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ID: 61687
Title: Kitchen Air Pollution in India.
Author: Malavika Sinha.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 93-98 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Indoor kitchen air pollution, biomass fuel, health significant.
Abstract: The discussion about the kitchen is tiny one but most effective. The function of a domestic kitchen is quite restless because it operates almost 365 days in a year. In India total number of domestic kitchens is quite higher than total Indian households. These kitchens are small food preparing industry where energy used in terms of kitchen fuel and matter in terms of food and industrial sewage occurs in the form of pollutants. Indian women on an average spend two hours per day and minimum 75 minutes per day in kitchen. This paper covers the most focal aspect of realistic picture of domestic kitchen air pollution in Indian middle class families. The exposure of air pollution is vast one. The preventive measure to combat air pollution in the kitchen is the first foot stepping of it. Here the effort has been made to make aware about exposure of kitchen air pollution in India. This is just like the concept of charity begins at home. This paper depicts the clear picture of preventive measures to combat air pollution in a developing country (India) which has to be started from domestic kitchens.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Balakrishnan, K. (2013).Respirable Particulate Level in Rural Households of Andhra Pradesh, India. Daily concentration and exposure. Environmental Health Science, 5 (2): 87-97. Balakrishnan, P.R. Kalpana (2011).Air pollution from household solid fuel combustion in India: An overview of exposure and health related information to inform health research priorities. Centre for Global Health Research (CGH).
Literature cited 2: Bruce, N., P.-P.R. (2000) Indoor air pollution in developing countries: A major environmental and public health challenge. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 12-22. Evans, G.J., P.A. (2008). Particle dose estimation from frying in residential setting, indoor air. Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR), 18: 499-510.

ID: 61686
Title: Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Medical Gauze as Unseen Environmental Pollutant.
Author: Devjani Banerjee, Tejas Gohil and Sarika Dudhat
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 87-91 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Nosocomial, medical gauze, Enterobacter hormaechei.
Abstract: The present study was undertaken to screen the bacterial isolates causing hemolysis present in medical gauze, used to wrap wounds. The medical gauze was obtained from medical store Anand, Gujarat, India. Isolation was done according to Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) guidelines along with 16 S rDNA characterization and further PCR was performed to check the presence of hemolysin gene. In all, 10 different bacterial colonies were isolated out of which seven were found to be resistant against one or the other antibiotic. Molecular characterization of colony number 7 confirmed the presence of hemolysin gene and was found to be resistant to larger number of antibiotics, identified as Enterobacter hormaechei. Enterobacter hormaechei is lesser known strain as not much has been reported in India. But this is thought to be one of the major bacteria responsible for nosocomial infection by means of various transmissions. Medical gauzes are widely used in surgeries and covering wounds. The possible presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria like this can give rise to devastating effect leading to various nosocomial outbreaks.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Banerjee, S.N., Emori, T.G. and D.H. Culver et al. (1991). Secular trends in nosocomial primary bloodstream infections in the United States, 1980-1989.National Infections Surveillance System. Am J Med, 91:86S-89S. CLSI Guidelines (2011).M1 00-S21.Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. Twenty-First Informational Supplement.
Literature cited 2: Garner, J.S. and B.P. Simmons (1983). Guidelines for precautions in hospitals. Infect Control, 4: 245-325. Godkar, Praful B. and Darshan P. Godkar (2007).Textbook of Medical Laboratory Technology, Bhalani Publishing House.

