Research Publications
Research papers:
1. Effect of polyene antibiotic. A-435 on micro morphology of filamentous fungi, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chandra, 1976, Hindusthan Anti. Bull., 18 (3 & 4), 103-105.
2. Shifting cultivation, in current Trends in Indian Environment (Ed. Desh Bandhu), S. C. Santra, 1977, Today and Tomorrow Publ. New Delhi, 135-140.
3. Cytological effects of polyene antibiotic A-435, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chanda, 1979, Microbial. Bull., 3,18.
4. Development of Tibetan Plant Medicine, S. Lama, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chanda, 1979, Sci. and Cult., 45 (7), 262-265.
5. Ecological studies on Bidens pilosa L.: Effect of light, temperature, salt and different extracts on seed germination and seedling growth, S. C. Santra, T. K. Adhya and D. K. Desarkar, 1981, Tropical Ecology, 22 (2), 162-169.
6. Indoor airborne fungal spore flora of Calcutta, West Bengal, S. C. Santra and S, Chanda, 1981, Proc. Nat. Con. Environmental Biopollution, 45-48.
7. Chemical and biological studies of polyenes- A review Trans., S. C. Santra and A. L. Chandra, 1981, Bose Res. Inst., 44 (3) 65-73.
8. Microbial Pollution, S.C. Santra, 1982, IGA Review, 7,101-104.
9. Biochemical localisation of starch bodies around infected region in coast infected potato plants, S. C. Santra, 1983, Ind. Phytopath., 36 (2), 335-356.
10. Polyene induced morphological changes in filamentous fungi, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chandra, 1983, J. Ind. Microbial. Soc., 139-142.
11. Application of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) technique in the study of oral microflora of man in tropics, R. Sen and S. C. Santra, 1984, Proc. Intl. Symp. on Electron Microscopy, Singapore, 397-398.
12. Role of Microbes in Air Pollution, S. C. Santra, 1984, Newsletter, EPCO, Bhopal, India, 3, 1.
13. Algal flora of Sikkim Himalayas I.A. Contribution to our knowledge of blue-green algae of North East Sikkim (India) S. C. Santra, 1984, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5 (5), 1209-1219.
14. Studies on the effect of polluted environment on plants in the industrial wasteland of southern West Bengal, India, I: Anatomical changes, A. K. Sahu and S. C. Santra, 1985, Res. J. Plant and Environment 2(1) : 39-41.
15. A note on Enteromorpha tubulosa in brakish mixed sewage feed fisheries from Sunderban West Bengal, K. R. Naskar and S. C. Santra , 1985, J. Indian Soc. Coastal Agric. Res. 5 (2), 471-472.
16. Phytological studies of polyene antibiotic A-435, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chandra, 1985, Ind. J. Mycol. Res. 23 (2), 69-72.
17. Studies on Enteromorpha tubulosa in brakish mixed sewage fed fisheries from Sunderbans, West Bengal, K. R. Naskar and S .C. Santra, 1986, Sci. and Cult. 32 (6), 210.
18. Importance of Phytoplankton study in the Assessment of water quality - a case study from Bhagirathi - Hooghly river basin, U. C. Pal, G. Bandopadhyaya and S. C. Santra, 1986, Proceedings, All India Seminar on Water Quality in and around Urban ecosystems and their management (Eds. K. S. Unni.), 1- 4.
19. Air pollution, Plants and Bio-monitoring of air pollutants, S. C. Santra, 1987, Intra Science, 2 (4), 107-116.
20. Trends in algal research in India, S. C. Santra, 1987. Proc of the Nat. Seminar on recent trends in plant Science research (Eds. Bhattacharya), 184-187.
21. Algal flora of Saline habitats of Sunderbans, West Bengal and its possible role in reclamation of soil, H. Maity, G. Bandopadhyay and, S. C. Santra, 1987, J. Indian Soc. Coastal Agric. Res. 5 (1), 325-331.
