| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| Meiofauna of Intertidal Region of Chennai Coast, India I | A. Janakiraman, M.S. Naveed and K. Altaff | 1 |
| The Eutrophic State of Pulicat Lagoon Ecosystem: An Analysis | T. Lynda Keren and R. Moses Inbaraj | 15 |
| Threats to Marine Biodiversity | B. Belim ImtiyaT, P. Dhone Sweta and K. Kaba Prakash | 21 |
| Diversity of Fish Bycatch in the Trawlers off Parangipettai and Cuddalore (Southeast Coast of India) | P. Murugesan and S. Purusothaman | 27 |
| Habitat Loss and Population Reduction of Mudskippers (Family: Gobiidae) from Tamil Nadu, Southeast Coast of India | V. Ravi | 37 |
| Variation in Diversity of Crabs in Pichavaram Mangrove Environment | S. Ravichandran | 51 |
| Climate Change: Changing Scenario of Resources and Geography with Reference to Pulicat Lake Ecosystem | J. Sesh Serebiah and R. Moses Inbaraj | 61 |
| An Investigation on the Hydrography and Plankton Ecology of Coromandel Coast, Southeast Coast of India | B. Balaji Prasath, R. Nandakumar P. Santhanam, P. Perumal, S. Ananth, | 75 |
| Biodiversity in Mangrove Forest Ecosystems of India | K. Kathiresan | 91 |
| Occurrence of Double Parasitism (Isopod and Copepod) on Valenciennes Halfbeak Fish from Parangipettai Coastal Waters, South India | A. Gopalakrishnan, M. Rajkumar, J. Manoharan, K. Sinduja and | 103 |
| Seasonal Variations in the Diversity of Coral Associated Brachyuran Crabs in Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve | A. Gokul and K. Venkataraman | 111 |
| Marine Molluscan Diversity: Where do we stand? | G.A. Thivakaran | 119 |
| Marine Microbial Diversity: Special Emphasis on Industrial Potentiality | V. Anuradha | 127 |
| Sea Turtle Conservation in Orissa: An Overview | Brajeswari Singh Samant, Premalata Pati, Sabita Paikaray | 139 |
| Macrofouling in Three Different Test Panels from Vellar Estuary, Southeast Coast of India | K. Prabhu S. Bragadeeswaran and S. Sophia Rani | 155 |
| Are Mangroves Critical Habitat for Fishes? | N. Rajendran and K. Kathiresan | 173 |
| Optrmization of Marine Microalgae in Outdoor Tanks for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels | Shyam Rajan and Grant Burgess | 189 |
| Ecology of Macrobenthos in the Coastal Waters of Gulf of Kachchh, West Coast of India | G. A. Thivakaran and Sourav Kundu | 207 |
| Pollution and Marine Biodiversity | P. Sampathkumar and P. Karthikeyan | 227 |
| Ecology of Phytoplankton in Parangipettai Coastal Waters, Southeast Coast of India | C. Santhosh Kumar V. Ashok Prabu, P. Sampath Kumar | 239 |
| Effect of Different Pollution on Marine and Coastal Birds: A General Aspect | Shailesh Dhameliya, Digvijay Goswami, Bhavisha Parmar, | 245 |
| Impacts of Marine Litter on Marine Biodiversity | D. Ruby, J. Kishore Ananth and V. Radhakrishnan | 255 |
