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List of Scientific papers published under WII-NMCG Project

2025
  • Usmani AA, Gangaiamaran P, Mathur VB, Badola R& Hussain SA (2025) An annotated checklist of aquatic avifauna in the human-dominated middle stretch of the Ganga River. Check List 21(3): 596-617.  https://doi.org/10.15560/21.3.596
  • Ali, S.Z., Mani, A., Guha, & Hussain S.A. (2025). Assessment of fluvial stressor dynamics and riverine habitat resilience to environmental flow in the middle Ganga River. Discover Applied Sciences 7, 500 (2025).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-025-07067-1
  • Sharma, S.P., Katdare, S., Badola, R. & Hussain S.A. (2025). Nest thermal dynamics and predicted sex ratio in endemic freshwater crocodylian, gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Chambal River, India. Evolutionary Ecology (2025).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-025-10340-9
  • Mani, A., Kumari, M. & Badola, R.(2025). GIS and AHP-based methods for river risk zone (RRZ) assessment: a case study of the Himalayan rivers in Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2025).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36136-6
  • Mani, A., Kumari, M. & Badola, R. (2025). Urban Watershed Management in the Doon Valley: A Geospatial Assessment of Himalayan Watersheds. Journal of Landscape Ecology, 18(1), 2025. 127-149.   https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2025-0008
  • Das, G. C., Sharma, S. P., Tudu, S. & Hussain, S. A. (2025). Documentation of Vulnerable Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) Occurrence in the Hooghly River, East Coast of India. Journal of Wildlife Science, 2(1), 26-33.  https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.HVHO8202
  • Tripathi, R. N., Agarwal, K., Tripathi, V., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Conservation in action: Cost-effective UAVs and real-time detection of the globally threatened swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii). Ecological Informatics, 102913.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102913
2024
  • Khan, U., Chaudhari, R. Y., Adhikari, B. S., Hussain, S. A., & Badola, R. (2024). Lindernia tamilnadensis (Linderniaceae) from Indo-Gangetic plains: no more endemic to the Deccan. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(8), 25774-25778.  https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9168.16.8.25774-25778
  • Sah, R., Talukdar, G., Khanduri, M., Chaudhary, P., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Do dietary exposures to multi-class endocrine disrupting chemicals translate into health risks for Gangetic dolphins? An assessment and way forward. Heliyon, 10(15).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35130
  • Mani, A., Kumari, M., & Badola, R. (2024). Landslide hazard zonation (LHZ) mapping of Doon Valley using multi-criteria analysis method based on remote sensing and GIS techniques. Discover Geoscience, 2(1), 35.    https://doi.org/10.1007/s44288-024-00044-y
  • Badola, S., Gill, A. K., Dobriyal, P., Patel, S., Khan, M. Z., & Hussain, S. A. Haunting the Ganges: Addressing the issues of ghost gear in the Ganga River through an incentive-based institutional mechanism. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, 1341434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1341434
  • Tripathi, R. N., Ramachandran, A., Tripathi, V., Badola, R., & Hussain S. A. (2024). Optimizing Riparian Habitat Conservation: A Spatial Approach using Aerial and Space Technologies. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3454453
  • Mani, A., Guha, S., Sharma, S., Ali, Sk. Z., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Morphometric analysis and LULC change dynamics of Nayar watershed for the sustainable watershed management. Discover Geoscience, 2(1), 63.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s44288-024-00044-y
  • Tripathi, R. N., Ramachandran, A., Agarwal, K., Tripathi, V., Badola, R., & Hussain S. A. (2024). UAV and Deep Learning: Detection of selected riparian species along the Ganga River. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLVIII-1-2024, 637–642. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-2024-637-2024
  • Sah, R., Khanduri, M., Chaudhary, P., Paul, K. T., Gururani, S., Banwala, K., Paul, C., Jose, M. A., Bora, S., Ramachandran, A., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Dietary exposure of potentially toxic elements to freshwater mammals in the Ganga river basin, India. Environmental Pollution,123928.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123928
  • Tripathi, R. N., Ramachandran, A., Tripathi, V., Badola, R., & Hussain S. A. (2024). Bird monitoring intelligence: Integrating Thermal UAV Imagery and Deep Learning Tools. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 12(21s), 1283–1290. https://www.ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/5595/4332
