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<#LINE#>Analysis of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Kshipra river Water at Ujjain, India<#LINE#>Savita@Dubey<#LINE#>1-4<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJEvsS-2012-017.pdf<#LINE#> Reader at the Department of Chemical Engineering IES IPS Academy Indore, MP, INDIA<#LINE#>7/8/2012<#LINE#>21/11/2012<#LINE#>These Physico-chemical parameters of Wastewater disposed off in the river and outlet of ponds of entire Ujjain city were studied. In the present study sample of river water were collected during the year. Physico-chemical parameters namely pH, turbidity, TS, TDS, TSS, CaH, MgH, Cl, SO, NO, BOD, COD were  analyzed using standard methods prescribed as in the APHA (1998). The result indicates that the water is unsuitable for both domestic and industrial use as there exist possibility of corrosion in boilers.   <#LINE#> @ @ Keun-Joo Choi and Sang-Goo Kim, Removal of antibiotics by coagulation and granular activated carbon filtration, Journal of Hazardous Materials,151, 38–43 (2008) @No $ @ @ Luigi Rizzo, Annamaria Di Gennaro and Marialuisa Gallo, Coagulation/chlorination of surface water: A comparison between chitosan and metal salts, Separation and Purification Technology,62, 79–85 (2008) @No $ @ @ Rosa M., Boleda M., Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura,Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in adrinking water treatment plant (DW TP) using combined conventional and ultra filtration and reverse osmosis (UF/ RO) treatments, Environmental Pollution, 159, 1584-1591 (2011) @No $ @ @ Marcela Boroski, Angela Claudia Rodrigues and Juliana Carla Garcia, Combined electro-coagulation and TiOphotoassisted treatment applied to wastewater effluents from pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, Journal of Hazardous Materials,162, 448–454 (2009) @No $ @ @ Maria Huerta-Fontela, Maria Tere sa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and hormones through drinking water treatment, Water Research,45, 1432-1442 (2011) @No $ @ @ Maria Klavarioti, Dionissios Mantzavino, Despo Kassinos Review article: Removal of residual pharmaceuticals from aqueous systems by advanced oxidation processes, Environment International,35, 402–417 (2009) @No $ @ @ Marta Carballa, Francisco Omil, Juan M. Lema, Removal of cosmetic ingredients and pharmaceuticals in sewage primary treatment, Water Research,39, 4790 – 4796 (2005) @No $ @ @ Meijie Ren, Yonghui Songa, Shuhu Xiao a, Ping Zeng a, Jianfeng Peng a, Treatment of berberine hydrochloride wastewater by using pulse electro-coagulation process with Fe electrode, Chemical Engineering Journal, 169, 84–90 (2011) @No $ @ @ Mohamed I. Badawy, Rifaat A. Wahaab, A.S. El-Kalliny, Fenton-biological treatment processes for the removal of some pharmaceuticals from industrial wastewater, Journal of Hazardous Materials,167, 567–574 (2009) @No $ @ @ Niina Kulik, Marina Trapido, Anna Goi, Yelena Veressinina and Rein Munter, Combined chemical treatment of pharmaceutical effluents from medical ointment production, Chemosphere,70, 1525–1531 (2008) @No 
<#LINE#>Species Richness and Diversity of Ichthyofaunal communities of the Lower Cross River floodplain, Nigeria<#LINE#>I.E.@Ekpo,J.P.@Udoh<#LINE#>5-14<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-026.pdf<#LINE#>* Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Environmental Management, University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo - 520001, NIGERIA <#LINE#>2nd/2/2013<#LINE#>15/4/2013<#LINE#>The ichthyofaunal composition of the floodplains of the Lower Cross River was investigated and compared in order to promote its management. A total of 5211 fish were sampled for 12 consecutive months from commercial landings of artisanal fishers from three sampling stations. We estimate 77 species distributed into 52 genera, 29 families and 9 orders, both of freshwater (88.66%) and euryhaline (marine intrusive) fishes (11.34%), with averagely 1-3 species per genus. The fishes composed mainly Perciformes, the least being Polypteriformes and Clupeiformes.. The five most abundant fish families are the Bagridae &#65533; Cichlidae &#65533; Mormyridae &#65533; Mugilidae and Cyprinidae. Study suggests growth and recruitment overfishing with populations generally bigger upstream than their counterparts downstream and elucidates contributions of floodplains as nursing and spawning grounds in river fisheries and productivity.  <#LINE#> @ @ Hillary A., Kokkonen M. and Max L., eds., Proceedings of the World Heritage Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Hanoi, Viet Nam, February 25 – March 1, 2002, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris, 92 (2003) @No $ @ @ Ita E.O., Inland fishery resources of Nigeria CIFA Occasional Paper No. 20, FAO, Rome, 120 (1993) @No $ @ @ Obasohan E.E. and Oronsanye J.A.O., Biodiversity and sustainability of freshwater fishes in Nigeria, In Ansa, E. J., Anyanwu P.E., Ayonoadu B.W., Erondu E.S., Beekae S.N., eds. 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<#LINE#>Use of Aquatic Insects in Water quality assessment of Ponds around two Cement Factories of Assam, India<#LINE#>Susmita@Gupta,Sushmita@Dey,Pinki@Purkayastha<#LINE#>15-19<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-045.