A Historical resum� of indian limnology

Abstract

A broad categorisation of Indian freshwater investigations published so far is presented. The lacunae are pointed out. Problems and priorities for further limnological researches in the context of India's limited water resources are high-lighted.Studies on Indian freshwaters extend back to the latter half of last century and were in the nature of presenting species lists and descriptions of taxa new to the then Indian sub-continent (Carter

A review of systematics, distribution and ecology of tropical freshwater zooplankton

“…No monograph is available or the whole country unlike in Sri Lanka, Indonesia (only Java, Bali and Sumatra) and Malaysia . However, the Indian work has been summarised in the paper of Michael (1980) . Michael & Sharma (in press) have monographed the Indian Cladocera .…”