Date of Birth:         10.10.1975

Date of Joining:     12.06.2009

Contact Address:
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235

Email/Phone numbers/Fax:
Email: surjyasurjya@gmail.com || surjya.saikia@visva-bharati.ac.in
Phone number: +91 9475849511

Area of expertise:
Aquatic ecology, Fish biology, Feeding ecology of fish

Current project:
• Evaluation of natural feed selectivity and trophic status of rohu (Labeo rohita H) for periphyton based aquaculture system
• Stock characterization, captive breeding, seed production and culture of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha)

Publications :
Research article:
(i) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2003a). Diversity indices of zooplankton and water quality in the two freshwater ponds of Arunachal Pradesh, India. GEOBIOS, 30(2-3), 113-116.
(ii) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2004b). ‘Aji gnui assonii’ a practice of organic hill farming among the Apatani tribe of Eastern Himalaya. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 11, 211-217.
(iii) D.N.Das, A.K. Das and S.K.Saikia (2007). Periphyton in rice–fish culture system: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 22: 316-319 Cambridge University Press.
(iv) S.K.Saikia and D.N. Das (2008a). Rice-Fish culture and its potential in rural development: A lesson from Apatani Farmers, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development 6(1&2), 125-131.
(v) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2008b). Periphyton Diversity in Rice Fish Integrated Fields at a High Altitude of Eastern Himalaya, International Journal of Ecology and Environment Sciences, 34 (4): 299 – 306.
(vi) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2009a). Feeding ecology of Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in rice fish culture system of Apatani plateau, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Aquatic Ecology 43: 559-568
(vii) P.K. Sahoo, S.K.Saikia and D.N. Das (2009b). Natural food resources and niche breadth of Barilius bendelisis (Hamilton) (Pisces, Cyprinidiae) in river Dikrong, an upland riverine ecosystem in India, Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 4(1): 12-16.
(viii) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2009c). Diversity and similarity of algal communities from upland rice-fish environment: A case study, International Journal of Ecology and Development 14 No. F09.
(ix) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2009d). Potentiality of Periphyton-based Aquaculture Technology in Rice-fish Environment, Journal of Scientific Research 1 (3), 624-634.
(x) S.K.Saikia and S. Nandi (2010). C and P in aquatic food chain: a review on C:P stoichiometry and PUFA regulation. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 398 (03), DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2010024.
(xi) S.K.Saikia and D.N.Das (2010). Xeng fishery: A periphyton based aquaculture practice in Assam, India, SIBCOLTEJO, 5, 102-106
(xii) S.K. Saikia and D.N.Das (2010). Ecology of terrace wet rice environment and role of periphyton. Journal of Wetland Ecology, 4: 102-111.
(xiii) S.K. Saikia and D.N. Das (2011). Diversity and productivity (Chlorophyll-a and Biomass) of periphyton on natural and artificial substrates from wetland ecosystem. Journal of Wetland Ecology, 5: 1-9.
(xiv) S.K. Saikia (2011). Review on periphyton as mediator of nutrient transfer in aquatic ecosystem. Ecologia Balkanica, 3(2): 65-78.
(xv) S.K. Saikia, S. Roy and J. Mukherjee (2011). The Upside of Grazer-Periphyton Interactions: A Review. In: Zooplankton and Phytoplankton: Types, Characteristics and Ecology (Ed. Giri Kattel) Nova Science Pubishers Inc, UK p.89-106 (ISBN: 978-1-61324-508-8)
(xvi) S. Roy, S. Mandal, J. Mukherjee, M. Roy, S. Mandal and S.K. Saikia (2011). Body Size versus Rate Parameters of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton: Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems. In: Zooplankton and Phytoplankton: Types, Characteristics and Ecology (Ed. Giri Kattel) Nova Science Pubishers Inc, UK. pp.193-218 (ISBN: 978-1-61324-508-8)
(xvii) S.K. Saikia, S. Roy and J. Mukherjee (2011). Aquatic Ecosystem Health: A Review. In: Aquatic Ecosystems (Ed. Sheila A. Browne), Nova Science Pubishers Inc, UK. Pp 1-47. (ISBN: 978-1-61324-399-2).
(xviii) S.K. Saikia (2012). Proposal of new and simple descriptive measure of diet breadth. Ecologia, 2(3): 85-92, DOI: 10.3923/ecologia.2012.85.92.
(xix) S Nandi, S Majumder, SK Saikia (2012). Small Freshwater Fish Species (SFFs) culture: Issues from nutrient security, carp-SFF integration and feeding ecology. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 23(3): 283-291. doi. 10.1007/s11160-012-9294-2.
(xx) S.K. Saikia and D.N. Das (2012). Comparison Index (CI): A new and rapid procedure for measuring planktonic fluctuations. Methods in Ecology and Systematics. 7(2):8-15.
(xxi) S.K. Saikia, S. Nandi and S. Majumder (2013) A review on the role of nutrients in development and organization of periphyton. Journal of Research in Biology, 3(1): 780-788
(xxii) S Das, S Nandi, S Majumder, S. K. Saikia (2013). New Characterization of Feeding habits of Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822) through Morphometry. Journal of fisheriesscience.com. 7(3): 225-231. doi. 10.3153/jfscom.2013023
(xxiii) T Mandal, S Majumder and SK Saikia (2013) An analysis of girth lengths to morphometric measures of Labeo bata (Hamilton 1822). International Journal of Scientific Research 2(9):16-17
(xxiv) SK Saikia, S Majumder, S Nandi and SK Saha (XXXX) Feeding ecology of the freshwater fish Rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton 1822): A case of intelligent feeding in a periphyton- based environment, Zoology and Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21658005.2013.859849
(xxv) Ishita Samajdar and S.K. Saikia (XXXX) Traditional fishing gears of Birbhum district, West Bengal, India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 13(1): xx-xx.

Book Title:
Laboratory hand book on basic ecology (soil, water, plankton and feeding ecology with special mention to periphyton), Co authored with Professor D.N. Das), ISBN 978-1-940366-08-1, Science Publishing House, New York, USA.