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Ecology and Environment Science, Assam University, Silchar-788004, INDIA<#LINE#>20/2/2013<#LINE#>21/4/2013<#LINE#>Present study was carried out using aquatic insects as bio monitors in a few ponds located near Badarpur and Bokajan cement factories, Assam, North East India. Study revealed presence of aquatic insect order Hemiptera, two families (Gerridae and Notonectidae) and  three species (Anisops sp. , Gerris sp.  and Buenoa sp.) from the ponds located around Cement factory, Badarpur.  Anisops sp. was found eudominant in all the ponds except pond 1 where Gerris sp. was eudominant. Ponds (pond 5 and 6) located around   Bokajan Cement Factory revealed presence of  two aquatic insect orders (Hemiptera and Odonata), five  families (Notonectidae, Gerridae, Nepidae, Coenagrionidae and Libellulidae) and  eight  species (Gerris sp., Anisops sp.,  Limnometra sp., Ranatra sp., Pseudogrion sp., Ischnura  sp., Libellula sp., Sympetrum sp.). In Pond 5, Gerris sp. was found eudominant . In Pond 6, Anisops sp. was found eudominant. In each of the five ponds diversity index (Shannon H' Log Base 10) values were found less than 1 where as signal values were found less than 5.5. 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<#LINE#>Water quality Parameters and it influences in the Ennore estuary and near Coastal Environment with respect to Industrial and Domestic sewage<#LINE#>Raj V.@Mohan,S.@Padmavathy,S.@Sivakumar<#LINE#>20-25<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-071.pdf<#LINE#> Sir Theagaraya College, PG & Research Department of Zoology, Chennai 600 021, Tamil Nadu, INDIA<#LINE#>22/3/2013<#LINE#>21/5/2013<#LINE#>The present investigation was aimed to study the effect of industrial and domestic sewage on the water quality parameters of Ennore estuary and coastal water of Ennore. The concentrations of the water quality parameters like temperature, pH, salinity, total hardness, nitrite, nitrate, ammonia, phosphate etc., were above the coastal water level due to the continuous discharge of domestic sewage and industrial effluent. 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<#LINE#>Diversity of Airborne Fungi in Kadegaon Tahsil, District Sangli, MS, India<#LINE#>M.M.@Ghatge,V.S.@Salunkhe,R.R.@Jadhav<#LINE#>26-29<#LINE#>5.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-091.pdf<#LINE#> Dept. of Botany, Bharati vidyapeeth’s Matoshri  Bayabai  Shripatrao Kadam, Kanya Mahavidyalaya Kadegaon-415304, MS, INDIA <#LINE#>17/4/2013<#LINE#>4/5/2013<#LINE#>The present investigation deals with the study of aerospora.at Kadegaon. The observations were done during the two years. Study of aerospora of Kadegaon at different sites has been done. During the investigation the aerospora of Kadegaon in December to January shows some common fungal aerospora at particular period of appearance in the air. Dominating fungi are of duteromycetes about 25 species, phycomytes 6, ascomycetes 12 and basidiomycetes 5 spccies. Out of which some are pathogenic, some are saprophytic, some fruit rotting while Aspergillus Micheli ex Link, Mucor Micheli ex.fr, Rhizopus Ehrenberg, Aspergillus Micheli ex Link are highly allergenic causing diseases to human being and plants also. Appearance of these particles is characteristic and metrological useful factor. By knowing the period and allergenic characteristic one can prepare a personal calendar to avoid allergenic diseases as well as metrological forecasting the weather conditions and to control the plant diseases. <#LINE#> @ @ Edmonds R.L. and Benninghoff W.S.,Aerobiology and its modern applications, Ann. Arbor. Mich. S., 1-18 (1973) @No $ @ @ Tilak S.T. and Babu M., Aerobiology of Pyricularia leafsport diseases of bajra in relation of weather condition, Poll. Res. J. (1983) @No $ @ @ Bhatia H.S. and Gaur R.D., Studies on Aerobiology: Atmospheric fungal spores, New  Phytologist, 82, 519-527 (1979) @No $ @ @ Tilak S.T., Aeromycology –Aspects and Prospect: fungi and biotechnology: Recent advances, 137-156 (1991) @No $ @ @ Bijaykumar Nayak, Anima Nanda and Narayan Behera, Airborne fungal spores in industrial area, Seasonal and diurnal periodicity, Aerobiology, 14(1), 59 (1998) @No $ @ @ Cadham F.T., Asthama due to grains rust, J.A.M.S., 83, 27 (1924) @No $ @ @ Morales J., Gonzaler F.J., Minero M., Carrasco V.M., Orgalla P., Candau, Airbornebasidiospores in the atmosphere of Seville (south Spain), Aerobiologia, 14(1), 59 (2006) @No $ @ @ Baitule S.J. and Saoji A.A., Aerobiological studies of allergenic Importance of the slum areas of Mumbai, Indian J.Allergy Asthama Immunol., 16(1), 55-71 (2002) @No $ @ @ Khan Z .U., Madhurma Ganguar, Gaur S.N. and RandhawH.S., Thermophlic actinomycetes in cane sugar mills: an aeromicrobiologic and seroepidemiologic study, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 64(4), 339-344 (1994) @No $ @ @ Archana Manish Sawane and Aarti Ashok Saoji, A report on Penicillium in the intramural and extra mural air of residential areas of Nagpur city (India), Aerobiology, 20, 229-236 (2005) @No $ @ @ Marcia A., Shirakaova, Christinec, Gaylarde, Peter M, Vanderley John, Walderez Gambale., Fungal colonization and succession on newly painted building effect of biocide, FEMS, Microbiology, and Ecology, 39(2), 165-173(2002) @No $ @ @ Arun Arya, A, R. Shaha and Satish Sadasiva, Indoor  aeromycoflora of Baroda museum and deterioration of Egyptian mummy (2001) @No $ @ @ Greicy Kiel, Christine C, Gaylarde., Diversity of tolerant culturable aerobic microorganisms of historic buildings in southern Brazil, World journal of microbiology and Biotechnology, 23(3), 303 (2007) @No $ @ @ Chitra Arya and Arun Arya.,Aeromycoflora of fruit market of Baroda, India and associated diseases of certain fruits, Aerobiologia, 23, 283-289 (2007) @No 