ID: 61685
Title: Enhanced Water Quality Modelling for Optimal Control of Drainage Systems under SWMM Constraint Handling Approach.
Author: Upaka Rathnayake
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 81-85 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Combined sewer overflows, drainage systems, NSGA II, phosphorus concentration, SWMM 5.0.
Abstract: Phosphorus and nitrogen are two important nutrients to plants. Therefore, fertilizers usually used in agricultural lands hold a significant amount of phosphorus and nitrogen. Even though these two are essential for plants, they are treated as pollutants when they are contaminated to the fresh waters. Therefore, phosphorus in storm water runoff is a concerned topic for combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Rathnayake and Tanyimboh ' s optimal control model was capable of handling five different water quality parameters (chemical oxygen demand, bio-chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, total Kjeldhal nitrogen and nitrates and nitrates) in CSOs. However, the enhanced approach is capable of integrating phosphorus concentrations into the analysis of water quality from CSOs. The new optimal control model for drainage systems was run and compared against the previous work by the author. Promising findings are illustrated from the newly developed model in controlling drainage systems.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Benedetti, L., Bixio, D. and P.A. Vanrolleghem (2006).Benchmarking of WWTP design by assessing costs, effluent quality and process variability. Water Science and Technology, 54 (10): 95-102. Deb, K., Pratap A, Agarwal S. and T.Meyarivan (2002). A fast and elitist multi-objective genetic algorithm: NSGA-II.IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 6 (2): 182-197.
Literature cited 2: Duncan, P.H. (1999).Urban stormwater quality: A statistical overview. Report-Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, 99/3, ISBN 1876006455, Australia. Goll, D.S., Brovkin, V., Parid, B.R.Reick, C.H., Kattge, J., Reich, P.B., Van Bodegom, P.M. and U. Niinemets (2012).Nutrient limitation reduces land carbon uptake in simulations with a model of combined carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling.Biogeosciences, 9: 3547-3569.

ID: 61684
Title: Multivariate Analysis for the Water Quality Assessment in Rural and Urban Vicinity of Krishna River (India).
Author: Prakash Kengnal, M.N.Megeri, B.S.Giriyappanavar and Rahul R.Patil.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 73-80 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Water quality, multivariate analysis, environmental variables, Krishna River.
Abstract: Water quality has degraded dramatically in the Krishna River (India) due to point and non-point sources. Present investigation aims to assess temporal variations of physical and chemical parameters of the river. Environmental data from rural and urban areas for the period 2007-2012 were compared. A statistical analysis was carried out with six environmental variables considering a multivariate system, analysis of variance and principal component analysis. Statistical analysis divided the river into two zones with different degrees of contamination. The most polluted zone is due to pollution inputs of municipal and industrial origin; this region showed a remarkable deterioration in water quality, mainly due to wastewater discharges.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Adeniji, H.A. (1991).Limnology and biological production in pelagic zone of Jebbalake, Nigeria.ph.D Thesis, University of Ibadan. Araoye, P.A. (2009). The seasonal variation of pH and dissolved oxygen (DO2) concentration in as a lake, Ilorin, Nigeria. International Journal of Physical Sciences, 4 (5): 271-274.
Literature cited 2: Bonde, G.J.(1977). Bacterial Indication of Water Pollution Advances in Aquatic Microbiology. Droop, M.R. and H.W.Januasch (Eds), Academic Press, London and New York. Boyd, C. (1982). Water quality management for pond fishculture.Elsevier, New York.

ID: 61683
Title: Effect of Flood on Water Resources in North-Central Nigeria.
Author: Joseph Terlumun Utsev, Chidozie Charles Nnaji and Mama Cordelia Nnennaya.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 59-71 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Flood, surface water, groundwater, pollution.
Abstract: Surface and groundwater quality of selected states within the North-Central, Nigeria were investigated to ascertain the effect of flood on water quality over a period of six months. Statistical, standardized principal component and water quality index analyses were used to interpret the results. Increase in some groundwater parameters are 198.7 % for hardness, 541 % for colour, 169.8 % for iron, 200 % for chromium and 117.6 % for calcium. The increase in some surface water quality parameters after the flood is as follows: colour (316.76 %), turbidity (171 %), total suspended solids (156.65 %), conductivity (180.5%), chromium (300%) and sulphate (121.2 %).Overall groundwater quality decreased from a fair status (69.1 %) before the flood to marginal status (55.3 %) after the flood. In the same vein surface water quality decreased from a fair status (72.53 %) before the flood to a marginal status (55.1 %).There was a 27 % reduction in surface water quality and 20.4 % reduction in groundwater quality.
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Literature cited 1: Ajjibola, M.O., Izunwanne, E.M. and A.O.Ogungbemi (2012).Assessing the effects of flooding on residential property values in lekki phase I, Lagos, Nigeria. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2 (3): 271-282. Abowei, J.F.N.and F.D Sikoki (2005).Water pollution Management and Control. Double Trust Publications Co., Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Literature cited 2: Adelye, A.and R.Rustum (2011).Lagos (Nigeria) flooding and influence of urban planning.J.Urban Design and Planning, 164 (3): 175-187. Atedhor, G.O., Odjugo, P.A.O. and A.E.Uriri (2011).Changing rainfall and anthropogenic-induced flooding: Impacts and adaptation strategies in Benin City, Nigeria. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 4 (1): 42-52.

