Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022,
Kerala, India
E-mail-
mahadevhari@cusat.ac.in
BRIEF BIO
Having graduated in Zoology from Kerala University in 1987, I did my post graduation in Industrial Fisheries from Cochin University of Science and Technology. I took the Doctoral Degree from the same University in 1998 for the thesis entitled “Population characteristics, fishery and post larval distribution of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) and M.idella (Hilgendorf) of Vembanad lake”. The Vembanad lake is a tropical estuarine habitat, largest in west coast of India and has been identified as one Ramsar site in 2002. The lake system has undergone very serious alterations mainly by many anthropogenic interventions. M.rosenbergii is an important species which succumbed to the adverse impact of these human interventions. The thesis encompasses studies on the status of its fishery and exploitation in the lake and adjoining rivers and population dynamics of its stock. It also details the morphological and morphometrical characterization of male and female populations of M.rosenbergii
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecology of fin fish and shell fish larval forms in estuarine habitat, Fishery biology of deep sea fishes from continental slope, Fishery biology of estuarine and riverine fishes , Fishery of decapod crustaceans, Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic studies of larval forms of decapods
Ecosystem Carbon Stock and Stable Isotopic Signatures of Soil Organic Carbon Sources Across the Mangrove Ecosystems of Kerala, Southern India , Wetlands, Springer 2022
Global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and hypervirulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae from LMICs: An in-silico approach. , Science of the Total Environment , Vol. 802, 2022
Trophic interactions between native and exotic cichlids in a shallow tropical estuary (Lake Vembanad, India), Marine and Freshwater Research , CSIRO PUBLISHING Vol. 73, 2021
Real Time PCR detection of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man, 1879) larvae with emphasis to their ecology, Aquatic Living Resources, EDP Sciences 2021 Vol. 34, 2021
Stable isotopic signatures of sediment carbon and nitrogen sources and its relation to benthic meiofaunal distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord, Marine Ecology, Wiley 2021
Survival Kinetics of Vibrio Species in a Tropical Estuary along the Southwest coast of India - as a function of selected Environmental Factors, Fishery Technology, Society of Fisheries Technologists India Vol. 58, 2021
Fish stock demographics of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) from Kavaratti in Lakshadweep, Southern Arabian Sea, Journal of Fisheries, journal.bdfish.org Vol. 8, 2020
Morphological and genetic variations in the natural populations of Carinotetraodon travancoricus, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Wiley 2020
Population dynamics of Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day 1874) an endemic cyprinid fish from a tropical reservoir of Southern Western Ghats, India, Lakes and Reservoirs, Wiley 2020
Surface cyclopoid copepod assemblages in relation to environmental conditions near undisturbed coral reefs of Minicoy, south eastern Arabian sea a part of the Indian Ocean, Marine Ecology , Wiley 2020
Benthic Decapod crustaceans constituting exploited fishery , International Seminar on Benthos , 2019
Efficiency of bioactive compound extracted from various plant leaf to improving the quality of fish and shell fishes during chilled storage condition, Seafood safety trade and management, 2017
On the exploited fishery resources of three major estuaries of Kerala, Sustainable Fisheries in an Ecosystem Perspective. Proceedings of National seminar on Sustainable fisheries in an ecosystem perspective., 2017
On the exploited fishery resources of three major estuaries of Kerala, Proceedings of National seminar on Sustainable fisheries in an ecosystem perspective, 2017
Studies on the Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as Alternate Fuel in Motorised Fishing Unit, Conservefish, 2009
Potential of snapping shrimps as ornamentals. , Ornamental fish breeding, farming and Trade,, 2008
Population characteristics and stock assessment of Puntius denisonii (Day) in Kanjirapuzha River, Kerala (South India), Ornamental fish breeding, farming and Trade, 2008
Life history traits and population dynamics of Tor khudree (Sykes, 1839) of Periyar Lake, India., Mahseer The Biology, Culture and Conservation Proceedings of the Interanational Symposium on the Mahseer 29-30 March 2006; Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2007
On the sustainability issues of fishery of giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) in Vembanad lake, South India. , Sustain Fish, 2006
On the sustainability issues of fishery of giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) in Vembanad lake, South India, Sustain Fish, 2006
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Prof. Dr. .M.HARIKRISHNAN, A.Ramachandran, Shibu A.V., Mini Sekharan, N and S.Sabu, Seafood Safety Trade and Management , School of Industrial Fisheries, 2017
Prof. Dr. .M.HARIKRISHNAN, B.Madhusoodana Kurup, Prajith K K, Wamafish, School of Industrial Fisheries, 2010
Prof. Dr. .M.HARIKRISHNAN, Kurup, B.M., Boopendranath, M.R. and A.V.Shibu , Impact of climate change on hydrological cycle, ecosystem, fisheries and food security , Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi, India , 2021 , ISBN : 978-93-90309-11-5
RESEARCH PROJECTS
"“ Resource assessment and biology of deep sea crustaceans inhabiting continental slope of Arabian sea and Central Indian Ocean" ( MoES, Govt.of India- 2012 -2017 , Total outlay Rs.8000000)
"“Temporal and spatial distribution of larval forms of Macrobrachium spp in Vembanad lake with special reference to changes in lacustrine ecology” " (2. Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment - 2015 -2018 , Total outlay Rs.2371000)
"“ Assessment of fishery resources along Indian Continental slope and Central Indian Ocean”." ( MoES, Govt.of India- 2008 -2012 , Total outlay Rs.4500000)
