@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Assessment of Tree Species Diversity in Chilika Lake Ecosystem of Odisha, India<#LINE#>Jangyeswar@Sahoo,Manoj Kumar@Behera <#LINE#>1-7<#LINE#>1.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-086.pdf<#LINE#>OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India@NR Management Consultants India Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India<#LINE#>1/6/2016<#LINE#>11/10/2016<#LINE#>A study was conducted to estimate the distribution and diversity of tree species in Chilika lake ecosystem, the largest lagoon in Asia. The present study was conducted in 2014 by laying out quadrats of desired size to estimate the diversity of tree species in three of the four ecological sectors namely northern, central and southern sector. A total of 69 tree species representing 57 genera and 33 families were recorded from the three ecological sectors of Chilika. Among the three ecological sectors, northern sector was found superior in terms of species richness and diversity with 46 tree species per hectare of area. The total dominance of northern sector was also highest i.e. 36.35m2/ha. Among the species documented, maximum value of Importance Value Index (IVI) was reported in Teak (21.69) followed by Casuarina (19.02) and Sal (14.95) respectively. The Shannon-Weiner Index value was found in the range of 1.5 to 3.5. It was observed that species diversity in the ecological sectors is substantially influenced by intensity of human interference in and around them. The occurrence of major portion of northern sector within natural forest boundary might have contributed to enhanced species diversity.<#LINE#>Ghosh Asish K. and Pattnaik Ajit K. (2005).@Chilika lagoon experiences and lessons learned brief.@World Lakes, www.worldlakes.org, 115-132.@Yes$Balachandran S., Rahmani A. and Sathiyaselvam P. (2005).@Habitat Evaluation of Chilika Lake with Special Reference to Birds as Bio-Indicators.@Final Report 2001-2005, Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, India.@Yes$Pattnaik A.K., Panda P.C. and Patnaik S.N. (2003).@Flora and Vegetation of Chilika lagoon, Orissa: A synoptic analysis.@Plant Science Resource. 25(1&2), 1-12.@No$Curtis J.T. and Mclntosh R.P. (1950).@The interrelations of certain analytic and synthetic phytosociological characters.@Ecology, 31, 434-455.@Yes$Shannon C.E. and Weaver W. (1963).@The Mathematical Theory of Communication.@University of Illinois Press, Urbana.@Yes$Kent M. and Coker P. (1992).@Vegetation description and analysis: A practical approach.@Belhaven Press, London, 363, ISBN: 1-85293-331-3.@Yes$Panda P.C., Mahapatra A.K., Acharya P.K. and Debata A.K. (2013).@Plant diversity in tropical deciduous forests of Eastern Ghats, India: A landscape level assessment.@International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 5(10), 625-635.@Yes
<#LINE#>Assessment of Groundwater quality through GIS for Khed Taluka, District Ratnagiri, India<#LINE#>H.N.@Bhange,P.K.@Singh,R.C.@Purohit,K.K.@Yadav,H.K.@Jain,Sudhir@Jain <#LINE#>8-14<#LINE#>2.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-117.pdf<#LINE#>Dept of SWE, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India@Dept of SWE, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India@Dept of SWE, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India@Dept of SWE, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India@Dept of Agril Statistics and Computer Applications, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India@Dept of Renewable Energy Sources, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India<#LINE#>17/7/2016<#LINE#>29/9/2016<#LINE#>The present study was undertaken to evaluate groundwater quality and maps the spatial distribution for Khed taluka, Ratnagiri district through the Geographical Information System (GIS). Khed taluka is experiencing development at a faster rate, due to this settlement depends on groundwater resources. The IDW geospatial technique was used to prepare the geospatial distribution concept of ground water parameters which was very useful for deciding the water quality index maps. To prepare a water quality index map ArcGIS environment is used. The groundwater status of Khed taluka is good for drinking and domestic utilization.<#LINE#>GSDA (2014).@Report on the dynamic ground water resources of Maharashtra.@GSDA, Pune Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra & CGWB, Central Region, Nagpur MoWR, GoI, February 2014.@No$Ketata Mouna R., Gueddari M. and Bouhlila R. (2011).@Use of Geographical Information System and Water Quality Index to Assess Groundwater Quality in El Khairat Deep Aquifer (Enfidha, Tunisian Sahel).@Iranica Journal of Energy & Environment, 2(2), 133-144.@Yes$Yogendra K. and Puttaiah E.T. (2008).@Determination of water Quality Index and Suitability of urban water body in Shimoga Town, Karnataka.@Proceedings of Taal, The 12th world lake conference, 342-346.@Yes$Challerjee R., Tarafder G. and Paul S. (2009).@Groundwater quality assessment of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India.@Bulletin of Engineering Geology and Environment, 69(1), 137-141.