22. Utilisation and Evaluation of efficacy of Azolla-Anabena system for crops in West Dinajpore, D. Desarkar, S. Dutta and S. C. Santra, 1987, J, AASM Biophys. Res. Cent. I, 39-40.
23. Plant Biochemical responses and Biomonitoring of air pollution, A. K. Sahu and, S. C. Santra, 1988, in Environmental Management and Planning, (Eds. A. K. Sen), Wiley Eastern Public., 285-290.
24. Response of Trichome and Stoma to polluted environment in Eupatorium odoratum Linn., A. K. Sahu and, S. C. Santra, 1988, Res. J. Pl. Environ., 4 (1), 65-68.
25. Blue-green algae in saline habitats of West Bengal: A systematic account, S. C. Santra, U. C. Pal and H. Maity, 1988, Biol. Mem., 14(1), 81-108.
26. Physiological and biochemical changes in Yeast resistant to polyene antibiotic A-453, S. C. Santra and A. L. Chandra, 1988, J. Microb. Biotech., 3 (1) 10-17.
27. Studied on phytosociology and physiological variations of plants in the vicinity of polluted habitat, Kuntighat, West Bengal, A. K. Sahu and S. C Santra, 1989, Poll. Res., 8(1), 15-19.
28. Energy plantation in wasteland - feasibility of short rotation forestry programme, S. C. Santra, 1989, Proceedings of National Workshop on Economics of Energy plantation (Eds. Mathur).
29. Biological method of reclamation of Wastelands in mining areas - A case study, B. Saha, C. Chakraborty, P. K. Mukherjee and S. C. Santra, 1990, In: Proceedings, National Ecological Development of Wasteland, SRF, Calcutta, 123 -127.
30. An approach to future Spirulina research, S. C. Santra, 1992, Proceedings of the M.C.R.C., Madras, India.
31. Studies on the effect of copper and cadmium ions on nitrogenase activity of Cyanobacteria, Westiellopsis prolifica Janet, S. Dan and S. C. Santra, 1992, Poll. Res. II (2): 85 - 87.
32. Plant regeneration in Gmelina arborea Linn. Through tissue - I. Selection of media and organogenesis, C. mukhopadhyay, S. C. Santra and P. D. Ghosh, 1992, Proceedings of the National Symposium on 'Plant Sciences in the Nineties, Kalyani University, 1991, 5465 - 470.
33. Phenological studies on aquatic macrophytic plants of lower Gangetic Delta, West Bengal, India, S. K. Ghosh, S. C. Santra and P. K. Mukherjee, 1993, Feddes Repertorium, 104 (1 - 2), 93 - 111.
34. Strategies for plant adaptation in saline habitats - I: Foliar anatomical changes, A. Brahma and S. C. Santra, 1993, Indian Biologist, XXV, I., 12 - 17.
35. Ecotoxicological studies in aquatic algae: a review, S. C. Santra and S. Dan, 1994, In Advances in Ecology & Environmental Science. Eds. P. C. Mishra et al. Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi, 625-651.
36. Studies on productivity of sewage fed pond ecosystem, S. C. Deb, K. K. Das and S. C. Santra, 1994, J. Env. Biol. 3 (1), 33 - 42.
37. Plankton ecology of sewage fed aquatic system in Calcutta, S. C. Deb and S. C. Santra, 1995. In Environment: Change and management (Mohanty R.C. Ed.), Kamlaraj Enterprises, Delhi, 75 - 89.
38. Green belt for pollution abatement, S. C. Santra, 1995. In Advances in Environmental Science and Technology (Trivedy, R. K., Ed.), Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi, 283 - 295.
39. Domestic and municipal wastewater treatment by some common tropical aquatic macrophytes, S. K. Ghosh and S. C. Santra, 1996, Indian Biologist, XXVIII, (1), 47 - 58.
40. Effect of heavy metal on chlorophyll content and nitrogenase activity of Azolla pinnata R. Br. S. Gangopadhyaya and S. C. Santra, 1996, Pollution Res., 15 (1), 95 - 97.