<#LINE#>Changes in Lung Function status of Adult Female over last one decade: A Cross-Sectional study in Kolkata, India<#LINE#>Pinaki@Chatterjee,Das@Paulomi<#LINE#>30-34<#LINE#>6.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-100.pdf<#LINE#>* Office of the Secretary, Faculty Councils for Postgraduate Studies, University of Kalyani, Kalyani- 741235, West Bengal, INDIA @ Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani- 741235, West Bengal, INDIA <#LINE#>26/4/2013<#LINE#>10/5/2013<#LINE#>Keeping in view the present air condition of Kolkata, study was planned to distinguish lung function status of female citizens in a period gap of one decade. Healthy, non-smoking female aged 20-34 years, residing in Kolkata were undergone for Lung function tests. According to age subjects were divided into three groups (20-24, 25-29, 30-34 yr). Anthropometric and lung function parameters (FVC, FEV, MVV) were recorded in the year 2003 and 2013. They were examined for spirometric lung functions by method and technique recommended by American Thoracic Society. Student’s ‘t’ test was executed to compare between the age matched groups of 2003 and 2013. No significant difference was observed in height, weight, BMI between the age matched groups of 2003 and 2013. All lung function parameters were found to be reduced in age matched groups of 2013 as compared to 2003. FVC, FEV were significantly (p0.01) lower in 25-29 yrs and 30-34 yrs age group of 2013. There was also significant decrease in MVV for all age matched population of 2013 compared to that of 2003. 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<#LINE#>Studies on Watershed Management in Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India<#LINE#>R.R.@Ingavale,V.V.@Jadhav,P.D.@Raut<#LINE#>35-38<#LINE#>7.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-107.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Environmental Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, MS, INDIA <#LINE#>4/5/2013<#LINE#>17/5/2013<#LINE#>Indeed water as a biological need of all living things it is needed to be used wisely due to over exploitation of such valuable natural resource. Hence, watershed management plan has proved to be very beneficial for water conservation. Analysis and assessment tools like GIS along with remote sensing have proved to be very efficient and effective and hence useful for management of such a useful resource. The present study is carried out in Shivaji University, Kolhapur situated at 1640’31.81”N and 740 15’12.10”E, in the outskirts of Kolhapur city and is at altitude of 607 m above mean sea level. The obtained land cover map easily shows that majority of the land is under vegetation. It is due to availability of the water through small tributaries. This work is concerned with various maps of Shivaji University, Kolhapur. These maps are prepared by using toposheets of Kolhapur city and the software’s like Erdas 9.1 and Arc GIS 9.1. The prepared maps include the drainage pattern, contour map, elevation map and land use/ land cover map. Depending upon these maps, three suitable sites for watershed management plan are proposed in Shivaji University, Kolhapur. <#LINE#> @ @ Tideman E.M., Watershed Management: Guidelines For Indian Conditions, Omega Scientific Publishers, New Delhi (1999) @No $ @ @ Pathak N.B. and Mankodi P.C., Hydrological status of  Danteshwar pond, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, 2(1), 43-48 (2013) @No $ @ @ Kumar Manoj and Padhy Pratap Kumar, Climate Change, Water Resources and Food Production: Some Highlights from India’s Standpoint, International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, 2(1), 79-87 (2013) @No $ @ @ Jain P.C., Permanent Solution For Water Scarcity: Watershed Management, Kerala calling, (2004) @No $ @ @ Khan M.A., Watershed Management For Sustainable Agriculture, Agrobios Publication, New Delhi, 13-19(2002) @No $ @ @ Yassir A.M.N., Watershed Management for Asifabad and Wankadi Taluks, Adilabad District, A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach, Int J. of App Engg Research, Dindigul, (1)1 (2010) @No $ @ @ Ivan M., Jozef K. and Katarina T., Application of Hydroinformatic Tools in Water Supply Management, Int Symposium on Water Mgmt and Hydraulic Engg, 469-476 (2009) @No $ @ @ Karanjit S., Remote Sensing And GIS In WatershedArea Management (2003) @No $ @ @ Vasanti R., Vanaraju G. and Baskaran R., Watershed Management of Thoppiayar Upper Basin Using remote Sensing and GIS, Int J vof Current Research, 4(1), 217-224, (2012) @No $ @ @ Athavale R.N., Water Harvesting and Sustainable Supply in India, Rawat Publications, New Delhi (2003) @No $ @ @ Budumuru Y., Tesfa G. and Gebremedhin, Participatory Watershed Management For Sustainable Rural Livelihoods In India (2006) @No $ @ @ Sreenivasa Rao D., Dasratha Ramaiah K. and Krishna Naidu M., Watershed Development Programme: Potential and Importance, Water Resource Management, 127-131 (2005) @No $ @ @ Gosain A.K. and Rao S., GIS-based technologies for watershed management, Current Sci, 87(7),(2004) @No $ @ @ Johnson N., Ravnborg H.M., Westermann O. and Probst K., User Participation In Watershed Management And Research, Capri, 19, (2001) @No $ @ @ Kadam V.A., Bhosale R., Kale Y., Umapathy V. and Rao G.V., GIS-based Watershed Delineation and Runoff Calculation in Areas of Urban Development, http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/~csre/conf/wp-content/ uploads /fullpapers/PS2/PS2_12.pdf (2013) @No $ @ @ LalSamarakoon Introduction to Watershed Management, http://www.isprs.org/caravan/documents/Watershed_Lao.pdf (2013) @No $ @ @ Maggie B., Rupert T., Water: A Matter Of Life and Health, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1-37 (2005) @No $ @ @ Pahari K., Delsol J.P. and Murai S., Remote Sensing And GIS For Sustainable Watershed Management-A Study From Nepal, (2006) @No $ @ @ Ramappa P. and Sankara U., Impact of Watershed Development, Water Resource management, 140-143 (2005) @No 