@Yes$Shomar B., Fakher S.A. and Yahya1 A. (2010).@Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Gaza Strip, Palestine Using GIS Mapping.@Journal Water Resource and Protection, 2, 93-104.@Yes$Asadi S.S., Vuppal P. and Reddy A.M. (2007).@Remote sensing and GIS techniques for evaluation of groundwater quality in municipal corporation of Hyderabad (Zone-V), India.@International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 4(1), 45–52.@Yes$Mitra B.K. et. al. (1998).@Spatial and temporal variation of ground water quality in sand dune area of aomori prefecture in Japan.@Paper number 062023, 2006 ASAE Annual Meeting.@Yes$Liou Sm, Liens, and Wang Sh. (2004).@Generalized water quality index for Taiwan.@Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 96, 35-52.@Yes$Tiwari T.N. and Mishra M. (1985).@A Preliminary assignment of water quality index of major Indians rivers.@Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 5(4), 276-279.@Yes$Khan F., Husain T. and Lumb A. (2003).@Water quality evaluation and trend analysis in selected watersheds of the Atlantic Region of Canada.@Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 88, 221-242.@Yes$Boyacioglu H. (2007).@Development of a water quality index based on a European classification scheme.@Water SA, 33(1), 101-106.@Yes$BIS (2003).@Indian standards specifications for drinking water IS: 10500.@Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.@No$Sinha D.K. and Saxena R. (2006).@Statistical assessment of underground drinking water contamination and effect of monsoon at Hasanpur, J.P. Nagar (Uttar Pradesh, India).@Jour. Environ. Sci. Engg, 48(3), 157164.@Yes$Joseph K. (2001).@An integrated approach for management of Total Dissolved Solids in reactive dyeing effluents.@International Conference on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies, Hyderabad.@Yes$Swarna Latha P. (2008).@Studies on spatial and temporal changes of land use and land cover, groundwater quality and shoreline of Greater Visakhapatnam municipal corporation, Andhra Pradesh.@India using remote sensing and GIS techniques, Ph.D. Thesis Andhra University, Visakhatapatnam.@Yes
<#LINE#>Enhancement the Aggregate properties by using Tyre Waste Powder for Construction of Flexible and Rigid Pavement<#LINE#>Somnath Anil@Raut,S.R.@Thorat <#LINE#>15-20<#LINE#>3.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-131.pdf<#LINE#>Environmental Science Department, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India@Environmental Science Department, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India<#LINE#>8/8/2016<#LINE#>28/9/2016<#LINE#>Plastics are non-biodegradable, man-made polymers resulting mainly as of petro-fossil feedstock along with phony of lengthy series hydrocarbons through additives. Synthetic in unlike form be into metropolitan frozen waste, which is poisonous in environment. It is a ordinary view in mutually urban and rural areas to discover drain artificial bags, waste tyre rubber and additional category of synthetic packing material litter the roads as well as drains. Due to its biodegradability it creates stagnation of water and allied hygiene problems. In order to have this problem experiments have been approved out whether this waste synthetic can be reused fruitfully in the manufacture of roads. The testing that the waste synthetic, when added to warm aggregate will shape a superior coat of synthetic in excess of the aggregate and such aggregate provide privileged power, higher conflict to water and healthier performance over a era of time. Hence, it is anticipated that we may use waste synthetic in the erection of roads.<#LINE#>Bindu C.S. and K.S. Beena (2010).@Waste plastic acts as a stabilizing additive in Stone Mastic Asphalt.@International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2(6), 397-387.@Yes$Moh. Awwad and Lina Shbeeb (2007).@The use of Polythene in Hot Asphalt Mixtures.@American Journal of Applied Sciences, 4(6), 390-396.@Yes$Amit Gawande (2012).@Utilization of Waste plastic in asphalting roads.@Science review and Chemical communication, 2(2), 147-157.@Yes$Reddy B.D., Aruna J.S. and Ramesh P.B. (2013).@Experimental Investigation on Concrete by Partially Replacement of Ware Aggregate with Junk Rubber.@The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES), 2(12), 61-65.@Yes$Panda K.C., Parhi P.S. and Jena T. (2012).@Scrap-Tyre- Rubber Replacement for Aggregate in Cement Concrete: Experimental Study.@International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 5(6).@Yes$Gupta R.C., Blessen Skariah Thomas and Gupta Prachi (2012).@Utilization of copper slag and discarded rubber tyres in construction.@International journal of civil and structural engineering, 3, 2.@Yes$Afroz Sultana S.K. and Prasad K.S.B. (2012).@Utilization of Waste Plastic as a Strength Modifier in Surface Course of Flexible and Rigid Pavements.@International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, 2(4), 1185-1191.@Yes$Rajmane P.B., Gupta A.K. and Desai D.B. (2009).@Effective Utilization of Waste Plastic in Construction of Flexible Pavements for Improving their performance.