Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: status, challenges and opportunities for conservation

AC Pinder, JR Britton, AJ Harrison, P Nautiyal… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
The mahseer fishes (Tor spp.) represent an iconic genus of large-bodied species of the
Cyprinidae family. Across the 16 recognised species in the genus, individual fish can attain …

Uncovering an obscure trade: threatened freshwater fishes and the aquarium pet markets

R Raghavan, N Dahanukar, MF Tlusty, AL Rhyne… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
While the collection of fish for the aquarium pet trade has been flagged as a major threat to
wild populations, this link is tenuous for the unregulated wild collection of endemic species …

Distribution, endemism and threat status of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats of India

N Dahanukar, R Raut, A Bhat - Journal of biogeography, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To study (1) the large‐scale distribution patterns of freshwater fishes in the Western
Ghats of India;(2) the endemism and uniqueness of the fishes in various zones; and (3) the …

[PDF][PDF] The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India

S Molur, KG Smith, BA Daniel… - Cambridge, UK and …, 2011 - academia.edu
WESTERN GHATS Page 1 THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF FRESHWATER
BIODIVERSITY IN THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA S. Molur, KG Smith, BA Daniel and WRT …

Growing 'smart'? Urbanization processes in the Pune urban agglomeration

C Butsch, S Kumar, PD Wagner, M Kroll… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Indian city of Pune witnessed rapid growth and deep transformation processes in the
last three decades. This paper assesses past developments and recent structures and …

Exploring climate change trends in major river basins and its impact on the riverine ecology, fish catch and fisheries of the Peninsular region of India: Issues and a …

P Panikkar, UK Sarkar, BK Das - Journal of Water and Climate …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Riverine fisheries will have a knock-on effect due to the changes in water flow and increased
irrigation in the agriculture sector to cope with the climate change impact. The present study …

Invasive ornamental fish: a potential threat to aquatic biodiversity in peninsular India

JDM Knight - Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010 - threatenedtaxa.org
Alien fish find their way into newer habitats and ecosystems opportunistically. Once in a new
habitat, these species try to occupy empty niches and compete with native species. An alien …

Bioefficacy of Plumbago zeylanica (Plumbaginaceae) and Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) plant extracts against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicide) and nontarget …

CD Patil, SV Patil, BK Salunke, RB Salunkhe - Parasitology research, 2011 - Springer
In a search for natural products that could be used to control the vectors of tropical diseases,
extracts of medicinal plants Plumbago zeylanica and Cestrum nocturnum have been tested …

Freshwater fish fauna of Koyna river, northern Western Ghats, India

BV Jadhav, SS Kharat, RN Raut… - … of Threatened Taxa, 2011 - threatenedtaxa.org
We studied the freshwater fish fauna of Koyna River for a period of two years from May 2007
to April 2009. We recorded 58 species belonging to 16 families and 35 genera. Eleven out of …

CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Freshwater fish fauna of Krishna River at Wai, northern Western Ghats, India

SS Kharat, M Paingankar… - Journal of Threatened …, 2012 - threatenedtaxa.org
Freshwater fish fauna of the Krishna River at Wai, and the Dhom reservoir upstream of Wai,
was studied. Fifty one species belonging to 14 families and 33 genera were recorded; 13 …