  • Kumar, A., Negi, N., Yadav, N., Badola, R., Hussain, S. A., & Gupta, S. K. (2024). Genetic diversity, spatial connectivity, and population structure of Asian silurid catfish Wallago attu (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) in the Ganga River System: insights from mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Biology Reports, 51(1), 378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-024-09323-w
  • Sharma, S. P., Ghazi, M. G., Katdare, S., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Population status and genetic assessment of mugger (Crocodylus palustris) in a tropical regulated river system in North India. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 7438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57983-2
  • Das, G. C., Usmani, A. A., Sharma, S. P., Guha, S., Ali, S. Z., Barthwal, S., Sarkar, A., Mahar, N., Rawat, A., Gokulakrishnan, G., Anwar, J., Behera, S.K., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Conservation Planning for Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Smaller rivers of the Ganga River Basin, India. Global Ecology and Conservation, e02900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02900
  • Kumar, A., Panda, A. K., Usmani, A. A., Yadav, P., Panwar, A. Badola, R., Hussain, S.A., & Gupta, S. K. (2024). Population genetics of the critically endangered three-striped turtle, Batagur dhongoka, from the Ganga river system using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analysis. Sci Rep 14, 5920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54816-0
  • Panda, A. K., Verma V., Srivastav, A., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Digital image processing: A new tool for morphological measurements of freshwater turtles under rehabilitation. PLOS ONE, 1-16,  0300253. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300253
  • Dey, D., Shruti, M., De, K., Adhikari, B. S., & Hussain, S. A. (2024). Local and species contribution of beta diversity of macrophytes in perspective of conservation and restoration of Ganga River, India. Hydrobiologia, 1-18.
  • Ankit, K., Ahmad, M., Ranjan, V., Kumar, S., Hussain, S. A., & Gopi, G. V. (2024). Observations on Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838 (Aves: Charadriiformes: Laridae) breeding colonies in Middle Ganges stretch, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(2), 24737-24745.
2023
  • De, K., Dey, D., Shruti, M., Uniyal, V. P., Adhikari, B. S., Johnson, J. A., & Hussain, S. A. (2023). β-diversity of odonate community of the Ganga River: partitioning and insights from local and species contribution. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 31(6), 899-912
  • Panda, A.K., Katdare, S., Gawan, S., Sharma, S.P., Badola, R., & Hussain, S.A. (2023). Population status and factors influencing the distribution of Critically Endangered gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in a regulated unprotected river system in India. Global Ecology and Conservation, 46, e02547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02547
  • Mani, A., Kumari, M., & Badola, R. (2023). Evaluating Urban Topography and Land Use Changes for Urban River Management Using Geospatial Techniques. Engineering Proceedings, 58(1), 12.  ;https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-10-16004
  • Gangaiamaran, P., Usmani, A.A., Vishnu, C.S., Badola, R., & Hussain, S.A. (2023). Westward range extension of Burmese Python Python bivittatus in and around the Ganga Basin, India: a response to changing climatic factors. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(4), 23061-23074.  https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8330.15.4.23061-23074
  •  De, K., Singh, A.P., Sarkar, A., Singh, K., Siliwal, M., Uniyal, V.P., & Hussain, S.A. (2023). Local and species contribution to the beta diversity and rarity of riparian spider community of the Ganga River, India. Community Ecology, 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-023-00141-x
  • De, K., Singh, A.P., Sarkar, A. …. Husain S.A. (2023). Relationship between species richness, taxonomic distinctness, functional diversity, and local contribution to β diversity and effects of habitat disturbance in the riparian spider community of the Ganga River, India. Ecol Process 12, 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-023-00421-4
  • Khanduri, M., Sah, R., Ramachandran, A., Hussain, S. A., Badola, R., Candolin, U., & Hölker, F. (2023). Spatial-temporal expansion and determinants of light pollution in India's riparian habitats. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 98, 106952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106952
2022
  • Das, G. C., Sharma, S. P., Ali, S. Z., Gawan, S., Usmani, A. A., Sarkar, A., ... & Hussain, S. A. (2022). Prioritising river stretches using multi-modelling habitat suitability of Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) as a flagship species for aquatic biodiversity conservation in the Ganga River Basin, India. Ecological Indicators, 145, 109680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109680
  • De, K., Kumar, K., Singh, A. P., Uniyal, V. P., & Hussain, S. A. (2022). A report on the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) diversity of the Upper Ganga River Ramsar site in Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 14(4), 20908-20914.