@Journal of Mechnical and Civil Engineering, 27-30.@No$Bandopandhyay T.K. (2010).@Construction of Asphalt Road with Plastic Waste.@Indian Center for Plastic in Environment (ICPE), ENVIS – Eco- Echoes, 11(1).@Yes$Dhodapkar A.N. (2008).@Use of waste plastic in road construction, Indian Highways.@Technical paper journal, 31-32.@No$Vasudevan R. (2011).@A technique to dispose waste plastics in an ecofriendly way – Application in construction of flexible pavements.@Construction and Building Materials, 2.@Yes$Khan I. and Gundaliya P.J. (2012).@Utilization of waste polyethylene materials in bituminous concrete mix for improved performance of flexible pavements.@Journal of applied research, 1(12), 85-86.@Yes$Swami V.M., Jirge A., Patil K., Patil S., Patil S. and Salokhe K. (2012).@Use of waste plastic in construction of bituminous road.@International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 4, 2351- 2355.@Yes$Rokade S. (2012).@Use of waste plastics and waste rubber TYREs in flexible highway pavements.@International conference on Future environments and Energy, IPCBEE, 28.@Yes$In-Taek Roh, Kyung-Chae Jung, Seung-Hwan Chang and Yoon-Ho Cho (2015).@Characterization of compliant polymer concretes for rapid repair of runways.@Construction and Building Materials, 77–84.@Yes
<#LINE#>Flood Hazard Assessment in Dhobi-Khola Watershed (Kathmandu, Nepal) using Hydrological Model<#LINE#>Uttam @Aryal,Tirtha Raj@Adhikari,Sudeep@Thakuri,Biplob@Rakhal <#LINE#>21-33<#LINE#>4.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-134.pdf<#LINE#>Golden Gate International College, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal@Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal@Golden Gate International College, Battisputali, Kathmandu, Nepal@Genesis Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Lalitpur, Nepal<#LINE#>14/8/2016<#LINE#>22/9/2016<#LINE#>Flood, one of the main hazards in Nepal, requires an effective modelling to mitigate their impacts. Flood inundation models provide anestimation of flood extents and depths that are used in the preparation of hazard maps. Streams, like Dhobi-Khola in Kathmandu, with potential flood risks to infrastructures and settlements, are not studied to a level to predict and mitigate the flood hazards. This study assesses the flood vulnerable sites of Dhobi-Khola watershed and delineate theflood prone areas using hydrological HEC-HMS model and GIS application.The model was calibrated and validated in Bagmati River with discharge data of Gaurighat and rainfall data of Sundarijal stations. The model was then transposed to Dhobi-Khola watershed using hydrological data of Budhanilkantha station. The Slope-Area method of discharge measurementwas used to validate the model outputs in Dhobi-Khola using the field survey data. Final model outputswere used to predict the floods for different return periods using HEC-RAS model together with HEC-GeoRAS to generate flood inundation maps. Results indicate that the maximum flood depth can reach up to 5.24 m in 100 year return period (YRP) in Dhobi-Khola watershed. One site is inundated during the flood of 5 YRP and three sites in 10 to 20 YRPs. A total of five and seven sites is inundated during flood of 50 and 100 YRP, respectively. Vulnerabilityassessment showed two sites are very highly vulnerable and a site in low flood vulnerable due to low levee height, putting several households in the riverbanks and surrounding at the highest risk.<#LINE#>Smith Keith (2000).@Environmental hazards assessing risk and reducing disaster.@3rd Edition, Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London, 1-420, ISBN-10: 0415224640.@Yes$Mishra O.P., Ghatak M. and Ahmed K. (2012).@Background paper flood risk management in south Asia.@Mishra O. P., Ghatak M., Kamal A. and Kumar R. (Eds.), SAARC workshop on flood risk management in South Asia. Islamabad, Pakistan, SAARC Disaster Management Centre, New Delhi.@No$Adhikari B.R. (2013).@Flooding and Inundation in Nepal Terai: Issues and Concerns.@Hydro Nepal, 12(7), 59-65.@Yes$Shakya B., Ranjit R., Shakya A., Bajracharya S. and Khadka N. (2007).@Estimation of 2002 Extreme Flood over Balkhu River Using NOAA Based Satellite Rainfall and HEC-HMS Hydrological Model, and Assessment of Flood Education of People Living Near the Flood Risk Zone of Balkhu River.@International Symposium on Geo-Disasters, Infrastructure Management and Protection of World Heritage Sites, Kathmandu, 215-223.@No$Ranjit R. (2006).@Floods in Kathmandu valley with special reference to 2002 extreme weather in Balkhu watershed.@Kathmandu, Nepal: CDES, TU.@No$Hazarika M. K., Bormudol A., Phosalath S., Sengtianthr V., and Samarakoon L. (2006).@Flood hazard in savannakhet province, Lao PDR maping using HEC-RAS, Remotesensing, and GIS.@The 6th Annual Mekong Flood Forum, Lahor.@No$Piman T. and Babel M.S. (2013).@Prediction of Rainfall-Runoff in an Ungauged Basin: Case Study in the Mountainous Region of Northern Thailand.@J. Hydrol. Eng., 18(2), 285-296, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000573.@Yes$Rees H.G., Holmes M.G.R., Young A.R. and Kansakar S. R. (2004).