41. A practical approach to water pollution control through ecologically balanced wastewater management: a case study from Calcutta, India, S. C. Deb, J. S. Pandey and S. C. Santra, 1996, In Assessment of water pollution (Mishra, S.R., Ed.) A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 63 - 79.
42. Changes in microbial population in rice field induced by fertilizer application, S. Mondol and S. C. Santra, 1996, Indian Biologist, XXVIII, 64 - 68.
43. Bioaccumulation of metals in fishes: an in vivo experimental study of sewage fed ecosystem, S. C. Deb and S. C. Santra, 1997, The Environmentalist, 17, 27 - 32.
44. In vitro clonal propagation of Gliricidea sepium through tissue culture. C. Mukhopadhyay, S. C Santra and P. D. Ghosh, 1996. Plant tissue culture, 6 (1), 41-49.
45. Limnological characterstics of beels with reference to fish yield in Tropics, G. C. Rana. K. K. Sengupta and S. C. Santra, 1996, J. Inland Fish, Soc. India, 28(1) 59 - 66.
46. Studies on the effectiveness of different micronutrient formations of planktonic diversity and growth, G. C. Rana. K. K. Sengupta and S. C. Santra, 1996, In current & Emerging trends in Aquaculture, Thomas, P. C. (Ed.) Daya Publishing House, New Delhi-35, 57 - 64.
47. Bioaccumulation of metals in fishes: an in-vivo experimental study of sewage feed ecosystem, S. C. Deb and S. C. Santra, 1997, The Environmentalist, 17; 27-32.
48. Bioaccumulation of Metals in Sewage feed Aquatic System a case study from Calcutta (India), S. C. Deb and S. C. Santra, 1997, Int. J. Env. Studies, 52; 117-126.
49. Histochemical and cytophotometic examination of DNA, RNA and proteins in the in vito organogenesis of four timber plant species, C. Mukhopadhaya, S. C. Santra and P. D. Ghosh, 1998, Prespective in cytology and genetics (Manna, G. K. & Roy, S. C. Eds.) AICCG pub. Kalyani University, 527 - 534.
50. Heavy metal accumulation in fish: An assessment in sewage fed aquafarm of East Calcutta, India, S. C. Santra and N. Bano, 1998. In Proc. National Seminar on Environmental Biology (Aditya & Halder eds.) Daya Pub. House, New Delhi, 35-38.
51. Chromium in environment a case study around tannery complex in East Calcutta region, I. Ghosh, R. Chakraborty, S. C. Santra and S. D. Kulkarni, 1999, JILTA, XLIX, 11, 675-678.
52. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fish organ and their probable toxic effects, S. C. Deb, T. Fukushima and S. C. Santra, 1999, In Silver Jubilee Celebration (1974-1999) commemoration volume, Centre for Man and Environment, Calcutta, India, P-157 - 164.
53. Biochemical and Enzymological studies of some plants in the prospective of air quality monitoring in Calcutta, M. Munshi, S. Lahiri and S. C. Santra, 2001, J. N. Bot. Sol. (In press).
54. Bioabsorption of metals by fungi, S. Das and S. C. Santra, 2001, J. N. Bot. Sol. (In press).
55. Distribution and accumulation of metals in tropic components of Aquatic ecosystems and Toxicological assessments prespectives, S. C. Deb and S. C. Santra, 2001, In Current Topics in Environmental Sciences, (G. Tripathi and G. C. Pandey eds.) 1-32.
56. Domestic and municipal wastewater treatment: Biological options, S. C. Santra, 2001, In Low cost wastewater treatment technologics (R. K. Trivedy and S. Kaul eds.) ABD Publishers, Jaipur, 61-68.
57. Macrophytic metal uptake and enzyme bioassay, S. C. Santra, 2001, In Low cost wastewater treatment technologics (R. K. Trivedy and S. Kaul eds.) ABD Publishers, Jaipur, 79-86.
