Focus of Research :
- Coastal and marine biodiversity
- Conservation of ETP coastal and marine species
- Jellyfish bloom dynamics
- Taxonomy of finfish, soft corals, jellyfish and seaweeds
- By-catch and its impacts on marine fisheries
Background :
Completed master in Fisheries Resources Management from CIFE, Mumbai in 2010 and Ph.D in Zoology from Andhra University in 2019. Specialised in trawl by-catch and economic valuation of juveniles of commercially important fishes for the PhD programme. I am working in ICAR-CMFRI since 2012 on marine biodiversity and coservation. Presently I am working on taxonomy, species inventory, jellyfish bloom dynamics and conservation of ETP coastal and marine species.
Education :
- PhD 2019 Department of Zoology, Andhra University
- MFSc 2010 Fisheries Resources Management, CIFE, Mumbai
- BFSc 2008 Fisheries sciences, College of fisheries ,O.U.A.T,Odisha
Current Research Projects :
Sl no. | Projects | Funded by |
1 | Jellyfish bloom dynamics in coastal and marine ecosystems of India | ICAR-CMFRI |
2 | Developing Conservation Plan for Biologically Sensitive Areas along the Indian coast | ICAR-CMFRI |
3 | Assessment of resilience potential of coral reefs | ICAR-CMFRI |
4 | Cage culture demonstration of Indian Pompano (Trachinotus mookalee) in Chandipur, Odisha | NFDB |
5 | Marine microbial diversity in relation to ecosystem functioning and environmental changes | ICAR-CMFRI |
7 | Assessment of fishing impacts on biodiversity loss, with special reference to the threatened species, to formulate management options for their protection | ICAR-CMFRI |
6 | Bio-inventorying and documentation of marine species in coastal and marine ecosystems of Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board |
Awards & Recognitions :
- Best Scientist Award from the Society of Fisheries and Life Sciences, College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India on 21st November 2023
- Best presentation award- National Scientific Hindi Webinar on “Green Science for blue growth” organized by ICAR-CMFRI at Visakhapatnam on 28th March, 2022.
- ICAR-CMFRI Merit Award from the Director, ICAR-CMFRI for exemplary research in Policy guidance of marine fisheries of Andhra Pradesh
- Awarded the rating of Open Water Diver by Registered Professional Association of Diving Instruction (PADI) in 2014
- Member in Journal of Marine Biological association of India
- Member in Asian fisheries society of Indian branch
Publications:
- Behera Pralaya Ranjan, Jishnudev, M A, Ghosh, Shubhadeep, Saravanan, Raju(2021) Biometry and size distribution of Crambionella annandalei and Chrysaora spp. along the coast of Andhra Pradesh, India. Aquatic Ecology. pp. 1-12.
- Behera, Pralaya Ranjan and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Sreeramulu, K and Muktha, M and Jishnudev, M A and Satish Kumar, M (2021) The Cost of Fishing on Juveniles of Finfish and Shellfish: Assessment of Economic Impacts of Trawl Juvenile by-Catch along the Coast of North Andhra Pradesh, India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0212-5919
- Behera P. R, Jishnudev MA, Saravanan R, Roul SK, Ghosh S, Uma Mahesh V, Joshi KK (2020). R-edescription of the enigmatic jellyfish, Crambionella annandalei (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from Indian waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420000703.
- Behera, Pralaya Ranjan, S. S. Raju, Jishnudev M. A., Shubhadeep Ghosh and Raju Saravanan. 2020. Emerging Jellyfish Fisheries along Central South East coast of India. Ocean and coastal management. 191. pp. 1-7. ISSN 0964-5691.
- Dash, Gyanaranjan, Behera, Pralaya Ranjan, Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar, Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen, Ghosh, Shubhadeep, Saravanan, Raju and Sreenath, K.R (2023) Geographic range extension of crowned jellyfish to the north-western Bay of Bengal. Journal of Coastal Conservation, pp. 1-15. ISSN 1874-7841.
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