@Recession-based hydrological models for estimating low flows in ungauged catchments in the Himalayas.@Hydrol.Earth Syst. Sc., 8, 891-902.@Yes$Shrestha S. and Alfredsen K. (2011).@Application of HBV Model in Hydrological Studies of Nepali River Basins: A Case Study.@HydroNepal, 8, 38-43.@Yes$Shrestha M.S., Artan G.A., Bajracharya S.R. and Sharma R. R. (2008).@Using satellite-based rainfall estimates for streamflow modelling: Bagmati Basin.@J. Flood Risk Manag., 1, 89-99, doi: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2008.00011.x@Yes$Bharati L., Gurung P. and Jayakody P. (2012).@Hydrologic Characterization of the Koshi Basin and the Impact of Climate Change.@Hydro Nepal, 18-22.@Yes$Neupane R.P., Yao J. and White J.D. (2013).@Estimating the effects of climate change on the intensification of monsoonal-driven stream discharge in a Himalayan watershed.@Hydrol. Process., doi: 10.1002/hyp.10115.@Yes$Immerzeel W.W., Pellicciotti F. and Bierkens M.F.P. (2013).@Rising river flows throughout the twenty-first century in two Himalayan glacierized watersheds.@Nat. Geosci., 6, 1-4, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1896.@Yes$Nepal S., Krause P., Flügel W.A., Fink M. and Fischer C. (2014).@Understanding the hydrological system dynamics of a glaciated alpine catchment in the Himalayan region using the J2000 hydrological model.@Hydrol. Process., 28, 1329-1344.@Yes$Lutz A.F., Immerzeel W.W., Shrestha A.B. and Bierkens M.F.P. (2014).@Consistent increase in High Asia’s runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation.@Nat. Clim. Change, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2237.@Yes$Thakuri S. (2015).@Coupling Glacio-Hydrological Response to Climate Varibility in Mt. Everest Region (Central Himalaya).@Ph.D. Thesis Submitted to the University of Milan, Italy, 181.@Yes$Dixit A.M., Upreti B.N., Paudel D., Aryal P., Koirala P. K., Jnavaly S.S. and Shrestha S.N. (2011).@Nepal Disaster Report: Policies, Practices, and Lessons.@Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), Government of Nepal and Disaster Preparedness Network-Nepal (DPNet-Nepal) with support from United Nations Development Programme Nepal (UNDP), ActionAid Nepal and National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET), Kathmandu, Nepal, 186.@No$Faulkner H., Parker D., Green C. and Beven K. (2007).@Developing a translational discourse to communicate uncertainty in flood risk between science and the practitioner.@Ambio, 36(7), 692-703.@Yes$Shrestha P. (2010).@Climate change impact on River dynamics of the Bagmati Basin, Kathmandu Nepal.@Ministry of Environment, Kathmandu.@Yes$Aryal K.R. (2007).@Mapping Disaster Vulnerability from Historical Data in Nepal.@Northumbria University, UK, 52.@Yes$Irwin D., Joshi A., Basnet S., Pande K.R., Duwal S., Dawadi G.S., Pokhrel R.M., Poudyal P., Adhikari T.R., Rakhal B. and Tamang D. (2013).@Land Use, Multi-Hazard and Recommendations for Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning in Kathmandu Valley.@Genesis Consultancy (P) Ltd. & Welink Consultants (P) Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal.@No$Zhang H.L., Wang Y.J., Wang Y.Q., Li D. X. and Wang X.K. (2013).@The effect of watershed scale on HEC-HMS calibrated parameters: A case study in the Clear Creek watershed in Iowa, US.@Hydrol.Earth Syst. Sc., 17, 2735-2745, doi: 10.5194/hess-17-2735-2013.@Yes$Arekhi S. (2012).@Runoff modeling by HEC-HMS Model (Case Study: Kan watershed, Iran).@Intl J.Agri. CropSci., 4 (23), 1-5, www.ijagcs.com IJACS/2012/4-23/1807-1811.@Yes$Li M., Shao Q., Zhang L. and Chiew F.H.S. (2010).@A new regionalization approach and its application to predict flow duration curve in ungauged basins.@J. Hydrol., 389, 137-145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.039.@Yes$Ouarda T.B.M.J., Girard C., Cavadias G.S. and Bobee B. (2001).@Regional flood frequency estimation with canonical correlation analysis.@J. Hydrol., 254, 157-173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00488-7.@Yes$Hosking J.R.M. and Wallis J.R. (1997).@Regional Frequency Analysis an Approach Based on L-Moment.@Cambridge University.@Yes$Roe J., Dietz C., Restrepo P., Halquist J., Hartman R., Horwood R., Olsen B., Opitz H., Shedd R. and Welles E. (2010).@NOAA’s Community Hydrologic Prediction System.@Hydrology and sedimentation for a changing future: Existing and emerging issues; Proceedings of the 2nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference [9th Federal interagency sedimentation conference and 4th Federal interagency hydrologic modeling conference]; 27 June - 1 July; Las Vegas, NV.@Yes$Pappenberger F., Beven K., Horritt M. and Blazkova S. (2005).@Uncertainty in the calibration of effective roughness parameters in HEC-RAS using inundation and downstream level observations.@J. Hydrol., 302, 46-69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.06.036.@Yes$Pender G. and Faulkner H. (2010).@Flood Risk Science and Management.@John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK.@Yes$Bhat G.K., Karanth A., Dashora L. and Rajasekar U. (2013).@Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries.@Environ. Urban., 25, 429-441, doi: 10.1177/0956247813495002.@Yes$Reshma T., Reddy V. K. and Pratap D. (2013).@Simulation of Event Based Runoff Using HEC-HMS Model for an Experimental Watershed.@Intl J. Hydraul. Eng., 2, 28-33.@Yes$Reed S., Moreda F. and Gutierrez A. (2010).@Lessons learned from transitioning NWS operational hydraulic models to HEC-RAS.@ASCE-EWRI World Water Congress.@Yes$Roy D., Begam S., Ghosh S. and Jana S. (2013).@Caliberation and Validation of HEC-HMS Model for a River Basin in Eastern India.@J. Asian Res. Publ. Network, 8, 1-17.@Yes$Singh S., Shrestha B.R., Shrestha S.D. and Shrestha K.B. (2008).@Bagmati Action Plan (2009-2014).@National Trust for Nature Conservation, Kathmandu.@Yes