58. Biochemical monitoring of Air pollution: A case study in Calcutta City, M. Munshi, S. C. Santra and S. Lahiri, 2001. J. Nat. Prob. Soc. 54; 63-70.
59. Detoxification of Hexavalent Chromium by fungal isolate from Tannery effluent, S. Das and S. C. Santra, 2001. J. Nat. Prob. Soc. 55; 25-30.
60. Adoption of Clean Technology a search for a new approach, S. C. Santra, 2002. In Industry Environment interface-a search of a better tomorrow (Haldia Govt. College Publication), 16-24.
61. Environmental status of East Calcutta Wetland and consequent potential health risk, S. Bhattacharya and S. C. Santra, 2002, Occupational paper / 2002 DRS II, CUMBM, 22.
62. Characterization of oily sludge and its cytotoxic effect on plant cell division, P. Chaudhuri and S. C. Santra, 2002, Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Advances in Molecular Physiology, University of Kalyani, 198-206.
63. Environmental Impact of Coastal Tourism at Digha, West Bengal (India), K. Pal, D. K. Khan and S. C. Santra, 2002, In Management of Aquatic Habitats, (Eds. S. R. Mishra), Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, 128-145.
64. Biomonitoring of Water Quality by Peroxidase Activity Assay in Macrophytes, S. C. Santra, M. Debnath, A. C. Samal and S. Das, 2003, Sci. & Cult. 69 (1-2) 81-82.
65. Arsenic Bioaccumulation in Rice Field Ecosystem, A. C. Samal and S. C. Santra, 2003, In EMBC- ENVIS Newsletter on Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani, Vol.2: June 2003, 7.
66. An investigation on Arsenic Removal by Soil Fungal Isolates, Gopa Bhar, A. C. Samal and S. C. Santra, 2003, Sci. & Cult. 69 (3-4) 157-158.
67. Effect of Environmental Factors on Phyllosphere Myco-floral Diversity of Mangrove Vegetations in Sundarban, West Bengal, P. Chaudhuri & S. C. Santra, 2003, In Proceedings of National conference on Recent Environmental changes Its impact on Health, Agriculture and Ecosystem, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, 106-113.
68. Integrated Pest Management of Two Major Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) Pests in Forest Plantations of West Bengal, Bidhan Roy & S. C. Santra, 2003, In Proceedings of National conference on Recent Environmental changes Its impact on Health, Agriculture and Ecosystem, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, 217-226.
69. A Study of Aero Fungal Biodeterioration of Museum Objects A Case Study of Calcutta Museum, Mahashweta Majumder & S. C. Santra, 2003, In Proceedings of National conference on Recent Environmental changes Its impact on Health, Agriculture and Ecosystem, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, 137 140.
70. Biological process of Arsenic removal using selected microalgae A. C. Samal, G. Bhar and S. C. Santra. 2004, Indian Journal of Experimental. Biology. (42, 522-528).
71 eedcoat SEM studies of selected taxa of the tribe Phaseoleae (Fabaceae), B. Bandyopadhyay, S. C. Santra and M. Kato. 2005, Legume Res., 28(4): 235-243.
72. Organochlorine pesticide residue analysis in marketable fruits, vegetables and fish samples, Tanushrss Bhattacharya, S. C. Santra and Soma Mukherjee, 2005, Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc., 7 (4): 809-812.
73. Cyanide degradation by Cyanobacteria and Green Algae isolated from Steel Plant wastewater, S. Das and S. C. Santra, 2005, Poll Res. 24(3): 629-632.
74. S. C. Santra, Sustainable Development of Natural Resource, Occasional Paper- 02/2006/DRS-III/ CUMBM, Research Programme on Environment Management (UGC-SAP, DRS Phase-III), Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, 2006.
75. Air borne particulate pollution in urban region: An overview, S. Kar and S. C. Santra, Review Projector, 2006, 9(2), 40-44.
