INVITED LECTURES

21.09.2015: Avifauna diversity: field protocols and a case study. Lecture given at Hooghly Womens
College, Hooghly, Department of Zoology.

14.02.2015: Methodologies in field biology. Lecture given at Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata,
Department of Zoology.

09.09.2011: Avifaunal diversity study: necessary field protocols. Published in proceedings of UGC
Sponsored Seminar on Faunal Diversity Assessment: Designing Field Studies. RKMVC College,
Kolkata, West Bengal, pp 22 29.

PUBLICATIONS
Journal publications:

1. A. Nayak, S. and U. S. Roy (2016). An observation on the Odonata fauna of the Asansol-
Durgapur Industrial Area, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(2):
8503 8517.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2572.8.2.8503-8517

2. S. Adhurya, S. Adhurya, S Roy and U. S. Roy (2015). Report on range extension of eight
lesser known avian species from Durgapur Ecoregion, West Bengal, India. Annals of
Experimental Biology 3 (4): 1 6.
http://aexpbio.com/vol3-iss4/AEB-2015-3-4-1-6.pdf

3. S. Changder, S. Adhurya, U. S. Roy and M. Banerjee (2015). A Report on Midwinter Bird

Diversity from Mangalajodi Wetland, Odisha. ZOOs PRINT XXX 12: 1 5.
http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintMagazine/2015/December/1-5.pdf

4. A. Nayak, S. Adhurya and U. S. Roy (2015). First Record of Common Babbler Turdoides
caudata (Timaliidae) from Burdwan District, West Bengal and Range Extension to Eastern
India. ZOOs PRINT XXX 7: 12 14.
http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintMagazine/2015/July/12-13.pdf

5. A. Mukherjee, A. K. Pal and U. S. Roy (2015). Winter avian population of Gandheswari

River Bank in Bankura District of West Bengal, India. Annals of Experimental Biology.
3(2): 5 9.
http://aexpbio.com/vol3-iss2/AEB-2015-3-2-5-9.pdf

6. A. Mukherjee, A. K. Pal and U. S. Roy (2015). A review of the present status, threats and
conservation strategies of wetlands of India with special reference to its bird diversity.
Communique. 9(1): 11 16.

7. U. S. Roy and S. Dey (2015). Wealth from waste: a review of wastewater-fed fishponds of
East Kolkata Wetland Ecosystems. Communique. 9(1): 17 20.

8. U. S. Roy and S. Dey (3/2015). Studies on Otolith Bone of Nile Cichlid (Oreochromis
niloticus). Annals of Experimental Biology. 3(1): 24 28.
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 http://aexpbio.com/vol3-iss1/AEB-2015-3-1-24-28.pdf

9. S. Dey, U. S. Roy and S. Chattopadhyay (3/2015). Effect of heat wave on the Indian Flying
Fox Pteropus giganteus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) population from Purulia
District of West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7(3): 7029 7033.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3947.7029-33

10. A. Aich, A. R. Goswami, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2/2015). Ecotoxicological

Assessment of Tannery Effluent Using Guppy Fish (Poecilia reticulata) as an Experimental
Model: A Biomarker Study. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 8(4):
278 286.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2014.960045 (IF: 1.83)

11. U. S. Roy, A. Pal and A. K. Pal (7/2014). Avifaunal diversity from an urban region of West
Bengal, India for an annual cycle. Manan. 1(2): 1 10.

12. U. S. Roy, A. R. Goswami, A. Aich, B. Chattopadhyay, S. Datta and S. K. Mukhopadhyay

(2013). Changes in physicochemical characteristics of wastewater carrying canals after
relocation of Calcutta tannery agglomerates within the East Calcutta Wetland ecosystem (a
Ramsar site). International Journal of Environmental Studies. 70(2): 203 221.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2013.774810

13. S. Dey, U. S. Roy and A. Pal (2013). Studies on fish fauna at Durgapur barrage and its
adjacent wetland areas with an eye to the physicochemical conditions of Damodar River
from Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Journal of Applied Sciences in Environmental
Sanitation 8(1): 1722.
http://trisanita.org/jases/asespaper2013/ases03v8n1y2013.pdf

14. S. Dey, U. S. Roy and S. Chattopadhyay (2013). Distribution and abundance of three
populations of Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) from Purulia district of West Bengal,
India. Taprobanica 05(01): 60 66.
http://www.sljol.info/index.php/TAPRO/article/download/5664/4530