<#LINE#>Application of Family Biotic Index in Assessment of two Rivers Affected by Oil Pollution in Assam, India<#LINE#>Moran@Janmoni <#LINE#>35-40<#LINE#>5.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-135.pdf<#LINE#> Dept. of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India<#LINE#>20/8/2016<#LINE#>21/10/2016<#LINE#>By using Family Biotic Index (FBI) two rivers viz. Dhansiri and its tributary river Kaliani were assessed from March, 2012 to February, 2014, dividing the entire period into four seasons as pre monsoon, post monsoon and winter. These two rivers were affected since its operation from the year, 2000 by the Numaligarh Oil Refinery of Assam. In the study, 23 genera and 2 tribes (Chironomidae family) belonging to 25 families of macro invertebrates have been recorded belonging to ten orders, four classes and three phyla. The annual FBI values were found to be lowest for the control area of Kaliani and most of the macro invertebrates that were found in that control area were relatively pollution intolerant. On the other hand, the point of effluent discharge (S6) of contaminated area receiving the refinery effluents with the highest FBI value has shown “Very poor” water qualities with severe organic pollution likely as the most of contributing families were highly tolerant to organic pollution.<#LINE#>Rosenberg D.M. and Resh V.H. (1998).@Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates.@Chapman & Hall, New York.@Yes$Hilsenhoff W.L. (1988).@Rapid field assessment of organic pollution with a family-level biotic.@Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 7(1), 65-68.@Yes$Bode R.W., Novak M.A. and Abele L.E. (1996).@Quality assurance work plan for biological stream monitoring in New York State.@NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, N.Y., 89.@Yes$Hauer F.R. and Lamberti G.A. (1996).@Methods in Stream Ecology.@Academic Press.@Yes$Plafkin J.L., Barbour M.T., Porter K.D., Gross S.K. and Hughes R.M. (1989).@Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in Streams and Rivers: Benthic macroinvertebrate and Fish.@U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water, Washington D.C.@Yes$Barbour M.T., Gerritsen J., Snyder B.D. and Stribling J.B. (1999).@Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish.@U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., USA.@Yes$Mandaville S.M. (2002).@Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Freshwaters-Taxa Tolerance Values, Metrics, and Protocols.@Project H-1 Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax.@Yes$Edmonson W.T. (1974).@A manual on methods for measuring production in aquatic environment.@Academic Press, New York.@No$Pennak R.W. (1989).@Fresh-water Invertebrates of the United States.@Protozoa to Mollusca, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA.@Yes$Merritt R.W. and Cummins K.W. (1996).@An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America.@3rd edition, Kendell/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa.@Yes$Hilsenhoff W.L. (1982).@Using a biotic index to evaluate water quality of streams.@Technical Bulletin of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI.@Yes$Murphy P. (1978).@The temporal variability in biotic indices.@Environmental Pollution, 17, 227-236.@Yes$Gratwicke B. (1999).@The effect of season on a biotic water quality index: A case study of the Yellow jacket and Mazowe rivers, Zimbawe.@South African Journal of Aquatic Science, 24(1), 24-35.@Yes$Zamora-Munoz C., Sainz-Cantero C.E., Sanchez-Ortega A. and Alba-Tercedor J. (1995).@Are biological indices BMPW and ASPT and their significance regarding water quality seasonally dependent? Factors explaining their variations.@Water Research, 29, 285-290.@Yes$Linke S., Bailey R. and Schwindt J. (1999).@Temporal variability of stream bioassessments using benthic macroinvertebrates.@Freshwater Biology, 42, 575-584.@Yes