ID: 61682
Title: Hydro-geochemistry and Water Quality Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Resources of Deogarh District, Jharkhand, India.
Author: Abhay Kumar Singh, G.C. Mondal, Mukesh Kumar Mahato and T.B.Singh.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 43-58 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Water quality, groundwater, Deogarh district, SAR, RSC.
Abstract: The hydrogeochemical study of surface and sub-surface water resources of Deogarh of Jharkhand district of Jharkhand state was undertaken to assess major ion chemistry and water quality in relation to domestic and irrigation uses. Analytical results show mildly acidic to alkaline nature of water and dominance of Ca2+ and Na+ in cationic and HCO3 - and Cl- in anionic abundance. In general, alkaline earth elements (ca2+ + Mg2+) exceed alakalies (Na+ + K+) and weak acids dominate (HCO3 -) over strong acids (SO4 2 + Cl-) in majority of water samples.Ca-Mg-HCO3 is the dominant hydrochemical facies both in surface and groundwater of the area. Weathering of rock forming minerals and ion exchange processes mainly controlled solute chemistry with secondary contribution from anthropogenic sources. Assessments of water quality for drinking purposes pointed that majority of water samples are suitable for drinking. Concentration of TDS, TH, F-, Cl- and NO3- are exceeding desirable levels prescribed for drinking water at some sites. However, these parameters are well within the maximum permissible limit except for some cases. SAR, RSC, % Na, MH and PI values suggest that both surface and groundwater are good for irrigation uses except at some sites, where salinity, MH and PI values are higher than the prescribed levels.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Agrawal, V. and M.Jagetia (1997).Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality in Udaipur city, Rajasthan, India. Proc. of National Conference on Dimension of Environmental Stress in India, Dept.of Geology, MS University, Baroda, India. Andre, L., Franceschi, M., Pouchan, P.and O.Atteria (2005). Using geochemical data and modeling to enhance the understanding of groundwater flow in a regional deep aquifer, Aquitaine Basin, South of France. Journal of Hydrology, 305:40-62.
Literature cited 2: APHA, AWWA, WEF (1998).Standard methods for the examination of water and waste water.20th edition. American Public Health Association, Washington DC. Appelo, C.A.J. and.Postma (1993).Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution. AA Balkema Publ., USA.

ID: 61681
Title: Climate Change Scenario in the Gujarat Region-Analyses based on LARS-WG (Long Ashton Research Station-Weather Generator) Model
Author: Jayanta Sarkar and J.R.Chicholikar
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 31-41 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Climate change, LARS-WG model, weather data generation, Gujarat region
Abstract: LARS-WG (Long Ashton Research Station-Weather Generator) model was used to predict future climate change scenario over the Gujarat region. For this purpose, three locations of the region namely Ahmadabad, Deesa and Vadodara for which long period daily weather data (1969-2013) are available were chosen. The results indicated that LARS-WG model adequately predicted monthly rainfall means and standard deviations and they are in agreement with the observed series as reflected in the t and f-tests at 5 % probability. The agreement was even better for maximum and minimum air temperatures at all the three locations of the Gujarat region. LARS-WG-predicted climate change scenario indicated an increasing trend in annual and seasonal rainfall at Ahmedabad and it would increase by 6.7 % i.e. 54.3 mm (in 2020) to 18.2 % i.e. 147.4 mm (in 2060) against the base period normal rainfall of 807.5 mm. Seasonal rainfall (monsoon) also has shown an increasing trend and it would increase by 5 % (38.0 mm) in 2020 to 14.5 % (110.8 mm) in 2060 against the average seasonal rainfall of 766.4 mm for the base period. At Deesa and Vadodara no trend has been observed in the annual and seasonal rainfall scenario. Standard weekly rainfall during the monsoon season has been found to increase at the start as well as in the middle of the season during 2014 to 2063 compared to the base period (1969-2013) at Deesa and Vadodara; however, no such changes have been observed for Ahmedabad. For all the three locations no trend has been observed in the annual average minimum and maximum temperature as well as in the summer maximum and winter minimum temperature.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Abdul Haris, A. Khan, M.A.Chhabra, V., Biswas, S.and A. Pratap (2010). Evaluation of LARS-WG for generating long term data for assessment of climate change impact in Bihar.J.Agrometeorol. 12 (2): 198-201. Binh, P.D. (2012).Simulation of climate change scenarios for Phu Luong watershed in northern Vietnam.J.Environ.Sci.Eng. 1:1263-1270.
Literature cited 2: Chia, E.and M.F.Hutchinson (1991).The beta distribution as a probability model for daily cloud duration. Agriculture for Meteorology, 56:195-208. Hashmi, M.Z., Shamseldin, A.Y. and B.W. Melville (2012). Downscaling of future rainfall extreme events: A weather generator based approach. In 18th World IMACS/MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia.