<#LINE#>Modeling Phenol Adsorption in Water Environment using Artificial Neural Network<#LINE#>Snigdha@Kundu<#LINE#>39-43<#LINE#>8.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-115.pdf<#LINE#>  National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, 713209, West Bengal, INDIA <#LINE#>14/5/2013<#LINE#>20/6/2013<#LINE#>In the present work removal of phenol from aqueous solution using peat soil as adsorbent dose was studied. The initial phenol concentration was varied from 5 mg/L to 20 mg/L with varying amount of peat soil (5-20 gm) in laboratory batch adsorption experiment. The maximum adsorption efficiency was found at initial phenol concentration of 10 mg/L, adsorption dose of 200 g/L and pH of the solution of 6.0. The equilibrium contact time was found at 6 hour. A three layer feed forward artificial neural network (ANN) with back propagation training algorithm was developed to model the adsorption process of phenol in aqueous solution using peat soil as adsorbent. The neural network architecture consisted of tangent sigmoid transfer function (tansig) at hidden layer with 20 hidden neurons, linear transfer function (purelin) at output layer and Lavenberg-Marquardt (LM) backpropagation training algorithm. The neural network model predicted values are found in close agreement with the batch experiment result with correlation coefficient (R) of 0.993 and mean squared error (MSE) 0.00105996. <#LINE#> @ @ Patterson J.W., Wastewater Treatment Technology, Ann Arbor Science Inc, USA, (1975) @No $ @ @ Yu J.Y., Shin M.Y., Noh J.H., and Seo J.J., Adsorption of Phenol and Chlorophenols on Ca-montmorillonite in Aqueous Solutions, Geoscience Journal, 8(2),  185-189 (2004) @No $ @ @ ATSDR, Toxicological Profile of Phenol, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CAS # 108-95-2, Public Health Service, Atlanta, G.A. (1998) @No $ @ @ Mitra P.P.  and Pal T.K., Treatment of Effluent Containing Phenol and Catalytical Conversion, Int. Chem. Eng., 41(1), 26-30 (1994) @No $ @ @ Sivanandam A.V. and Anirudhan T.S., Phenol Removal From Aqueous System By Sorption on Jack Wood Sawdust, Indian J.Chem, Technol., ,137-142 (1995) @No $ @ @ Singh D.K. and Mishra A., Removal of Phenolic Compound From Water Using Chemical Treated Saw Dust, Ind. J. Env. Health, 32, 345-351 (1990) @No $ @ @ Bhat D.J., Bhargava D.S. and Panesar P.S., Effect of pH on Phenol Removal in Moving Media Reactor, Indian J. Env. Health, 25, 261-267 (1983) @No $ @ @ Mukherjee S.N., Kumar S., Mishra A.K. and Fan M., Removal of Phenols from Water Environment By Activated Carbon, Bagasse Ash and Wood Charcoal, Chemical Engg. Journal, 129, 133-142 (2007) @No $ @ @ Viraraghavan T. and Maria Alfaro F., Adsorption of Phenol from Wastewater by Peat, Fly Ash and Bentonite, J. Hazard. Mater., 57, 59-70 (1998) @No $ @ @ Mortule M.M., Abdalle  J. and Ghadban A., Modeling Phosphorus Removal Process Using Artificial Neural Network, BALWOIS-2010Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (2010) @No $ @ @ Brasquet C. and Le Cloirec P., QSAR For Organics Adsorption Onto Activated Carbon in Water: What about the use of neural networks?, Water Research, 3317), 3603-3608 (1999) @No $ @ @ Kumar K.V. and Porkodi K., Modeling The Solid-Liquid Adsorption Processes Using Artificial Neural Networks Trained By Pseudo Second Order Kinetics, Chemical Engineering journal,148(1), 20-25 (2009) @No $ @ @ Yetilmezsoy K. and Demirel S., Artificial Neural etwork (ANN) Approach for Modeling of Pb (II) Adsorption from Aqueous Solution By Antep pistachio (Pistacia Vera L.) Shells, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 153, 1288-1300 (2008) @No $ @ @ APHA, AWWA,WCF, Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17th Ed., Washington, D.C, USA (1995) @No $ @ @ kici B.B. and Aksoy U.T., Prediction of Building Energy Consumption By Using Artificial Neural Networks, Adv. Eng. Softw., 41(2), 141-147 (2010) @No $ @ @ Baughman D.R. and Liu Y.A., Neural Networks in Bioprocessing and Chemical Engineering, Academic Press, San Diego, (1995) @No $ @ @ Sato A., Sha Z. and Palosaari S., Neural Networks For Chemical Engineering Unit Operation, Chem. Eng. Technol, 22, 732-739 (1999) @No $ @ @ Chu K.H., Prediction of Two-Metal Biosorption Equilibria Using A Neural Network, The European Journal of Mineral Processing and environmental Protection, 3(1), 119-127 (2003) @No $ @ @ Aghav R.M., Kumar S. and Mukherjee S.N., Artificial Neural Network Modeling in Competitive Adsorption of Phenol and Resorcinol From Water Environment Using Some Carbonaceous Adsorbents, Journal of Hazardous Materials,188, 67-77 (2011) @No $ @ @ Masters T., Practical Neural Network Recipes in C++, Academic Press, San Diego, California (1993) @No 