<#LINE#>Heavy metal accumulation in Pterisvittata L. growing on Abandoned Lime Kiln and Abandoned Coal Stockpile of Meghalaya, India<#LINE#>Marbaninang@Donboklang, Das@Panna,Dohling@Banrilang , Chaturvedi@Shiva Shankar <#LINE#>41-46<#LINE#>6.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-141.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, India@Department of Botany, Tripura University, Agartala-799130, India@Department of Zoology, Shillong College, Shillong-793003, India@Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, India<#LINE#>30/8/2016<#LINE#>19/10/2016<#LINE#>The objective of the study was to assess the ability of P. vittata to accumulate Arsenic (As) from a mixed heavy metals soil contaminations in the Abandoned Lime Kiln (ALK) and Abandoned Coal Stockpile (ACS). The results showed that metal concentrations in the soil are of descending order Ca>Fe>Mg>Se>As>Na>Mn>Zn >Pb>Cu>Cr>Ni>Co in ALK and Fe>Mg>Zn>Mn>Se>Na> As>Ca>Pb>Cu>Ni=Cr>Co in ACS. As concentration in the soils of these two study sites have a relatively low As content and P. vittata could efficiently accumulates As to its roots and fronds parts from soils with low As concentration. An Enrichment Coefficient (EC) and Translocation Factor (TF) indicate a plant’s ability for phytoremediation. The EF value of Co, Zn, Ni, Ca, Mg, Se, As, and Na was found to have an EF value greater than 1 which can be considered that P. vittata as a good accumulator of these metals in a mixed metals soil contamination. The TF values >1 was found for As, Pb, Mn, Fe, Se, Ni, Zn, Na, Co and Mg which indicates that P. vittata was efficient to accumulate more than one metal and translocate metals from soil to shoots. As-phytoremediation efficiency of P. vittata in a mixed metals soil contamination may be influence by the presence of other metals like Ca, Fe, Se, Mg, and Cu in the soil.<#LINE#>Sayyed M.R.G. and Sayadi M.H. (2011).@Variations in the heavy metal accumulations within the surface soils from the Chitgar industrial area of Tehran.@Proc Int Acad Ecol Environ Sci., 1(1), 36-46.@Yes$Sal D.E., Smith R.D. and Raskin I. (1998).@Phytoremediation.@Ann Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Bio., 49,643-668.@No$Prasad M.N.V. and Freitas H. (2003).@Metal hyper accumulation in plants- Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation technology.@Electron J Biotechnol., 6, 285-321.@No$Sun Y., Zhou, Q. and Diao C. (2008).@Effects of cadmium and arsenic on growth and metal accumulation of Cd-hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L.@Bioresour Technol., 9(5), 1103-1110.@Yes$Yanqun Z., Yuan L., Jianjun T.C., Haiyan C., Li Q. and Schvartz C. 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(2003).@Assessing the potential for zinc and cadmium hytoremediation with the hyperaccumulator Thlaspicaerulescens.@Plant Soil., 249, 37-43.@Yes$Deng H., Ye Z.H. and Wong M.H. (2004).@Accumulation of lead, zinc, copper and cadmium by 12 wetland plant species thriving in metal contaminated sites in China.@Environ Pollut., 132, 29-40.@Yes$Wei C.Y., Wang C., Sun X. and Wang W.Y. (2006).@Arsenic accumulation by ferns: a field survey in southern China.@Environ Geochem Health., 29(3), 169-77.@Yes$Caille N., Swanwick S., Zhao F.J. and McGrath S.P. (2004).@Arsenic hyperaccumulation by Pterisvittata from arsenic contaminated soils and the effect of liming and phosphate fertilization.@Environ Pollut., 132, 113-120.@Yes$Fayiga A.O., Ma L.Q., Cao R.X. and Rathinasabapathi B. (2004).@Effects of heavy metals on growth and arsenic accumulation in the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pterisvittata L.@Environ Pollut., 132, 289-296.@Yes$Tu C. and Ma L.Q. 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<#LINE#>Seasonal Variation of Avifaunal diversity of wetlands near New Viva College, Virar (west), District- Palghar, Maharashtra, India<#LINE#> Khan@Farheen,Singh@Neelu ,Singh@Rohit , Khedekar@Prakash,Varkey @Johnson ,Ghadigaonkar@Pritesh  <#LINE#>47-55<#LINE#>7.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-142.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar (W), 401303, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar (W), 401303, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar (W), 401303, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar (W), 401303, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar (W), 401303, India@Department of Zoology, VIVA College, Virar (W), 401303, India<#LINE#>30/8/2016<#LINE#>10/10/2016<#LINE#>The study was carried out in the wetland area near New Viva College, Virar west (19 &#9675;46’ N: 72 &#9675;79’E), Palghar District of Maharashtra, during July 2015 to June 2016. As per the observations, total 97 species of birds from 16 Orders and 39 families were recorded in three different seasons. Maximum numbers of bird species were recorded in post monsoon season (82 sp.), followed by monsoon (77sp) and in pre-monsoon it was 47 sp.  