ID: 61680
Title: Assessment of Environmental and Human Health Risk for Contamination of Heavy Metal in Tilapia Fish Collected from Langat Basin, Malaysia.
Author: Lubna Alam, Mazlin Bin Mokhtar, Md.Mahmudul Alam, MD.Azizul Bari, Nicholas Kathijotes, Goh Choo Ta and Lee Khai Ern.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 21-30 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Risk, HQ, HI, TR, metal, Langat.
Abstract: This investigation quantified spatial variability of heavy metals and followed methods of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to estimate the hazard indices as well as cancer risks associated with consuming fish caught in the waters of the Langat river basin area, Malaysia. The calculation of metal pollution index (MPI) was carried out to classify the study area according to the level of contamination and the order of stations from highest to lowest MPI values was Langat river> Cempaka lake>Engineering pond> Pond B>Pond A>Jugra >Bandar. The level of exposure due to consumption of each chemical in Tilapia fish tissue was estimated in an average daily dose equation. The calculated HI ranging from 0.24 to 1.88 indicated 71 % stations were in the risk level. Potential carcinogenic risks associated with the ingestion of heavy metals in Tilapia fish were evaluated probabilistically by performing 10, 000 trials for Monte Carlo simulation. Cancer risk calculations exceeding the U.S.EPA ' s acceptable risk level of 1 in1, 000, 000 (or 10-6) included Ni (7.3 x 10-4) and Cd (2.1 x 10-6).However, the average carcinogenic risk (2.4 x 10-4) exceeded the accepted risk level to a great extent. The recommended daily ingestion rate of Tilapia for Malaysian people inhabiting Langat river basin area was calculated considering 95th percentile TR value of 10-6 as an acceptable risk where it is revealed that consumption of Tilapia should be reduced about 67 % from the current level to have an acceptable risk of cancer.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Adeniyi, A., Yusuf, K. and O.Okedeyi (2008).Assessment of the exposure of two fish species to metals pollution in the ogun river catchments, Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 137: 451-458. Ahdy, H.H.H., Abdallah, A.M.A. and Tayel, F.T. (2007).Assessment of heavy metals and non-essential content of some edible and soft tissue. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 33: 85-97.
Literature cited 2: Alam, L. and C.A.R. Mohamed (2011).Natural radionuclide of Po210 in the edible seafood affected by coal-fired power plant industry in kapar coastal area of Malaysia. Environmental Health, 10: 1-10. Amin, B.,Ismail, A., M.S.K, Arshad ,A.and C.K. Yap (2005).Heavy metals (Cd, Cu, pH and Zn) concentrations in Telescopium telescopium from Dumai coastal waters, Indonesia. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 28: 33-39.