<#LINE#>Superparamagnetic PVA-Alginate Microspheres as Adsorbent for Cu2  ions Removal from Aqueous Systems<#LINE#>Alka@Tiwari,Prerna@Kathane<#LINE#>44-53<#LINE#>9.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-117.pdf<#LINE#> Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, Govt. V.Y.T. PG. Autonomous College, Durg, CG-491001, INDIA<#LINE#>18/5/2013<#LINE#>8/6/2013<#LINE#>The sorption efficiency of superparamagnetic nano iron oxide loaded Polyvinyl Alcohol-Alginate (PVA-A) was investigated for the removal of Cu2+ ions from aqueous solution. Various effects i.e. adsorbent dose, contact time, pH, initial metal ion concentration and temperature were studied. The PVA-A microspheres were magnetized insitu and the size and structure of magnetic nano particles were characterized by XRD, FTIR and TEM analysis. The equilibrium experimental results were analyzed in terms of Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms to obtain the appropriate model and found that all the isotherms well represented the measured sorption data for Cu2+ and various static parameters were evaluated showing the sorption to be feasible, spontaneous and exothermic in nature. The superparamagnetic PVA-A microspheres have been found to be the efficient adsorbent for removal of toxic Cu2+ ions from industrial wastewater (>99% removal) and could be regenerated efficiently (>98%) and used repeatedly for further experiments. <#LINE#> @ @ Wan Ngah W., and Hanafiah M., Removal of heavy metal ions from waste water by chemically modified plant wastes as adsorbent:A review. J. of Bioresource Technology, 99(10), 3935-3948 (2008) @No $ @ @ Quek S.Y., Wase D. and Forster C.F., The use of sago waste for the sorption of lead and copper. 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J. of Applied Sciences in Environmental Sanitation, 6 (4), 447-462 (2011) @No $ @ @ Dekhil A.B., Hannachi Y. and Ghorbel A., Comparative study of removal of cadmium from aqueous solution by using low-cost adsorbents, J. of Environ.l Sci. and Tech., 4(5), 520-533 (2011) @No $ @ @ Tiwari A., Tiwari R. and Bajpai A.K., Dynamic and equilibrium studies on adsorption of Cu (II) ions onto biopolymeric cross-linked pectin and alginate beads, J. of Dispersion Science and Technology,  30, 1208-1215 (2009) @No $ @ @ Tiwari A., Dewangan T.  and Bajpai A.K., Adsorption of Hg (II) ions onto binary biopolymeric beads of carboxymethyl cellulose and alginate, J. of Dispersion Science and Technology, 31, 844-851 (2010) @No $ @ @ Tiwari A., Dewangan T. and Bajpai A.K., Removal of chromium (VI) ions by adsorption onto binary biopolymeric beads of sodium alginate and carboxymethyl cellulose, J. of Dispersion Science and Technology, 32, 1075-1082 (2011) @No $ @ @  Tiwari A., Dhiwar C. and Bajpai A. 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<#LINE#>Food and Feeding Ecology of Jungle Babbler, Turdoides striatus sindianus (Ticehurst) in District Jammu (J&K), India<#LINE#>A.@Anthal,D.N.@Sahi<#LINE#>54-57<#LINE#>10.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-118.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (180006), J&K, INDIA<#LINE#>20/5/2013<#LINE#>3rd/6/2013<#LINE#>The present study on food and feeding ecology of Jungle Babbler, Turdoides striatussindianus (Ticehurst) was carried out during June, 2010 to December, 2011 at district Jammu. The study revealed that these babblers have omnivorous feeding habit with insects forming the predominant portion of their diet. Their plant diet included fruits, berries, nectar, figs, seeds and grains. Lifting of dead leaves on ground was found to be the most common strategy applied by these babblers for foraging during present study. Inter and intraspecific struggle for food was recorded at artificial feeding sources like canteens. Moreover, the Jungle Babblers were found to share a sort of communal relationship with their feeding associates. <#LINE#> @ @ Frank F., The Birds of Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. (1904) @No $ @ @ Ali S. and Ripley S.D.,Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, Oxford University Press, London, 6,(1971) @No $ @ @ Hussain M.A. and Bhalla H.R.,Some birds of Lyallpur and their food, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., 39, 831-842 (1936) @No $ @ @ Rana B.D.,Some observations on food of the Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus) and the Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus) in the Rajasthan desert, India, Pavo, Indian J. Ornithol., 8, 35-44 (1970) @No $ @ @ Narang M.L. and Lamba B.S.,Food habits of jungle babbler, Turdoides striatus (Dumont) and its role in the ecosystem, Indian Journal of Ecology, 13, 38-45 (1986) @No $ @ @ Zacharias V.J. and Mathew D.N.,Ecology of Babblers Turdoides sp.), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., 85, 50-63 (1988) @No $ @ @ Saini M.S., Dhindsa M.S., Saini H.K. and Toor H.S., Food of Jungle Babblers and Common Babblers; A Comparative Study, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc.,92, 182-189 (1995) @No $ @ @ Zacharias V.J.,Ecology and biology of certain species of Indian Babblers (Turdoides sp.) in Malabar, Buceros, 6, 2-5(2001) @No $ @ @ Charnov E.L., Orians G.H. and Hyatt K.,The ecological implications of resource depression, Amer. Natur., 110, 247-259 (1976) @No $ @ @ Andrle R.F. and Andrle P.R., The Whistling Warbler of St. Vincent, West Indies, Condor, 78, 236-243 (1976) @No $ @ @ Winterbottom J.M.,On wood land bird parties in Northern Rhodesia, Ibis, 85, 437-442 (1943) @No $ @ @ Rand A.L.,Social feeding behaviour of bird, Fieldiana, 36,5-71 (1954) @No $ @ @ Cheney D.L. and Seyfarth R.M.,How monkeys see the world: inside the mind of another species, Chicago, Il: University of Chicago Press (1990) @No $ @ @ Griffin A.S., Savani R.S., Hausmanis K. and Lefebvre L.,Mixed species aggregations in birds: zenaida doves Zenaida aurita), respond to the alarm calls of carib grackles, Anim. Behav., 70, 505-515 (2005) @No