  • Dobriyal, P., Badola, S., Hussain, S. A., & Badola, R. (2022). Toward SDGs: Forest, Market and Human Wellbeing Nexus in Indian Western Himalayas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 846549.
  • Mani, A., Kumari, M., & Badola, R. (2022). Morphometric analysis of Suswa River Basin using geospatial techniques. Engineering Proceedings, 27(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-9-13225
  • Tripathi, R. N., Ramachandran, A., Tripathi, V., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2022). Spatio-temporal habitat assessment of the Gangetic floodplain in the Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary. Ecological Informatics, 101851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101851
  • Tripathi, R. N., Ramachandran, A., Hussain, S. A., Tripathi, V., & Badola, R. (2022). Development of a google earth engine based application to monitor the seasonal water spread area of river Ganga. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 43, 1287-1292. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2022-1287-2022
  • Rawat, A. M., Bagri, D. S., Kumar, S., Badola, R., & Hussain, S. A. (2022). Relationship of isotopic variations with spring density in the structurally controlled springs and related geosystem services in Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya, India. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-9. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11762-z
  • Gawan, S., Panda, A. K., & Rawat, A. M. (2022). First photographic record of the presence of Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata in Ghaghra River, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 14(4), 20930-20934 https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7769.14.4.20930-20934
2021
  •  Basak, S., Pandav, B., Johnson, J. A., & Hussain, S. A. (2021). Resource utilisation by smooth-coated otter in the rivers of Himalayan foothills in Uttarakhand, India. Global Ecology and Conservation, 32, e01896.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01896
  • Badola, R., Ahmed, T., Gill, A. K., Dobriyal, P., Das, G. C., Badola, S., & Hussain, S. A. (2021). An incentive-based mitigation strategy to encourage coexistence of large mammals and humans along the foothills of Indian Western Himalayas. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-13.   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84119-7
  • De, K., Sarkar, A., Singh, K., Uniyal, V. P., Johnson, J. A., & Hussain, S. A. (2021). Diversity of aquatic insects and biomonitoring of water quality in the upper Ganga River, a Ramsar site: a preliminary assessment. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(13), 20011-20018.   https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5458.13.13.20011-20018
  • De, K., Siliwal, M., Uniyal, V. P., & Hussain, S. A. (2021). Spiders as bio-indicators of habitat disturbance in the riparian zone of the Ganga river: a preliminary study. Tropical Ecology, 1-7.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-021-00192-z
  • Kumar, A., Yadav, P., Usmani, A., Hussian, S. A., & Gupta, S. K. (2021). Complete mitogenome of Ganges river dolphin, Platanista gangetica gangetica and its phylogenetic relationship with other cetaceans. Molecular Biology Reports, 48(1), 315-322.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-06048-4
  • Sharma, S. P., Ghazi, M. G., Katdare, S., Dasgupta, N., Mondol, S., Gupta, S. K., & Hussain, S. A. (2021). Microsatellite analysis reveals low genetic diversity in managed populations of the critically endangered gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in India. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-10.    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85201-w
  • Talkudar, A., Mallapur, G., Goswami, S., Konch, P., Hussain, S. A., & Nigam, P. (2021). Hematology and serum chemistry values in the critically endangered red-crowned roofed turtle, Batakur kachuga and three-stripped roofed turtle, B. dhongoka. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 16(3), 681-685.  https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_16/Issue_3/Talukdar_etal_2021.pdf
