Acknowledgments

The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India provided the financial support for the preparation of this CD. We record our sincere thanks to them. We are also grateful to Prof. S. Ajmalkhan, C.A.S. in Marine Biology, Annamalai University for his help in literature collection and scientific advice.

We also thank the following Carcinologists for their literature support.

Prof. Peter K. L. Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Dr. Paul F. Clark, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
Prof. Bella S. Galil, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Prof. Colin L. McLAY, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Dr. Ming-Shiou Jeng, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Dr. Daniele Guinot, Musèum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

We thank Mr. Shoby Thomas and Ms. Sheeba John for their technical support.
Ms. Vandana Chitari keyed in all the text and Ms. Succourina Fernandes helped in final corrections. The initial formatting was done by Ms. Simone, Ms. Sareena and Ms. Lisa, Students of Damodar College, Margao, Goa.

R. Jeyabaskaran
Sayeeda Wafar
M.V.M. Wafar

 

Dr. R. Jeyabaskaran
Dr. ( Mrs ). Sayeeda Wafar
Dr. M.V.M. Wafar

Biological Oceanography Division,
National Institute of Oceanography,
Dona Paula, Goa - 403 004. INDIA.

(91)-832- 2450252.
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R. Jeyabaskaran, S. Wafar and M. Wafar. 2002. CD on Brachyuran Crabs of West Coast, India. National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India.