<#LINE#>Application of Hydrological and Limnological studies on Building Model for Water circulation of Meromictic Black Water Lakes at the Central Amazonia, Brazil<#LINE#>F.@Aprile,A.J.@Darwich,G.W.@Siqueira,F.R.R.@Santos,A.M.B.@MiguÃÂeis<#LINE#>58-63<#LINE#>11.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-119.pdf<#LINE#>Laboratório de Estudo de Ecossistemas Amazônicos, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Pará, BRASIL @Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Av. André Araújo 2936, Manaus, AM 69060-001 BRAZIL @ Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Pará. Av. Augusto Corrêa n. 1, Campus Guamá, 66075-100 Pará, BRASIL <#LINE#>21/5/2013<#LINE#>2/6/2013<#LINE#>In the last decade, hydrological and limnological studies were conducted in a black-water lake aiming to develop a model of water circulation to meromictic lakes from Negro River basin at the Brazilian Central Amazonian. Parameters as temperature, euphotic zone (Zeu), attenuation coefficient (K), density, oxygen and morphometry were measured daily. Zeuand K proved somewhat constant throughout the hydrological year. In the low waters periods were observed a theoretical mean residence time of water of about 150 days. The meromixis condition was observed with continuous physical and chemical stratification in all hydrological cycle, showing a hypolimnion very defined. The thermal stability was explained by the distinction densities between upper and lower strata, with bottom water flux from forest-rivers. The morphometry of the lake and presence of a flooded forest surrounding, were important factors in reducing wind action on the water column, reducing the effect of stimulating the circulation and stratification process. <#LINE#> @ @ Meade R.H., Rayol J.M., Da Conceicão S.C. and Natividade J.R.G., Backwater effects in the Amazon River basin of Brazil, Environ. Geology and Water Sciences, 18(2), 105–114 (1991) @No $ @ @ Dorea J.G., Barbosa A.C. and Silva G.S., Fish mercury bioaccumulation as a function of feeding behavior and hydrological cycles of the Rio Negro, Amazon, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 142, 275–283, (2006) @No $ @ @ Lorens M., Sáez J. and Soler A., Influence of thermal stratification on the behaviour of a deep wastewater stabilization pond, Water Res., 26(5), 569-577, (1992) @No $ @ @ Lampert W. and Sommer U., Limnoecology: the ecology of lakes and streams, Oxford University Press, Oxford/ New York, 382, (1997) @No $ @ @ Sterner R.W. and Grover J.P., Algal growth in warm temperate reservoirs: kinetic examination of nitrogen, temperature, light, and other nutrients, Water Res., 32(12), 3539-548, (1998) @No $ @ @ Rai H. and Hill G., Physical and chemical studies of lago Tupé: a Central Amazonian Black Water, Ria Lake, Int. Revue ges. Hydrobiol., 66(1), 37-82, (1981) @No $ @ @ Aprile F.M. and Darwich A.J., Geomorphologic models to the Tupé Lake. In: Santos-Silva E.N., Aprile F.M., Scudeller V.V. and Melo S. (Orgs.), BioTupé: Physical environmental, biologic diversity and social and cultural of the down Negro River, Central Amazon, pp.3-17, INPA editora, Manaus, (2005) @No $ @ @ Scudeller V.V., Aprile F.M., Melo S. and Santos-Silva E.N., Sustainable Development Reserve: general characteristics, In: Santos-Silva E.N., Aprile F.M., Scudeller V.V. and Melo S. (Orgs.), BioTupé: Physical environmental, biologic diversity and social and cultural of the down Negro River, Central Amazon, pp.XI-XXI., INPA editora, Manaus, (2005) @No $ @ @ Birge E.A., The work of the wind in warming a lake, Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. Arts and Lett., 18(2), 341-391, (1916) @No $ @ @ Martin J.L. and McCutcheon S.C., Hydrodynamics and Transport for Water Quality Modeling, Lewis Publications, Boca Raton - Florida, (1999) @No $ @ @ Rai H. and Hill G., Primary production in the Amazonian aquatic ecosystems. In: Sioli H. (Ed.), The Amazon, 311-335, Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, (1984) @No $ @ @ Henry R., Heat budgets, thermal structure and dissolved oxygen in brazilian reservoirs, In: Tundisi J.G. and Straskraba M. (Eds.), Theoretical reservoir ecology and its applications, pp.125-152, International Institute of Ecology, Backhuys Publishers and Brazilian Academy of Sciences, (1999) @No $ @ @ Birge E.A., An unregarded factor in lake temperatures, Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. Arts and Lett., 16(2), 989-1004 (1910) @No $ @ @ Hutchinson G.E., A contribution of the limnology of arid regions, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts. Sci., 33, 47-132 (1937) @No $ @ @ Wetzel R.G., Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, Academic Press, San Diego - California, (2001) @No 