15. U. S. Roy, A. Aich, B. Chattopadhyay, S. Datta and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2013). Studies on

the toxicity of composite tannery effluent using guppy (Poecilia reticulata) as a fish model.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 13(3): 557 563.
http://omicron.ch.tuiasi.ro/EEMJ/pdfs/accepted/67_410_Roy_11.pdf

16. U. S. Roy, M. Mukherjee and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). Butterfly diversity and

abundance with reference to habitat heterogeneity in and around Neora Valley National Park,
West Bengal, India. Our Nature 10: 53 60.
http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/ON/article/download/7751/6333

17. P. Banerjee, A. Pal, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). Avifaunal Diversity from an
Urban Perennial Freshwater Lake of West Bengal, India with Special References to
limnochemistry and Anthropogenic Interventions. Panchakotessays 3(1): 32 42.

18. U. S. Roy, A. Aich, A. R. Goswami, A. K. Sen and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). Winter

Avian Population of River Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. ZOOs PRINT
XXVII(12): 1719.
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 http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintMagazine/2012/December/17-19.pdf

19. A. Pal, S. Dey and U. S. Roy (2012). Seasonal diversity and abundance of herpetofauna in
and around an industrial city of West Bengal, India. Journal of Applied Sciences in
Environmental Sanitation 7(4): 281286.
http://www.trisanita.org/jases/asespaper2012/ases39v7n4y2012.pdf

20. U. S. Roy, P. Banerjee and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). Study on avifaunal diversity from
three different regions of North Bengal, India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 1(2):
120 129.
http://www.ajcb.in/journals/full_papers_dec_12/10_Roy%20%20et%20al_AJCB_1_2_120-
129.pdf

21. U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). Wings no help to flee: Impact of Climate
Change on Bird Migration: a review. Academic Journal Hooghly Mohsin College 7(1): 26
36.

22. U. S. Roy, B. Chattopadhyay, S. Datta and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Metallothionein as a

Biomarker to Assess the Effects of Pollution on Indian Major Carp Species from
WastewaterFed Fishponds of East Calcutta Wetlands (a Ramsar Site). Environmental
Research, Engineering and Management 4 (58): 10 17.
http://www.socsc.ktu.lt/index.php/erem/article/download/660/1067

23. A. R. Goswami, U. S. Roy, A. Aich, B. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011).

Spatiotemporal variations in diversity, abundance and primary productivity of planktonic
algae in wastewaterfed fishponds at East Calcutta Wetlands. Nebio Vol II, Issue 4: 42 51.
http://www.nebio.info/2011/09/nebio-december-2011.html

24. U. S. Roy, A. Pal, P. Banerjee and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Comparison of Avifaunal

Diversity in and Around Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India. Journal of
Threatened Taxa 3(10): 2136 2142.
http://www.threatenedtaxa.in/index.php/JoTT/article/view/642/1125

25. U. S. Roy, A. R. Goswami, A. Aich and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Changes in Densities

of Waterbird Species in Santragachi Lake, India: Potential Effects on Limnochemical
Variables. Zoological Studies 50(1): 76 84.
http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/50.1/76.pdf

26. M. Jain, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Indirect Evidences of Wildlife

Activities in Sholas of Western Ghats, a Biodiversity Hotspot. Vestnik zoologii 45(2): 153
159.
http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink/
$002fj$002fvzoo.2011.45.issue-2$002fv10058-011-0010-9$002fv10058-011-0010-9.pdf?
t:ac=j$002fvzoo.2011.45.issue-2$002fv10058-011-0010-9$002fv10058-011-0010-9.xml

27. U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2010). Nanoplankton Colonization on Artificial

Substrate in a Large Perennial Freshwater Pond of West Bengal, India. European Journal of
Applied Sciences 2(3): 94 97.
http://idosi.org/ejas/2(3)10/1.pdf
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 28. B. Chattopadhyay, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2010). Mobility and Bioavailability
of Chromium in the Environment: PhysicoChemical and Microbial Oxidation of Cr (III) to
Cr (VI). Journal of Applied Science & Environmental Management 14(2): 97 101.
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/download/57873/46242

29. A. Chatterjee, M. Jain, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2008). Limnochemical Factors

Influencing the Seasonal Population Density, Secondary Production, and CalciumtoTissue
Ratio in the Freshwater Limpet Septaria lineata (Archaeogastropoda: Neritidae). Turkish
Journal of Zoology 32: 245 252.
http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/engineering/issues/muh-07-31-3/muh-31-3-3-0611-4.pdf

30. B. Chattopadhyay, A. R. Goswami, U. S. Roy, A. Aich and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2008).

Amelioration of Effluent Toxicity: Natures Handwork. Indian Leather 42: 31 38.

