RAPD was used to delineate the hilsa populations sampled from the Ganga, Yamuna, Hooghly, and Narmada Rivers at six different locations. Six degenerate primers were used to generate the fragment patterns from the samples collected. All primers were highly polymorphic and generated high numbers of amplification products. Nei's genetic distances were calculated between locations. The overall aver...

Abstract The variations in pH and Dissolve Oxygen (DO) concentrations were analysed surface river water samples for three seasons Pre-Monsoon, Monsoon Autumn (January to December 2022) four major rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Gomti Hindon flowing through Uttar Pradesh, India. For Ganga range varied from 7.65 8.47 DO 6.4mg/l 9.26mg/l. Yamuna 7.31 10.5 0 8.1mg/l. showed, between 7.2 8.48, while 0.63mg/l ...

Gurez Valley is situated along the Krishna Ganga river and is less exploited. It has reserve forests. The forests are very rich in herbal wealth. The population of the area consists of the types Dard, Kashimiries; Gujars and Pathans. They have got much faith in herbs and the elders of the family mostly know the uses of the herbs and prescribe for the ailments to their families and neighbours. T...

A new nemacheilid loach, Schistura obliquofascia, is described from Kalsa, a stream near Chanfi, tributary of Gola River, Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, India. The new species is readily distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: 12–14 oblique olivaceous dark bars on the body and three rows of black spots on the dorsal fin; lateral line complete with 104–112 pores, do...

The Himalaya-Gangetic Plain region is the iconic example of the debate about the impact on lowlands of upland land-use change. Some of the scientific aspects of this debate are revisited by using new techniques to examine the role of deforestation in erosion and river sediment transport. The approach is whole-of-catchment, combining a history of deforestation with a history of sediment sources ...

The objective of this study was the sediment quality assessment of Ganga River at Kanpur city where effluents from tannery industries are discharged. Sediment samples from upstream and downstream area were collected and analyzed for trace metals and toxicity bioassay. Among various trace metals examined Cr in downstream sediment was 30-fold higher than in upstream sediment and its concentration...

In this study, a total of twenty four phosphate solubilizing bacterial (PSB) colonies were isolated on the Pikovskaya’s agar medium from different effluent exposed sediment of river Ganga. The bacteria showing clear halo zones around their colonies were considered as phosphate solubilizers. Out of 24 phosphate solubilizing bacterial isolates, 4 potential isolates showing highest halo zone on Pi...

Better understanding of the physics of natural systems, the power of information technology and remote sensing tools, and the advances in statistics and simulation of complex nonlinear systems have revolutionized the way civil and environmental engineers approach traditional and new challenges. This paper describes new developments in the area of distributed rainfall and flood forecasting over ...