<#LINE#>Distributions of Cr, Zn and Pb in Soil along the Bank of River Kaduna, Nigeria<#LINE#>M.A.@Abdullahi,S.S.@Mohammed,M.S.@Mshelia<#LINE#>64-68<#LINE#>12.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-121.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Applied Science, College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, NIGERIA<#LINE#>21/5/2013<#LINE#>1/6/2013<#LINE#>In this work X-ray Fluorescence techniques was used to determine the distribution of Cr, Zn and Pb in soil along the Bank of River Kaduna Nigeria. The mean concentrations of Cr, Zn and Pb are 160.0  8.8 and 31. 4  5.6 mg/kg respectively. The concentration of Cr is in the range of 107.0  7 to 265.0  130 mg/kg for Zn, the range is between 50.0  6 to 103.0 7.0 mg/kg while Pb is in the range of 19.0  4.0 to 40.0  5.0 mg/kg. The mean values obtained in this work compared favorably with other published works and are higher than the world average values of 100, 50 and 10 mg/kg for Cr, Zn and Pb respectively. However, the concentrations of Cr, Zn and Pb from this work are below the tolerable limit. <#LINE#> @ @ Beck H., Exposure Rate conversion factors for Radionuclides Deposited on the ground, EML–3778 Environmental measurement Laboratory, New York) (1980) @No $ @ @ Anspaugh L.R., Catlin R.J. and Goldman M., The global impact of the Chernobyl reactor accident science, 242, 1513–1519 (1988) @No $ @ @ Weekly Trust Newspaper, Nigeria Saturday 3rd December, (2011) @No $ @ @ Kashem M.A. and Singh B.R., heavy metal contamination od soil in vegetation in the  vicinity of industries in Banglesh, Water, Air and Soil pollution,115, 347–361 (1998) @No $ @ @ Murhekar G.H., Trace metals contamination of surface water samples in and Around Akot City in Maharashtr India, Res J. Recent Sci., 1(7), 5-9 (2012) @No $ @ @ Kashen M.A. and Singh B.R., Solid phase speciation of cd., Ni and Zn in some contaminated and non-contaminated tropical soils In: Iskandar IK  andKrikhamMB (Ed) trace elements in soil bioavailability, Flux and transfer levis, publishers, CRS press, Boca Ralon, FL 213 – 227 (2001) @No $ @ @ Ayodele J.T. and Mohammed S.S. Zinc speciation in Maize and soils, Res. J. Chem. Sci, 1(4), 98–108 (2011) @No $ @ @ He Q.B. and Singh B.R., Plant availability of cadmium in soils I. Extractable cadmium in newly and long-term cultivated soils, ActaAgricScand Sect. B soil plant Sci., 43, 134–141 (1993) @No $ @ @ Kabala C. and Singh B.R., Fractional and Mobility of Copper lead and zinc in soi profiles in the vicinity of a copper smelters, J. Environ Qual, 30, 485–492 (2001) @No $ @ @ Mohammed S.S. and Mohammed M.B., Analysis of dumpsite soil pH in selected dumpsite of Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria, I.Res. J. Environment, 1(3), 55-57 (2012) @No $ @ @ Chiroma T.M., Ebewele R.O. and Hymore F.K., Levels of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Fe, and Cr) in Bushgreen and Roselle irrigated with treated and untreated urban sewage water,  I. Res. J. Environment Sci.,1(4), 50-55 (2012) @No $ @ @ Sharma R.K., Agrawal M. and Marshall F., Heavy metal Contamination of soil and vegetable in suburbam areas of Voranasi, India, Ecotoxico. Environ. Safety, 66, 258–266 (2000) @No $ @ @ Udom B.E., Mbagwu J.S.C. Adosodium J.K. and Agbim N.N., Distribution Zinc, copper cadmium and lead in a tropical ultisols after  long-term disposal of sewage slude, Eniron.Internat, 30, 467–470 (2004) @No $ @ @ Nwajei G.E., Okwagi P., Nwajei R. I and Obi-Iyeke G.E., Analytical Assessment of Trace Elements in Soils, Tomato Leaves and Fruit in the Vicinity of Paint industry, Nigeria, Res. J. Recent Sci., 1(4), 22-26 (2012) @No $ @ @ Kabata–Pendias A., Behavioral properties of trace metals in soils. Applied Geochemistry 2,3 (1993) @No $ @ @ Chlopecka A., Bacon J.R., Wilson M.J. and Kay J., Forms of cadmium lead and zinc in soils from southwest Poland, Sci Total Environ. Qual.,25, 69–79 (1996) @No $ @ @ Yusuf K.A., Sequential Extraction of lead, copper cadmium and zinc in soils near Ojota wastesite, Journal of agronomy, 6(2), 331–337 (2007) @No $ @ @ Mohammed M.B, Mohammed S.S. and Adewumi A.A.J., Assesment of Zn bioavailability in Dumpsite of Kaduna Metropolis, Res. J. Rescent Sci.,1(12), 21-24 (2012) @No $ @ @ Mohammed S.S., Mohammed M.B. and Musa N., The uptake of lead by maize Grown on selected agricultural areas of Kaduna Metropolis Nigeria, Res. J. Chem. Sci.,2(12), 65–68 (2012) @No $ @ @ Khairah J.H., Habibah I., Anizan A., Maimon and B.S. Ismail, Content of heavy metals in soil collected from selected paddy cultivation areas in Kaddah and Perlis, Malaysia, J. Appl. Sci. Res.,5(12), 2179–2188 (2009) @No $ @ @ Chaman A.S., Mondol M.N., Faiz B., Rahman M.H. and Elahi S.F., Speciation analysis of nickel in the soil of tejgaon industrial area of Bangladesh, BangladeshJ. Sci. Ind. Res.,44(1), 87–108 (2009) @No 
<#LINE#>Evaluation of the Range of Heavy Metal concentration and its levels of Accumulation in the Fish Sample of River Savitri at Mahad-MIDC, MS, India<#LINE#>NileshS.@Chavan,Chetan S.@Jawale<#LINE#>69-75<#LINE#>13.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-141.pdf<#LINE#>1*Department of Zoology, G.E. Society’s, Art’s, Commerce and Science College, Shriwardhan, Dist. Raigad, MS, INDIA @  PG Department of Zoology, G.E. Society’s, HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nasik- 5, MS, INDIA<#LINE#>22/9/2012<#LINE#>25/1/2013<#LINE#>The use and dispersion of heavy metals has increased vastly during the 20th century and the behavior of metals in the aquatic environment is therefore a matter of rising concern. Metals like all elements are not biodegradable and it can be transformed from one chemical state to another state.The effect of heavy metals pollution and accumulation of heavy metals in the Fishes have been studied with the view to check its ill effects. Sampling method was used for the study. The Water samples of River Savitri, (Taluka-Mahad, District-Raigad, M.S.) were collected from pre-defined 11 sampling points, upstream and downstream. including Mahad MIDC region to check the range of metal pollutants. One of the sampling sites was selected in upstream region, far away from Mahad MIDC to check the existence of metal pollutants in the river water before its flow through Mahad MIDC area.  