Freshwater oligochaetes of India: A review
The present review deals with freshwater oligochaetes of India which records the presence of 102 species of freshwater oligochaetes belonging to 17 genera and 4 families. Besides this, a brief description of their global and Indian distribution has also been made along with their ecology, morphology of typical oligochaetes methods of their collection and preparation for taxonomic study has also been given. A thorough survey of various states is needed for the distribution of oligochaetes systematically.
I have been asked to chair the third and final section of this symposium on Pesticides in Aquatic Environments. This section will be concerned with the ways and means by which aquatic organisms degrade, or perhaps more correctly, biotransform or metabolize pesticides in their environment.