Order Passeriformes (41%) is the dominant order followed by order Pelecaniformes (14%) and order Charadriiformes (13%). Out of 39 observed families, family Ardeidae showed maximum number of birds (11sp.) followed by family Muscicpidae (7sp.) and family Scolopacidae (6 sp.) and Motacillidae, Accipitridae (5sp. each).16 families comprises a single species of bird in each. The birds were categorised as Very Common (VC) 20 %, Common(C) 31%, Uncommon (UC) 22% and Rare(R) 24 % depending upon the observation during survey. Cypsiurus balasiensis (Asian palm swift), Columba livia (Blue rock pegion) and Mesophoyx intermedia (median egret)   were the most dominant species in all three seasons in  the study area. Seven globally Near Threatened species (IUCN), namely River tern (Sterna aurantia), Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulous), Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor), Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) and Indian Black Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa) were recorded. During this study, seasonal variations of birds were recorded in monsoon, post-monsoon and pre-monsoon season. Simpson’s index value for pre-monsoon is 0.959, for monsoon is 0.9682 and for post-monsoon is 0.9684. This study depicted that species diversity was abundant in spite of many anthropogenic activities.  The current avifaunal diversity is in threat from habitat destruction due to developmental activities and sewage dumping.<#LINE#>Nason I. (1992).@Discovering Birds.@Pisces Publication, 67-69.@Yes$Pawar S. and Wanjari A. (2013).@Avian Diversity and Seasonal Abundance of Muchi Lake Wetland Near    Pandhakawada, Dist. Yavatmal (M.S.) India.@IJSR, 4(2), 1419-1420.@Yes$Chavan S.P., Dudhmal D., Hambarde S. and Kulkarni A.N. (2015).@Birds from Godavari River Basin in Nanded, District of Maharashtra State, India.@Int. J. Curr. Res. Aca. Rev., 3(4), 328-351.@Yes$Figuerola O. and Green A.J. (2002).@Dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterbirds: A review of past research and priorities for future studies.@Freshwater Biology., 47(3), 483-494.@Yes$Cruden R.W. (1966).@Birds as Agents of Long-Distance Dispersal for Disjunct Plant Groups of the Temperate Western Hemisphere.@Evolution. Evolution, 20(4), 517-532, en, A.J.@Yes$Joshi P.J, Raut N.B., Khanolkar C. and kumar P. (2013).@Avifaunal Distribution within Different Habitats of Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra.@ISBN : 978-81-923628-1-6 National Conference on Biodiversity : Status and Challenges in Conservation - ‘FAVEO’ 2013@Yes$Pande S., Deshpande P. and Sant N. (2011).@Birds of Maharashtra.@Pub. Ela Foundation, Pune, India, 330.@No$Varkey J., Pandirkar A., Fernandes B., Pathak K., Khadye P.  and Ghadigaonkar P. (2015).@Threats to the existing diversity of avifauna of Gogte salt plant, Mumbai.@Suburb Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Wetlands: Present Status, Ecology and Conservation, India 12th august 2015, 1-8.@Yes$Ghadigaonkar P., Varkey J., Pandirkar A. and Shinde M. (2016).@Record of Nettapus coromandelianus, Gmelin, JF, 1789 (cotton teal) at Seasonal Wetlands near New Viva Collage, Virar, Palghar district of Maharashtra state, India.@Int. Res. jour. of bio. Sci., 5(4), 51-53.@No$Richard Grimmett., Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp (2011).@Birds of Indian subcontinent.@Oxford University press, ISBN:019807722X@Yes$Ali S. (2002).@The Book of Indian Birds.@Published by Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, 1-354, ISBN:0195665236@Yes$IUCN (2016).@The IUCN Red List of Threatened species.@http://www.iucnredlist.org  2016.@Yes
@Review Paper
<#LINE#>Investigation of Proposed Infrastructure Developments in Beypore Port, using Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)<#LINE#>S. @Praveen,J. @Jegan <#LINE#>56-64<#LINE#>8.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-113.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Civil Engineering, Adithya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India@Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Engineering, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India<#LINE#>15/7/2016<#LINE#>1/9/2016<#LINE#>This research illustrates the environmental impact assessment of Beypore port infrastructure developments in Calicut. It examines and presents a translucent atmosphere with various parameters and alternatives as a result of RIAM Analysis, which considers all major components as follows: (PC) Physiochemical, (BE) Bioecological, (SC) Sociocultural and (EO) Economical- Operational. These components are then evaluated using a collective criteria common to all direct and indirect impacts concern. The reviewed impacts will be scaled using RIAM analysis. This matrix will be applied to the environmental impact assessment for the planned infrastructure developments at Beypore Port area. It will be shown that the development of Beypore Port region will have a tremendous optimistic effect economically and socially but a modest pessimistic effect with respect to Physiochemical and Bioecological components.<#LINE#>Abdullahi Muhammad Abba, Aji A. Bukar and Amina Gimba (2016).@Environmental Impacts on Coastal Development in Penang, Malaysia Using Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix.@Proceedings of the Academic Conference of Nightingale Publications & Research International on Sustainable Development,  Federal University of Technology, Minna, Education Resource Centre Conference Hall, Niger State, Nigeria. March 31, 2(1), 1-12.@No$Bindhu B.K., Mohan S. and Shibu K. (2012).@RIAM – An Effective Tool for Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment - A Case Study.@2012.@No$Bisset R. (1998).@Developments in EIA Methods Environmental Impact Assessment - Theory and Practice.