76. Biofuel- A Nonconventional Energy source, A. C. Samal and S. C. Santra, 2006. In Towards a cleaner & Greener Environment, SAIL, 5th June, 45-48.
77. Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in India, Sandeep Kar and S. C. Santra, 2006. In Towards a cleaner & Greener Environment, SAIL, 5th June, 83-86.
78. Arsenic in urban particulates - A case study in Kolkata Metropolis, S. Kar, B. Nath, A.C. Samal and S. C. Santra, (2006). Current Science, 90(2), 158-160.
79. Characterization of Agroecosystem Based on Land Utilization Indices using Remote sensing and GIS, Indrani Choudhury, M. Chakraborty, S. C. Santra and J. S. Parihar, 2006. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 34, No. 1, 23-37.
80. Urban Pollution and Management Strategies- A Case Study in Kolkata Metropolis, West Bengal (India). Prof. S. C. Santra, 2006. Perils of Urban Pollution. National Seminar on Pollution in Urban Industrial Environment. (NSPUIE 2005), P-13-17
81. Urban greening for clean environment, In: Man and Environment: Global concerns and perspectives. S. C. Santra, S. Kar and A. C. Samal, 2006, (Eds. S. D. Banik, S. K. Basu and A. K. De), APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, p. 295-310.
82. Socio- economic sustainability of the coastal areas around Bhitarkanika National Park, Orissa. Rajarshi Mitra, Rabindra N. Bhattacharya, Sugaata Hazra and S. C. Santra. 2006. Indian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2, p. 12-19
83. Phytoremediation - A Novel Option for Pollution Abatement, S. C. Santra, In: Environment : Issues and Approach, (Eds. A. Mukhopadhyay and S. Ghosh), University of Kolkata, Kolkata, 89-93, 2006.
84. Desmid flora of Eastern India: Sikkim and West Bengal, S.C. Santra and U.C Pal, In: Recent Trends in Algal Taxonomy (Vol. II: Taxonomical & Cultural Studies), Prof. Vidyavati & Dr. A. K. Mahato (Eds.), Associated Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp. 409-516, 2006.
85. Potential risk of wastewater reuse in agriculture-health consideration, Gupta, N., Khan, D.K., and Santra, S.C., 2006. In Proceedings of International Workshop on R&D Frontiers in Water and Wastewater Management, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India, pp. 762-769
86. Evaluation of Toxicity of Wastewater Grown Duckweed (Lemna purpusilla L.) Feedstock by Fish Bioassay Method, S. Kar and S. C. Santra, Indian Biologist, 39(1), 77-80, 2007.
87. Environmental Biotechnology- A Critical Appraisal, S. C. Santra, A. C. Samal, J. P. Maity and S. Kar, 2007, In: New Frontiers of Environmental Biotechnology, Eds. S. C. Santra, Published: ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, University of Kalyani.
88. Management of Urban Forestry in the perspective of Biofiltering of Air Borne Contaminants, S. Kar, A. C. Samal and S. C. Santra, 2007, In: New Frontiers of Environmental Biotechnology, Eds. S. C. Santra, Published: ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology, University of Kalyani.
89. Prospect of Ecotourism in Bakkhali Coast, West Bengal, Rumpa Das and S.C.Santra, 2007. Environ and Sociobiol: 4(2) : 237-240.
90. In situ 4C DNA content study of twenty-nine hybrid varieties of some selected taxa of Tribe phaseolae (Fabaceae), 2007. Bandyopadhyay B., and Santra S.C. Legume Res., 30(4): 235-142
91. Present planktonic panorama in Sunderban estuary, West Bengal, India obeying neotectonic plate movement of Bengal Basin, 2007. Banerjee Ananda and Santra S.C. Indian Hydrobiology, 10(2): 277-282.
92. Isolation and Characterization of High Quality DNA from Marine Benthic Macroalgae, Chakraborty,S., Vijayan, K., Nair, C.V., Santra, S.C.,and Bhattacharya, T. 2008. J. Environ.Biol.. 29(6), 907-910.