The site where maximum concentration of all the pollutants was observed was considered as Potent site.  11 sites studied under the sample survey. The sampling site number 9 (Mahad MIDC) shows excessive range of heavy metals compared to other upstream site number 8 and further still lesser at site number 10 in the downstream area of river Savitri. Rest of the sites, under study show the upward stream area where heavy metal range is either within tolerable range or not detected. This shows that Mahad MIDC site number 9 is the Potent site for heavy metal contamination. Water samples in triplicates were collected from Potent site every month during study to heavy metals concentration. However fish samples were tested during July, January and March to check the accumulation level of heavy metals in different seasons. During the Monsoon season i.e. July to September, the heavy metals range are above normal range when compared with Standards.. The analytical study shows that the presence of heavy metals concentration are more in the month of July and further decreasing in the month of September indicating that the untreated industrial effluents are released directly in the River water or even after treatment of industrial effluents at CEPT plant, there exist elevated range of heavy metals in river water. and this itself suggest that there is some problem with the CEPT plant functioning. Fish samples were collected during three different seasons to check the concentration of heavy metals. The analysis have shown that fish samples also have heavy metal range above normal range. Heavy metals like Zinc, Iron are essential, even Fluoride is equally important, but analyses have shown that all these elements have accumulated in the fish body indicating a chance that the accumulated heavy metals can easily enter the Food chain. The results have been discussed in the Research Project. <#LINE#> @ @ Pathak Neelam B. and Mankodi P.C., Hydrological status of Danteshwar pond, Vadodara, Gujarat, India,International     Research Journal of Environment Science, 2(1), 43-48 (2013) @No $ @ @ Gautam A., Ecology and pollution of mountain water: A case study of Bhagirathi River, Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi, 209 (1990) @No $ @ @ Järup L., Hazards of heavy metal contamination. 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<#LINE#>Global Warming: An Impact Assessment on Cyclonic Disturbances over Monsoon Asia<#LINE#>N.M.@Kazi,S.M.@Bhamare<#LINE#>76-84<#LINE#>14.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-155.pdf<#LINE#>PG & Research, Dept. of Geography PG and Research Dept. of Geography, SPDM College, Shirpur, MS, INDIA @ SSVPS Science College, Dhule, MS, INDIA <#LINE#>4/8/2012<#LINE#>8/3/2013<#LINE#>The monsoon region of Asia is a very distinctive part of the world with peculiar physiographic setting. It embraces the territories of the countries on the mainland from West Pakistan to Manchuria together with the arc of off-shore Island stretching from Shrilanka to Japan. It has defined the region primarily in terms of its climate which is its basic differentiating feature as Russell and Kniffen have said “it include the maritime southern coasts of the continent, where monsoon influences either dominate climates or are rather strongly felt.”A substantial achievement has been made in basic physical processes predictability and prediction since the MONEX of 1978-1979.  For a country like India, where the economy of the country mainly depends on agriculture, the performance of monsoon both in space and time is very crucial and important providing regional climate, PRECIS is an atmospheric and land surface model of limited area and high resolution which can be configured for any part of the globe, pounding  regional climate for impact studies a regional climate modeling system developed by Hadley center for climate prediction and research U.K is applied over the Indian domain to investigate the impact of global warming on the cyclonic disturbances such as depressions and storms. The Asian monsoon is characterized with a distinct seasonal reversal of wind and repaid alternation of dry and wet or rainy season in the annual cycle, which is concert with the seasonal reversal of the large-scale atmospheric heating and steady circulation features. The model simulation under the scenario of increasing greenhouse gas concentration and sulphate aerosols are analyzed to study the likely changes in the frequency intensity and tracks of cyclonic disturbances forming over Bay of Bengal, Arabian sea and the Indian landmass during monsoon season, the model overestimates the frequency of cyclonic disturbances over the Indian subcontinent in baseline simulations. The change is evaluated towards the end of present century with respect to the baseline climate. The present study indicates that the storm tracks simulated by model are southwards as compared to the observed tracks during the monsoon season especially for the two main monsoon months, viz. July and August. The analysis suggests that the frequency of cyclonic disturbances forming over north Indian Ocean is likely to reduce by 9% towards the end of the present century in response to the global warming. 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