Ascidians in Coastal Water

An Introduction to Ascidians.- Classification of Ascidians.- Ecology of Ascidians.- Association.- Commercial Importance.- Biopotentiality of Compounds of Ascidians.- Ascidians - Model Organisms.- Introduction to Indian Ascidians.- Inventory of Ascidians of Southern India.- Scope for Future Research in Ascidians.

Dr. H. Abdul Jaffar Ali is working as an Assistant Professorin the Department of Biotechnology, Islamiah College (Autonomous), Vaniyambadi,Tamilnadu, India which is very renowned rural based educational institute withappreciable heritage. He has experience of 15 years of both teaching andresearch. As a research scientist, he has published 30 research articles atNational and International level. He has contributed one chapter each in bookspublished by international publishers Taylor & Francis and Lambert. He hasguided more than 15 projects at both undergraduate and graduate levels.Currently he is doing "DNA barcoding of ascidians of India" with the financialsupport of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology,Government of India.

Dr.M. Tamilselvi M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., is working as Associate Professor ofZoology in V. V. Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu,India. She has about 20 years of teaching experience of UG classes andspecialized in the field of Taxonomy, diversity, ecology and nutritionalaspects of marine ascidian / tunicate fauna. She has authored three books forthe benefit of student community as well as the Tamils' community. She haspublished a dozen of research articles in various journals of internationalrepute and presented the research work at national level Conferences. She hassuccessfully completed two Minor Research Projects entitled "Analysing the foodvalue of Ascidians" and "Feed formulation from exotic Ascidians Didemnum psammathodes and Herdmania pallida" financially supportedby University Grants Commission, Hyderabad and still marching in the samefield.