Liverwort and Hornwort Flora of Sikkim, presented in two volumes, is the first such comprehensive treatise for any Indian state. It presents detailed taxonomic account of 378 species and infraspecific taxa belonging to 96 genera and 51 families of phyla Marchantiophyta and Anthocerotophyta, which accounts for nearly 41 per cent of total Indian liverworts and hornworts documented so far in just 0.22 per cent of its total geographical area. It includes the description of four species of liverworts as new to science and one as new distributional record for the country, besides several range extensions to the Indian Himalayan region or Sikkim and a number of nomenclatural changes. The study is supported by immaculately drawn 352 camera lucida illustrations, 150 coloured and black & white photographs showing ultrastructure of leaf surface, spores and elaters under SEM, the oil-bodies, field photographs of selected taxa, and critical taxonomic notes. It is hoped that the book would serve as identification manual of the Himalayan liverworts and the hornworts and hence useful to not only the students of bryology, but also the foresters, naturalists and the people at large.--Book jacket.
The mangrove ecosystem in Indian Sundarbans has great role in the estuarine fish production and sustenance of large number of aquatic, amphibious and terrestrial forms of living organisms; this is because an ideal mangrove habitat releases more than 6,000 tons litter (on dry weight basis per hectare per annum) and this huge volume of organic matter after mineralisation or after complete decomposition releases nutrients to the estuarine, in shore and off shore water and the soil phases, as well. As such, the soil and water in the estuaries and delta regions dominated with dense mangrove vegetation are considered as one of the most nutrient rich and productive areas among the tropical forest zones. The Sundarbans, dominated with large number of mangrove associated and major and minor mangle species along with vast number of aqua-terrestrial mangrove habitat faunal assemblage are categorized as the World Heritage Site , by IUCN and UNESCO (1984). It is worth mentioning that the uniqueness of the mangrove ecosystem along with its rich productive nature is governed mostly by large number of micro- and macro-organisms but the algae play a very dominant role as primary producer group of organisms both in the aquatic as well as the terrestrial habitats. In this mangrove habitat the algal species in the form of planktonic, benthic and periphytic green vegetation were overlooked and less mentioned for its small to tiny structures and ocassionally invisible to open eyes, but their impact and importance are very interacting, important and high scientific value to investigate. These algal species in the salt dominated estuarine water of delta forest lands are somehow different in their identity from fresh water species but have played the most important role by trapping the solar energy and inorganic substances of the sea water and salty soil, consequently transforming them into important food for the consumer group of aqua - terrestrial fauna of this estuarine - delta sea land interphase zone. For all these reasons it is important to collect and identify the different algal flora of this less explored mangrove habitats of Indian Sundarbans and finding out their direct and indirect use as fish food and the enhancement of fishery activities for enrichment in knowledge of science and identifying their impact on fishery development is imperative. Taking, these propositions as priority areas exploration, identification and estimation of the nutrient value of dominant algal flora of Sundarbans have been carried out and based on the field and laboratory studies the collected information and data are highlighted in the book. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Geology and Geography of Indian Sundarbans, Chapter 3: Factors Governing Habitats of Algae, Chapter 4: Phycological Studies: India and Bangladesh, Chapter 5: Field and Laboratory Methodologies for the Investigations of Algae, Chapter 6: Taxonomy and Morphology, Chapter 7: Ecology, Chapter 8: Applied Phycology.
This bibliography of Brahms literature is worldwide in coverage and accesses literature written between 1848 and 1982 (a supplement covering 1983-1992 is in progress). Quigley cites some 4,700 references, ranging from the popular to the scholarly, from newspaper articles to monographs, from festschrift contributions to doctoral theses. The work is arranged by subject, and extensive cross- referencing and indexes provide systematic access. The compiler has seen over two-thirds of the references. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This monograph covers a comprehensive review of Indian works on Zygnemataceae updating the list of new taxa described so far record of originally described species from Indian habitats and adition of taxa to Indian algae.
"Volumes 1 and 2 dealt solely with leafy liverworts. This volume [3] continues to deal with the leafy liverworts, which make up 85% of the New Zealand liverwort flora."--From jacket, v. 3.