31. A. Aich, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2006). Cooperation as an Evolutionary

Consequence. Journal of Environment and Sociobiology 3(2): 153 167.

Book chapters:
U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2014). Strategies for Regaining Avian Paradise. In:
Siksha: Pragati-Durgati, Collection of essays on educational progress and retrogress.
Published from Biswa Bangiya Prakashan, Kolkata, pp 175- 181. ISBN 81-88792-37-3.

U. S. Roy (2011). Metallothionein A Queer Protective Protein in Biosystem. In: Basic

Science: Prospects and Future Challenges, edited by S. Bhattacharjee and A. Panigrahi.
Government of West Bengal, Hooghly Mohsin College, Chinsurah, West Bengal. pp 142
150. ISBN

Seminar publications:
Full length papers:
1. U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Avifaunal Diversity Study: Necessary Field
Protocols. Published in proceedings of UGC Sponsored Seminar on Faunal Diversity
Assessment: Designing Field Studies. RKMVC College, Kolkata, West Bengal, pp 22 29.

2. U. S. Roy, P. Banerjee, A. Pal and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Conservation, Restoration

and Management Plan for Santragachi Jheel: An Urban Wetland in West Bengal, India.
Published in proceedings of International Conference on Biodiversity & Aquatic Toxicology.
ANU, Nagarjunanagar, Andhra Pradesh, pp 1 11.

3. M. Mukherjee, A. Pal and U. S. Roy (2011). Seasonal Diversity and Abundance of Butterfly
Species in and Around Durgapur City, West Bengal, India. Published in proceedings of
International Conference on Biodiversity & Aquatic Toxicology. ANU, Nagarjunanagar,
Andhra Pradesh, pp 21 28.

4. U. S. Roy, A. R. Goswami, P. Borah and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). A Study on

Zooplanktonic Diversity with Special Reference to Water and Soil Physicochemical
Parameters from Nine Different Freshwater Sources of Northern Part of West Bengal, India.
Published in proceedings of International Conference on Biodiversity & Aquatic Toxicology.
ANU, Nagarjunanagar, Andhra Pradesh, pp 43 49.

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 5. U. S. Roy, B. Chattopadhyay, S. Datta and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Metallothionein
Assay for BioMonitoring Trace Metal Stress in Cichlids (Oreochromis niloticus and
Oreochromis mossambicus) Thriving in Contaminated WastewaterFed Fishponds in East
Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar Site. Published in proceedings of International Conference on
Biodiversity & Aquatic Toxicology. ANU, Nagarjunanagar, Andhra Pradesh, pp 118 129.

6. B. Gorai, M. Gorai and U. S. Roy (2011). Application of Green Energies: Prime Need of the
Hour. Published in proceedings of 8th All India Peoples Technology Congress, Science City,
Kolkata, West Bengal.

7. U. S. Roy, A. R. Goswami, A. Aich and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2008). Comparison of

Limnochemical Features between Two Large Perennial Lentic Waterbodies in the Context of
Waterbird Colonization. Published in proceedings of National Seminar on Conservation and
Restoration of Lakes Organized by NIH and NEERI, Nagpur, Maharashtra. VolI, Eds.
Choubey, V.K., Singh, R.D., Singh, O. and Sharma, M.K., National Institute of Hydrology,
Roorkee, pp 267 280.

Abstracts:

1. U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2016). Winter avian aggregation at Santragachi Jheel:

an urban wetland in West Bengal, India. UGC sponsored National Seminar on, Biodiversity:
Exploitation, Conservation & Management Vision & Mission, Barasat Government
College, Barasat; 11/2016, pp 17.

2. R. Chattaraj and U. S. Roy (2016). Seasonal variation in zooplankton community with

reference to physico-chemical conditions from a large perennial freshwater pond of Mithani,
Burdwan, West Bengal. UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on, From Molecules to
Ecosystem A Zoological Perspective, RKMVC College, Kolkata, 9/2016.

3. D. Mukherjee and U. S. Roy (2016). Fish species of wastewaterfed fisheries: suppressed

innate immunity? UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on, From Molecules to
Ecosystem A Zoological Perspective, RKMVC College, Kolkata, 9/2016.

4. A. Mukherjee and U. S. Roy (2015). Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary, A Heaven to Asian Open-
Bill Storks (Anastomus oscitans). International Conference of Environment and Ecology,
Science City, Kolkata; 03/2015, pp 233 234.