ID: 61679
Title: Environmental Magnetism of Roadside Soil Contamination in the Restricted Bijyodaira Area of Mt.Tateyama, Toyama, Japan.
Author: Kazuo Kawasaki, Keiji Horikawa and Hideo Sakai
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2015
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.12 (2). 1-11 (2015).
Subject: Water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Environmental, Magnetism, Magnetic properties, roadside soil contamination, national park, Japan.
Abstract: Environmental magnetic techniques have been shown to be highly useful for investigating roadside pollution in Europe, North America and Asia. However, no studies have reported such as magnetic monitoring in Japan. Here we report environmental magnetic results along the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route at the Bijyodairaarea of Mt.Tateyama in Toyama, which is part of the Special Protection Zone of the Chubu Sangaku National Park. In-field susceptibility measurements from 17 sites (297 points) as well as in-laboratory susceptibility measurements from six sites (75 surface and auger core soil samples) show higher susceptibilities near the roadside and a positive correlation between the susceptibility and heavy metal contents. Also, the concentration of the magnetic minerals and associated heavy metals near the surface shows less vertical downward migration of these materials below 15 cm from surface. Rock magnetic analyses indicate that: (a) the major magnetic minerals are pseudosingle -and multi-domain magnetite and /or titanomagnetite; (b) the closer the road side, the more anthropogenic magnetite is present; and (c) most pollutants derived from the vehicles are deposited within a few metre distances from the road through the area. Overall, the results show that environmental magnetic techniques are suitable for studying pollution associated with vehicle traffic elsewhere in Japan.
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Literature cited 1: Beckwith, P., Ellis, J. and D Revitt (1990).Applications of Magnetic Measurements to Sediment Tracing in Urban Highway Environments. Science of the Total Environment, 93: 449-463. Chen, L.,Wu, F.-H., Liu, T.-W.,Chen, J., Li, Z.-J.,Pei, Z.-M.and H.-L.Zheng (2010).Soil Acidity Reconstruction Based on Tree Ring Information of a Dominant Species Abies Fabri in Subalpine Forest Ecosystems in Southwest China. Environmental Pollution, 158: 3219-3224.
Literature cited 2: Day, R., Fuller, M. and V. Schmidt (1977).Hysteresis Properties of Titanomagnetites: Grain-Size and Compositional Dependence. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 13: 260-267. Dearing, J., Dann, R., Hay, K.Lees, J., Loveland, P., Maher, B.A. and K.O ' grady (1996).Frequency-Dependency Geophysical Journal International, 124: 228-224.

ID: 61678
Title: Studies on insect pest association in Shisham based agrisilviculture system with special reference to pruning intensity.
Author: Vishwajeet Sharma, Ved Pal Singh and Falguni Behera.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (2) 187-192 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Dalbergia sissoo, Insect, Pruning, Timber
Abstract: Delbergia sissoo Roxb.ex DC.ver.Shisham belongs to family Fabaceae is one of the most important commercially valuable timber species. It is best known for its highly valued timber that widely in use as for timber construction, boats, cart wheels, veneer plywood, bent wood, high quality furniture, cabinets, flooring and turnery works. The present paper deals with the effect of insect pests on different pruning regimes 0 %, 25 %, 50 %, and 75 % of Dalbergia sisoo and conducted at Dusty Acres Research Farm, Department of Forestry, Jawaharlal Nehru Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur during Kharif season 0f 2012.
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Literature cited 1: Arya K. and Chander S. (2012).Formulation of Decision Support Tools for management of Rice Leaf Folder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis, Annals of plant Protection Sciences, 20 (1) : 134. Cochran W.G. and Cox G.M. (1950).Experimental Designs, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Literature cited 2: Beddard F.E. (1901).Some notes upon the anatomy and systematic position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus Proc.zool.Soc.London 70: 365-371. Bentzen R.L., Powell A.N.and Suydam R.S. (2009).Strategies for Nest-site Selection by King Eiders.J.Wildl.Manag, 73:732-938. Prasad L.,Pandey R., Ansari I.A. and Chandra S. (2002).Population dynamics of Dalbergia sisoo defoliators, Plecoptera reflexa and Dichomeris eridantis, Indian Forester, 128 (7): 800-812. Selvaraj K. Chander S. and Sujithra M. (2012).Determination of multiple-species economic injury levels for rice insect pests, Crop Protection, 32: 150-160.

ID: 61677
Title: Nest-plant correlation and predator preclusion in Asian openbill storks (Anastomus oscitans): A case study from Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary, India.
Author: Arti Garg
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (2) 179-186 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Acacia nilotica, Asian open bill storks, Nest-site, Nest-material, Predator, Prosopis juliflora.
Abstract: The Asian openbill storks (Anastomus oscitans) build their nests underproper concealment for predation preclusion to protect eggs and nestings and their wall construction is a meticulous task. The tree species Acacia nilotica and prosopis juliflora, on islands is the most preferred nest-site and nest building material are extracted from Acacia nilitica, Barringtonia acutangula, Cynodon dactylon, Cypnerus rotundus, Eucalyptus citridora, Prosopis juliflora and Terminalia arjuna. Conservation of these plant species is therefore, integral for nesting process of Asian bill storks which constitute the most dominant migratory bird species.
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Literature cited 1: : Ali S. and S.D.Ripley.1968.Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan.Vol.1, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi, India. Baker E.C.S. (1929).The fauna of British India. Taylor and Francis, London, U.K.Birds.6 (2ed.): 333-334.
Literature cited 2: Beddard F.E. (1901).Some notes upon the anatomy and systematic position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus Proc.zool.Soc.London 70: 365-371. Bentzen R.L., Powell A.N.and Suydam R.S. (2009).Strategies for Nest-site Selection by King Eiders.J.Wildl.Manag, 73:732-938.

