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Dr. J. S. YOGESH KUMAR

Scientist - E

Dr. J. S. YOGESH KUMAR

Scientist - E & Officer-In-Charge

 

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2012

 

Department/Division

Sunderban Regional Centre, Canning, West Bengal   

 

Email Address

coralyogesh@yahoo.co.inyogeshkumarzsi16@gmail.com

 

Phone Number

9476006830

 

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Octocorals

 

Experience after Ph. D.

11 years

 

Significant Achievements

- DST-SbRC Young Scientist Awarded on 2012

- 343 new records reported from coral reef ecosystem of India

- Contribution to the taxonomy of Octocorals (Gorgonians)

- 1000 sq.m. Coral transplantation and restoration done it in Gulf of Kachchh (2012-2015)   

- 7 EIA studies conducted for Indian Navy, Coast Guard, GREF in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

 

Mentorship

3 Internship 

 

Research Focus

- Corals reef and associated faunal diversity in India. 

- Taxonomy and classification of Octocorals

- Species diversity and distribution in Indian reef ecosystem

 

Publications

- 7 Books published

- 20 Book chapters published

- 63 research publication,

- Among them 29 research papers in SCI journals.

 

Yogesh Kumar, J.S., Pradip Panda and Arya Sen (2022). New distribution record of Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851) (Eleotridae: Butinae) from India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, (Springer), 38: 1281-1286.

Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Christopher B. Boyko, Arun, G., Geetha, S. and Raghunathan, C. (2020). A new distribution record of Albunea groeningi (Crustacea: Anomura: Decapoda: Albuneidae) from the Digha Coast, West Bengal, India. Zootaxa, 4766(4): 588-592.

Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Geetha, S., Raghunathan, C. and Sornaraj, R. (2019). Diversity and distribution of shallow water octocorallia from Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, South Andaman, India. Indian Journal of Marine Geo-Science, 48(10); pp. 1567 - 1575

Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Satyanarayana, Ch., Venkataraman, K. and Chandra K. (2017). Studies on survival and growth rate of transplanted Acroporidae in Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park, India. Journal of Coastal Conservation (DOI 10.1007/s11852-016-0465-5) 21 (1): 23-34.

Yogesh Kumar, J. S., Marimuthu N., Geetha S., Satyanarayana C.H., Venkataraman K. and Kamboj R.D. (2014). Longitudinal variations of coral reef features in the Marine National Park, Gulf of KachchhJournal of Coastal Conservation Springer – 18:167-175.

 

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J-S-Yogesh-Kumar

 

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