5. S. Adhurya, A. K. Nayak, U. S. Roy and M. Banerjee (2015). Seasonal avian diversity from
heterogeneous habitat patches in and around an urban city of West Bengal, India.
International Conference of Environment and Ecology, Science City, Kolkata; 03/2015, pp
241 242.

6. S. Dey and U. S. Roy (2014). Impact of extreme climatic conditions on Pteropus Giganteus
(Indian fruit bat / flying fox) from Purulia District of West Bengal, India. Published in the
proceedings of Second International Conference on Mother Earth: Save it to achieve a
sustainable future for all, University of Burdwan; 12/2014, pp 17.

7. S. Dey and U. S. Roy (2014). Impact of water pollution on ichthyofaunal diversity from
Durgapur barrage and its adjacent wetland areas of West Bengal, India. State level seminar

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 on Impact of pollution: assessment and awareness, Hooghly Womens College, Hooghly;
2/2014, pp 38.

8. U. S. Roy, A. R. Goswami, A. Aich, B. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2014).

Wastewater-fed aquaculture: risks of element contamination. State level seminar on Impact of
pollution: assessment and awareness, Hooghly Womens College, Hooghly; 2/2014, pp 39
40.

9. U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Sequestration of Unwanted Metals in Fish

Species from WastewaterFed Fishponds of East Calcutta Wetlands (a Ramsar Site) with
Special Reference to Stress and Detoxification Processes. UGC sponsored National Level
Seminar on Recent Trends in Zoology with Special Emphasis on Animal Diversity, Fisheries
and Genetics. Kulti College, Kulti, West Bengal; 11/2011, pp 20.

10. A. Pal, P. Banerjee and U. S. Roy (2011). Ecology and behaviour of Yellow Wattled
Lapwings (Vanellus malarbaricus): an introductory study from Durgapur, West Bengal. UGC
sponsored National Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Zoology with Special Emphasis on
Animal Diversity, Fisheries and Genetics. Kulti College, Kulti, West Bengal; 11/2011 pp 26
27.

11. P. Banerjee, A. Pal and U. S. Roy (2011). Migratory Birds of Durgapur, an Urban City of
West Bengal. UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Zoology with
Special Emphasis on Animal Diversity, Fisheries and Genetics. Kulti College, Kulti; 11/2011,
West Bengal pp 31.

12. A. Pal, S. Saha and U. S. Roy (2011). A Study on Herpetofaunal Diversity in and around
Durgapur Industrial Area, West Bengal, India. UGC sponsored National Level Conference on
Climate Change: A Dagger in Disguise Affecting Biodiversity. TDB College, Raniganj, West
Bengal.

13. U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Impact of Climate Change on Bird Migration: a
Case Study from an Urban, Perennial, Freshwater Wetland in West Bengal, India. UGC
sponsored National Level Conference on Climate Change: A Dagger in Disguise Affecting
Biodiversity. TDB College, Raniganj, West Bengal.

14. P. Borah, M mukherjee, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). Wealth from Waste: A
Case Study from East Calcutta Wetland Ecosystem. UGC Sponsored National Level
Symposium on Pollution: Disbalancing the Global Environment: Threats and Prevention.
Bolpur College, Visva Bharati, West Bengal, pp 51.

15. A. Pal and U. S. Roy (2011). A Comparative Study on Seasonal Bird Diversity and
Abundance in Relation to Habitat Heterogeneity in an Urban Region of West Bengal, India.
International Conference on Biodiversity & Aquatic Toxicology. ANU, Nagarjunanagar,
Andhra Pradesh; 2/2011, pp 62.

16. U. S. Roy, B. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2009). Metallothionein Assay for

BioMonitoring Trace Metal Stress in Nile Cichlid (Oreochromis niloticus) Thriving in
Contaminated WastewaterFed Fishponds in East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site. UGC
sponsored national level seminar on stress, drug development and nanotechnology. Bethune
College, Kolkata, West Bengal, pp 52.
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17. A. Chatterjee, M. Jain, U. S. Roy and S. K. Mukhopadhyay (2006). Seasonality in Population
Density, Secondary Production and CalciumtoTissue Ratio in Freshwater Limpet (Septaria
lineata: Archaeogastropoda: Neritidae) of River Ganga. International Conference on The
Majestic River Ganga: Health, Integrity & Management. Organisied by Aquatic Ecosystem
Health and Management society and Patna University, Patna, India, pp 51.