ID: 61676
Title: Life-forms and Biological spectrum of Deeva ka Daanda a sacred grove in Garhwal Himalaya.
Author: J.C.Ghildiyal, Naveen Barthwal and Ajay Khantwal.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (2) 167-178 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Life-forms, Biological spectrum, Deeva ka daanda, Sacred grove, Garhwal Himalaya.
Abstract: Deeva Ka Daanda a sacred grove in Garhwal Himalaya, is a tradionally protected forest area with its rich plant diversity. It occupies an area in West Ameli Range in Garhwal Forest Division. The biological spectrum of this sacred grove reveals that the vegetation of this area is thero-phanerophytic.The life-forms observed were phanerophytes (26.82 %), Chamaephytes (5.79 %), Hemicrytophytes (4.63 %), Crytophytes (7.45 %), and Therophytes (34.1 %).
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Bharucha F.R. and Dave R.N. (1944).The biological spectrum of grassland association J.Univ.Bombay, 13:15-16. Ghildiyal J.C. and Srivastava M.M. (1990).Life-forms and biologuical spectrum of a tropical fresh-water swamp forest at Rishikesh (Dehradun) Indian Journal of Forestry, 13 (2), 132-148.
Literature cited 2: Ghildiyal J.C. Bisht S. and Rawat T.S. (2006).Role of Sacred Groves in the conservation of vegetation: A case study in Tarkeshwar, Garhwal, Uttanchal.Abstract in Symposium on conservation of natural resources: A social and scientific approach. Organized by Govt.P.G.College, Gopeshwar (Chamoli) Uttaranchal, held on Jan.5-6, 2006.pp.40-41. Ghildiyal J.C., Bisht S. and Jadli R. (2008).Life-forms and Biological spectrum of Tarkeshwar Sacred Grove in Garhwal Himalaya. Indian Forestry.31 (3): 343-356.

ID: 61675
Title: Studies on sacred Groves and Sacred Trees Along the Eastern Bank of River Hoogly of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
Author: Udipta Chakraborty, Olive Biswas, Aditya Kumar Das, Sankarsan Roy, Priyanka Das and B.Mitra.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (2) 156-166 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Sacred grove, sacred tree, Regular use, Deserted, Biodiversity.
Abstract: The aim of the study is to inventories and portrays the present status of sacred groves and sacred trees (SGs & STs) spreaded over the eastern bank of the river Hooghly of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Among 129 SGs and STs reported here, 84 SGs and STs are found as well maintained (65.1 %) and followed by 29 irregularly maintained (24 %) 15 deserted (11.6 %) and the rest one of occasional use. Among the eight municipalities, Naihati Municipality is carrying the maximum number of well maintained SGs and STs and Titagarh Municipality is accompanied with the highest number of deserted SGs and STs. All these sacred areas are under threat due to urbanization. Replacement with idols and concrete structures may lead to Traditional Conservation.
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Literature cited 1: Howlader M.A., Rizwan F., Sultana S., Rahman M.R., Shams-Ud-Doha K.M., Mowla R.and Sarker Apu R. (2011). Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic effects of methanolic extracts of leaves and stems of Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.).Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 1 (08): 137-140. Mitra B., Banerjee J. and Banerjee D. (2012).Biodiversity of a sacred grove in urban landscape.Bionotes, 14 (4): 118-119.
Literature cited 2: Mitra B. (2014). Insect faunal diversity in the sacred groves of Sonamukhi Block, Bankura District, West Bengal.J.Environ & Sociobiol, 11 (1): 79-88. Roy S., Roy K and Mitra B. (2012). Arthropod faunal diversity in some selected sacred trees of Serampore, Hoogly, West Bengal.Rec.Zool.Surv.India, 112 (2): 65-69.

