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Management in India
P. Nammalwar, V. S. Gowri, S. Satheesh

29. An Assessment of Marine Fauna of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in Curio Trade in India: A Market Study
John Sajan, B. M. Praveen Kumar, K. Sivakumar, B. C. Choudhury

30. Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Protected Areas in India: Challenges and Way Forward
K. Sivakumar

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Nature Conservation, Animal Ecology