Venkataraman / Raghunathan / Sivaperuman Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-28335-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten, eBook

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, consist of 572 islands with a land area of 8,249 km. Their topography is hilly and undulating, with elevations up to 732 m on the Andaman and up to 568 m on the Nicobar Islands. They are known for their rich biodiversity and a very high degree of endemicity in all taxa, especially in plants, reptiles, fishes and corals. Their habitats include bays, mangroves, moist deciduous forests and evergreen forests. Comprising 20 chapters each written by an expert or professional in his/her particular field this book offers new insights into the fascinating faunal communities of these islands and provides the fundamentals for their conservation and environmental management.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Venkataraman, K.

Raghunathan, C.

Sivaperuman, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Polychaetes of Andaman and Nicobar IslandsR. Rajasekaran and Olivia J. Fernando2. Status of the benthos and its environment in Jolly Buoy Island, Magathma Gandhi Marine National Park, Andaman, IndiaP.M. Mohan, P. Dhivya, S. Subburaman and V. Sachithanandam3. Intertidal distribution of the coral-boring barnacle Lithotrya nicobarica Reinhardt, 1850 in the Great Nicobar IslandNaveen Namboothri and S. Antony Fernando4. Coral boring fauna of the Great Nicobar IslandNaveen Namboothri and S. Antony Fernando5. On the recurrence of coral bleaching and recovery in North Bay, Port BlairG. Dharani, A.K. Abdul Nazar, N. Saravanane, N. V. Vinithkumar, J. Santhanakumar, Krupa Ratnam, Dilip Kumar Jha, D. Magesh Peter, P. Venkateshwaran, T.S. Kumar and R. Kirubagaran 6. Status and distribution of Trochus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) in Andaman and Nicobar IslandsC. Raghunathan, C. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman 7. Ichtyofaunal diversity in Great Nicobar Biosphere ReserveR. Rajaram and S. Murugan8. Diversity and abundance of Chondrichthyan Fishes in Andaman and Nicobar IslandsP.T. Rajan, C.R. Sreeraj, and K. Venkataraman9. Structure of reef fish communities of seven islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, IndiaP.T. Rajan and C.R. Sreeraj10. Seaweed distribution in South and Little AndamanR. Mohanraju and Tanushree Pujari11. Diversity of Butterflies in Ritchie’s Archipelago, Andaman and Nicobar IslandsC. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman12. Diversity and distribution of corals and their associated fauna of Rani Jhansi Marine National Park, Andaman and Nicobar IslandsC. Raghunathan and K. Venkataraman13. Diversity and distribution of Odonates of Ritchie’s Archipelago, Andaman and Nicobar IslandsC. Sivaperuman, Suresh K. Shah and K. Venkataraman14. Butterflies and birds of Chidiyatapu Biological Park, South AndamanC. Sivaperuman15. Social organisation of the Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis (Galliformes, Aves) in the Great Nicobar IslandK. Sivakumar and R Sankaran16. Habitat preference of the Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis in the Great Nicobar Island, IndiaK. Sivakumar and R Sankaran17. Ecology and conservation of the Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondamiH.S.A. Yahya 18. Abundance and species distribution of bird communities in Ritchie’s Archipelago, Andaman and Nicobar islandsC. Sivaperuman and K. Ventataman19. Diversity and conservation of indigenous poultry germplasm of Andaman and Nicobar IslandsA. Kundu, T. Sujatha, S. Jeyakumar, Jaisunder, M.S. Kundu, S.K. Verma, A.K. De and R.C. Srivastava20. Diversity and conservation of farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) of Andaman and Nicobar IslandsS. Jeyakumar, A. Kundu, Jai Sunder, M. Balakrishnan, M.S. Kundu, T. Sujatha, S.K. Verma and R.C Srivastava