ID: 61674
Title: Green approaches and sustainable development of conventional methods of bleaching used in paper industry.
Author: Anju Bhatnagar
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (2) 151-155 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Bleaching, Effluent loads, Elemental chlorine free bleaching, Absorbable organic halogens.
Abstract: The objective of the green approaches is to reduce chemical related impact on human health and eliminate contamination of the environment through fully and partially modified the conventional trends used in the bleaching of the pulp. The paper industry has always been associated with the various environmental issues. The pressure on paper industry is more due to discharge of chlorinated organic matter from bleach plant. In conventional bleaching chlorination/alkali extraction/hypochlorite sequence is generally adopted. The main source of pollutants in chlorination and alkali extraction. The pollutant contributes for Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Toxic Chlorinated Compounds (TOX) and colour. During bleaching of the residual lignin of pulp generate the large amount organic chlorinated compounds in the effluent. The amount of chlorinated compound used for the bleaching of pulp is directly proportional of residual lignin of the pulp. The present study is partially replacement of the elemental chlorine by oxygen or fully replacement of the elemental chlorine by chlorine dioxide and peroxide. Effluent loads from different traditional and emerging ECF bleaching sequences were investigated. Oxygen delignified Eucalyptus tereticornis kraft pulps having similar kappa number 44.91 and 26.46 were used in this study. Different ECF bleaching sequences were compared with reference sequence, C/E/H/H/O/C/E/H, O/C/E/H and O/C/E/P in terms of effluent load, such as COD, BODs AN AOX. Depending on the nature of sequences 50.0 % elemental chlorine consumption was reduced and as a result the amount of AOX formation was also reduced.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: Annergren G., Linblad P., Garlsson.G and Norrby M. (1986).In: Proceeding of the EuCePa Symposium on environmental protection.65. APHA, AWWA and WPCE (1998).standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste water. 20th Edition Washington DC, USA
Literature cited 2: Bhandari and Bhatnagar (2000). ?Oxygen bleaching of E.tereticornis kraft pulps and bleaching effluents characterization? In paper international, 4 (4): 13-15 July. Bhandari and Bhatnagar (2001). Optimization of oxygen treatment parameters for E.tereticornis kraft pulp? Indian Forester, 127 (3): 315-324.

ID: 61673
Title: Studies on Adoption of traditional agroforestry among the farmers in district Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Author: R.K.Anand, Neelam Khare, S.V.Dwivedi, M.P.Singh and Rajiv Umrao.
Editor: Kunal Satyarthi
Year: 2016
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 142 (2) 144-150 (2016)
Subject: The Indian Forester.
Keywords: Traditional agroforestry, Species adoption, Scattered planting, Constraints.
Abstract: Sonbhadra is one of the important districts in Uttar Pradesh, where characteristic feature of growing trees in the farm land under traditional agroforestry system is continuing since generations. Present study was done to find out adoption status of predominant agroforestry practice in the district. Total 300 farmers were selected from six blocks of the district by a multistage sampling and semi-structured questionnaire survey was conducted among them. Madhuca latifolia, Butea monosperma and Tectona grandis trees were found highly adopted under agri-silviculture system on farmlands of the study area, whereas, Emblica officinalis and Psidium guava were given forest preference by the respondents for future adoption under agroforestry. Low water requiring crops were generally grown in combination with tree component under different agroforestry system. Policy problem, shading effect, lack of market facility, long gestation period of tree and difficulty in cultural operation were expressed as main constraints in growing and further expansion of agroforestry trees on farm land in the district Sonbhadra.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building
Literature cited 1: ATMA (2008).Strategic research and extension plan of district Sonbhadra. Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Sonbhadra, U.P.4-6 pp. Bijalwan A., Sharma C.M., Sah V.K. (2008).Productivity of traditional agrisilviculture system in mid hill situation of Garhwal Himalaya. Indian Journal of Agroforestry, 10 (2): 17-27.
Literature cited 2: Chaturvedi O.P.and Das D.K. (2002).Effect of bound trees on soil fertility and yield of crops. Range management and Agroforestry, 23: 90-94 Dwivedi V.K., Raizada A. and Dass A. (2008).Composition of tree vegetation in community forests of Uttaranchal Himalayas. Indian Journal of Agroforestry, 10 (2): 28-33.