93. Biochemical Composition of Eight Benthic Algae Collected from Sunderban. Chakraborty, S., and Santra, S.C. 2008. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. 37(3). 329-332.
94. An Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Vegetables Grown in Wastewater Irrigated Areas of Titagarh, West Bengal, India Gupta, N., Khan, D.K. and Santra, S.C.,. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 80(2), 115-118, 2008.
95. Effect of gamma radiation on growth and survival of common seed borne fungi in India, Maity, J.P., Chakraborty, A., Chanda S. and Santra, S. C., Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 77, 907-912, 2008.
96. A study of microbial diversity and its interaction with nutrients in the sediments of Sundarban mangroves, Ramanathan AL., Singh Gurmeet, Majumdar Jayjit, Samal A.C., Chauhan Rita, Ranjan Rajesh Kumar, Rajkumar K., and Santra S.C. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 37(2):159-165, 2008
97. Effects of gamma irradiation on edible seed protein, amino acids and genomic DNA during sterilization, Maity, J.P., Chakraborty, S., Kar, S., Panja, S., Jean, J-S., Samal, A., Chakraborty, A., Santra, S.C., (2009). Food Chemistry, Food Chemistry 114 ,1237-1244.
98. Distribution of actinomycetes, their antagonistic behaviour and the physico-chemical characteristics of the world's largest tidal mangrove forest, Mitra, A., Santra, S. C. and Mukherjee, J., Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008. (ID AMB-08-16531.R1), (In press).
99. Effect of sterilization by gamma radiation of edible stored Vigna Mungo L and Triticum aestivum L seed infested with surface microflora in India, Maity, J.P., Chakraborty, A. and Santra, S. C., Journal of Food Safety, 2009. (In press).
100. Prevalence of intestinal helminth eggs on vegetables grown in wastewater-irrigated areas of Titagarh, West Bengal, India. N, Gupta, D.K. Khan and S.C. Santra (2009) Food Control. doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.02.003 (In press)
101. Determination of public health hazard potential of wastewater reuse in crop production. N, Gupta, D.K. Khan, and S.C. Santra (2009) International Journal of Environment and Waste management (Accepted).
102. Study on trace elements (using energy dispersive X-ray flurorescence technique) of edible seeds from Cicerarietinum L. plants developed from gamma irradiated seeds and variation of yielding capacity. Joyti Prakash Maity, Sandeep Kar, Anindita Chakraborty, M . Sudershan and Subhas Chandra Santra (2009). Journal of Radiational and Nuclear Chemistry. DOI.10.1007/s10967-009-0234-0.
103. Effects of gamma irradiation on long-storage seeds of Oryza sativa (CV.2233) and their surface infecting fungal diversity. J.P. Maity, S.Kar, S. Banerjee, A.Chakraborty and S.C.Santra (2009) Radiation Physics and Chemistry 78, 1006-1010.
104. Accumulation of arsenic and its distribution in rice plant (Oryza sativa L.) in Gangetic West Bengal, India. P. Bhattachrya, A.C.Samal, J.Majumdar and S.Csantra (2009) Paddy Water Environ. DOI 10.1007/s10333-009-0180-z.
105. Morphological, Biochemical and cytological investigations of different plant species under tribe phaseolae of Indian fabaceaeBaisakhi Bandyopadhyay and S.C.Santra .(2009) Indian J Agric Res, 43(3), 187-193
106. Past and present distributional records of Makhana and future prospects of its cultivation in West Bengal. Subir Kr Ghosh and S.C.Santra (2003).In: "Makhana" Mishra, R.K. et al (ed), ICAR, New Delhi,3-7.
107. Textural characteristics of the surface sediments of tropical mangrove Sundarban ecosystem India. A.L.Ramanathan, K. Rajkumar, Jayjit Majumdar,Gurmeet Singh, P.N. Behara, S.C.Santra and S. Chidambaram (2009). Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 38(4),pp.397-403.