  • Talukdar, A., Panda, A., Srivastav, A., Hussain, S. A., Malik, P. K., & Nigam, P. (2021). Growth patterns of critically endangered, head-started three-striped roofed turtle, Batagur dhongoka (Gray, 1834). Biologia, 1-6.    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00858-y
  • Yadav, P., Kumar, A., Sahoo, S., Yadav, N., Hussain, S. A., & Gupta, S. K. (2021). Identification of Gangetic turtles based on species-specific variations on mitochondrial cyt b and nuclear Cmos genes. Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments, 1, 100035.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiae.2021.100035
  • Gangaiamaran, P., Usmani, A. A., Gopi, G. V., Hussain, S. A., & Khan, K. A. (2021). Photographic record of Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) in Ramganga river, Bareilly, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(8), 19159-19161.   https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7375.13.8.19159-19161
2020
  • Bajaj, A., Nigam, P., & Hussain, S. A. (2020). The Ganga Aqualife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, Narora, Bulandshahar District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Reptiles & Amphibians, 27(3), 546-550.    https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v27i3.14909
  • De, K., Ali, S. Z., Dasgpta, N., Uniyal, V. P., Johnson, J. A., & Hussain, S. A. (2020). Evaluating performance of four species distribution models using Blue-tailed Green Darner Anax guttatus (Insecta: Odonata) as model organism from the Gangetic riparian zone. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(14), 16962-16970.     https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6106.12.14.16962-16970
  • Hussain, S. A., Irengbam, M., Barthwal, S., Dasgupta, N., & Badola, R. (2020). Conservation planning for the Ganga River: a policy conundrum. Landscape Research, 45(8), 984-999.   10.1080/01426397.2020.1808959
  • Sah, R., Baroth, A., & Hussain, S. A. (2020). First account of spatio-temporal analysis, historical trends, source apportionment and ecological risk assessment of banned organochlorine pesticides along the Ganga River. Environmental Pollution, 263, 114229.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114229
  • Sharma, S. P., Katdare, S., Zaidi, Z., Ghazi, M. G., Gupta, S. K., & Hussain, S. A. (2020). Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals extremely low genetic diversity in a managed population of the Critically Endangered Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus, Gmelin, 1789). Herpetological Journal, 30(4).     https://doi.org/10.33256/hj30.4.202206
  • Yadav, P., Kumar, A., Hussain, S. A., & Gupta, S. K. (2020). Evaluation of the effect of longitudinal connectivity in population genetic structure of endangered golden mahseer, Tor putitora (Cyprinidae), in Himalayan rivers: Implications for its conservation. PloS one, 15(6), e0234377.    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234377
2019
  • Sangha, K.K., Maynard, S., Pearson, P., Dobriyal, P., Badola, R. & Hussain, S.A. (2019). Recognizing the role of local and Indigenous communities in managing natural resources for the greater public benefit: Case studies from Asia and Oceania region. Ecosystem Services. 39, https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100991
  • Sonkar, G. K., Gaurav, K., Dasgupt, N., Hussain, S. A., & Sinha, R. (2019). Eco-geomorphic assessment of the Varanasi Turtle Sanctuary and its implication for Ganga River conservation. Current Science, 116(12), 2063.    https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi12%2F2063-2071
  • Talukdar, A., Sengupta, D., Mallapur, G., Hussain, S.A., Malik, P.K. and Nigam, P. (2019). Amelioration of the Freshwater Turtle Breeding and Rehabilitation Station in Varanasi, India. IRCF Journal: Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. 26(2),170-173.   https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v26i2.14397
  • Sarkar, D., Ramesh, C., Hussain, S. A., Mondal, R., & Talukdar, G. (2018). A field observation of the critically endangered Indian Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus (Gemlin 1789), in the Lower Ganga Canal, Narora, Uttar Pradesh, India. Reptiles & Amphibians, 25(3), 204-207.     https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v25i3.14306

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