Mangroves: Structure, Functions, Ecology and Biodiversity

Dr. Hiren B. Soni has 22 years of research and 14 years of academic experience in diverse fields such as wetland ecology, biodiversity, conservation, and management, including species, population, community, habitat, and ecosystem dynamics. He is well-versed in hydrobiology, limnology, aquatic pollution (eutrophication), trophodynamics, metal remediation, and wetland modeling. He is credited with more than 250 publications including research reports, research papers, scientific articles, popular publications, book chapters, and books at national and international levels. Moreover, Dr. Hiren B. Soni is voluntarily serving as Associate Editor, Certified Reviewer of Publons Academy (UK), Deputy Editor, Editorial Advisory Board Member, Editorial Book Reviewer, Editor-in-Charge, Managing Editor, Manuscript Editor, Panel Reviewer and Senior Editor in international publishing houses e.g. Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, etc. He is also affiliated with Nature Publishing Group as a Potential Reviewer in Nature Journal (Environment & Ecology), Scientific Data Journal (Ecology, Environment, Biodiversity, Conservation), and Nature Communications (Earth & Environment).

Dr. Kavita Thakur has 7 years of research experience on mangrove ecology and biodiversity, with special reference to structure and functions of mangrove vegetation and behaviour of faunal components especially Sesarmid Crabs, and 3 years of industrial experience on mangrove restoration using novel and innovative techniques in coastal regions of Western India. She worked as HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) Manager in two internationally reputed research organizations of Gujarat State, India. During her research tenure, she worked on diverse aspects of marine ecology and oceanic biodiversity such as conservation and management of degraded marine environments including species, population, community, habitat, and mangrove ecosystem dynamics. Dr. Kavita Thakur is well-versed in exploring various facets of hydrobiology, aquatic pollution, marine biology, gulf ecology, environmental microbiology and remediation of obnoxious heavy metals from polluted marine environs. She is credited with more than 10 international research publications in advanced journals of national and international repute till date. She has been awarded with ‘Young Scientist’ Award at IISF (India International Science Festival) in 2015, organized by Department of Science & Technology (DST) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi. Moreover, she has also won several fabulous and extraordinary prizes in various competitions in seminars, symposia, conferences and workshops at national and international levels all over India and abroad.