@Unwin Hyman.@No$Canter L.W. (1996).@Environmental Impact Assessment.@McGraw-Hill Inc, Singapore.@Yes$John Glasson, Riki Therivel and Andrew Chadwick (2005).@Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment.@Third Edition, the Natural and Built Environment Series, Rutledge, Abingdon, 2005.@Yes$Guillemo Espinoza and Barabara Richards (2002).@Fundamentals of Environmental Impact Assessment.@Trainers’ Course on Environmental Management and Assessment for Investment Projects, 2002.@Yes$Hacking (2008).@Assessment of Environmental Impacts in Coastal Regions of Malaysia.@Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 28(2), 73-89.@No$Lawrence D.P. (1997).@The Need for EIA Theory-Building.@Environmental Impact Assessments Review, 17, 79-107.@Yes$Ogunba A. Oluseguti (2004).@EIA Systems in Nigeria: Evolution, Current Practice and Shortcomings.@Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 24(6), 643- 660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.019.@Yes$Pastakia C.M. (1998).@The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) - A New Tool for Environmental Impact Assessment.@Environmental Impact Assessment Using the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM), Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg, Denmark.@Yes$Pope Jenny, Annandale David and A. Morrison-Saunders (2004).@Conceptualizing Sustainable Development Assessment.@Environmental  Impact Assessment  Review, 24(6), 595-616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2004.03.001@Yes$Gabriel Dan Suditu and Brindusa Mihaela Robu Sluser (2012).@Digitization of the Environmental Impact Quantification Process.@Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 11(4), 841-848.@Yes$Sarvamangala Praveena, SitiShapor Siraj, Ahmad Kimon Suleiman and Ahmad Zaharin Aris (2011).@A Brush up on Water Quality Studies of Port Dickson, Malaysia.@Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 5(12), 841-849, http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/rjes.2011.841.849@Yes$Verheem R. (1992).@Environmental Assessment at the Strategic Level in the Netherlands.@Project Appraisal, 7(3), 150-156.@Yes$Wilkins H. (2003).@The Need for Subjectivity in EIA: Discourse as a Tool for Sustainable Development.@Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 23(4) 401-414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0195-9255(03)00044-1@Yes
<#LINE#>Dichotomy of Rain: The Dilemma of Cloud Bursts in Uttarakhand (India) and Challenges to Disaster Management<#LINE#> Sagar@Kundan <#LINE#>65-77<#LINE#>9.ISCA-IRJEvS-2016-145.pdf<#LINE#> School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar, India<#LINE#>16/9/2016<#LINE#>28/10/2016<#LINE#>The rain plays a crucial role in shaping the landscape and bringing nutrients to the creatures for survival, whether it is an ocean ecosystem or mountain eco systems such as in Indian Himalayan region. The geographical concepts of mountains acting as rain shadow and rain shedding natural structures are interlinked. In this way, rain not only enrich in variety of flora, fauna, human communities and cultural diversity but also important as a provider of life, offering water to a huge part of the Indian Himalayan subcontinent. But in recent past, continuing climate change and anthropogenic activities brings significant changes in the climate and precipitation pattern of the Himalayan area. As a result the, Uttarakhand state in Indian Himalayan Zone, is currently known for developing recurrence and power of common catastrophes like Cloud burst, downpour, overwhelming precipitation and ensuing avalanches. These frequencies result in the loss of people, agriculture lands, infrastructure, and further insecurity of mountain slants and ecosystems. As number of cloudburst accidents in Uttarakhand Himalaya area arising every year and hence, lots of discussions are going on how climate change is seeking revenge on mankind by endowing us with disasters! These cloudbursts in first look seem to mostly link with the occurrence of extreme event due to climate change. In this foundation, the main aim of this paper is to investigate and find the factors responsible for increased intensity of cloud burst and the extreme rainfall events experienced by the Uttarakhand through recent rainfall data. The paper likewise takes a gander at and examines different choices for disaster risk diminishments and reductions in the sensitive eco zone like Uttarakhand.<#LINE#>Anumukonda L.N., Young A., Lynn D.G., Buckley R., Warrayat A., Graves C.L. and Hud N.V. (2011).@Adenine synthesis in a model prebiotic reaction: Connecting origin of life chemistry with Biology.@Journal of Chemical Education, 88(12), 1698-1701.@Yes$Winner C. (2012).@Rain, rivers, and the fate of civilizations.@Oceanus, 49(3), 30.@Yes$Bergkamp G. and Cross K. (2006).@Groundwater and ecosystem services: towards their sustainable use.@Proceedings of the international symposium on groundwater sustainability (ISGWAS), Alicante, Spain pp. 24-27.@Yes$Shah T., Molden D., Sakthivadivel R. and Seckler D. 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