1. Yadav, Devesh Kumar, Banaja Prakashini Samantaray, and Ram Kumar. "Effect of alternative natural diet on microplastic ingestion, functional responses and trophic transfer in a tri-trophic coastal pelagic food web." Science of The Total Environment (2024): 174999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174999
2. Gupta, Vishal Kumar, Ram Kumar, Raunak Dhanker, Shashank S. Kamble, and Heba I. Mohamed. "Sustainable Management of Floral Waste to Reduce Environmental Pollution by Conversion to Value-Added Products and Their Applications in the Synthesizing of Nanomaterials: a Review." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 235, no. 6 (2024): 436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-07228-9
3. Kumar, Ram, Raunak Dhanker, Juliana Heloisa Pinê Américo-Pinheiro, Dilip Kumar, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Effects of microplastics on ecosystem functioning of eukaryotic marine microbes." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12 (2024): 1390158. 10.3389/fevo.2024.1390158
4. Dhanker, Raunak, Kanchan Khatana, Kritika Verma, Anjali Singh, Ram Kumar, and Heba I. Mohamed. "An integrated approach of algae-bacteria mediated treatment of industries generated wastewater: Optimal recycling of water and safe way of resource recovery." Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (2023): 102936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102936
5 Kumari, Nisha, Devesh Kumar Yadav, Parimal Kumar Khan, and Ram Kumar. "Occurrence of plastics and their characterization in wild caught fish species (Labeo rohita, Wallago attu and Mystus tengara) of River Ganga (India) compared to a commercially cultured species (L. rohita)." Environmental Pollution 334 (2023): 122141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122141
6. Rajan, Kumar, Faiyaz A. Khudsar, and Ram Kumar. "Urbanization and population resources affect microplastic concentration in surface water of the River Ganga." Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 11 (2023): 100342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100342
7. Prakash, Diwakar, Chandra Bhushan Tiwary, and Ram Kumar. "Ecosystem variability along the estuarine salinity gradient: A case study of Hooghly River Estuary, West Bengal, India." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11, no. 1 (2023): 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11010088
8. Prakash, Diwakar, Raunak Dhanker, and Ram Kumar. "Changes in bacterioplankton and zooplankton communities in response to Covid-19 forced lockdown at dolphin surfacing sites in the River Ganga." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 26, no. 1 (2023): 9-19. https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.026.01.09
9. Rajan, Kumar, Faiyaz A. Khudsar, and Ram Kumar. "COVID-19 lockdown affects zooplankton community structure in dolphin appearing site of the River Ganga at Patna." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 26, no. 1 (2023): 20-31. https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.026.01.20
10. Kumari, Nisha, Banaja Prakashini Samantaray, Abhishek Patel, and Ram Kumar. "Microplastics affect rates of locomotion and reproduction via dietary uptake in globally invasive snail Physa acuta." Water 15, no. 5 (2023): 928. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15050928
11. Rajan, Kumar, Faiyaz A. Khudsar, and Ram Kumar. "Spatio-temporal patterns of microplastic contamination in surface waters of Hooghly River Estuary: Causes and consequences." Regional Studies in Marine Science 65 (2023): 103111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103111
12. Deepa, Raunak Dhanker, Ram Kumar, Shashank S. Kamble, Kamakshi, and Shubham Goyal. "Biosynthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles generated from peels of Solanum tuberosum (potato) and their antibacterial and wastewater treatment potential." Frontiers in Nanotechnology 5 (2023): 1213160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2023.1213160
13. Yadav, Devesh Kumar, and Ram Kumar. "Microplastic effects in aquatic ecosystems with special reference to fungi–zooplankton interaction: Identification of knowledge gaps and prioritization of research needs." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 (2023): 1279589. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1279589
14. Dhanker, Raunak, Sapna Rawat, Vanshika Chandna, Ram Kumar, Soniya Das, Aastha Sharma, and Vineet Kumar. "Recovery of silver nanoparticles and management of food wastes: Obstacles and opportunities." Environmental Advances 9 (2022): 100303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100303
15. Kumari, Supriya, Raunak Dhanker, and Ram Kumar. "Does maternal exposure to diatom polyunsaturated aldehyde enhance offspring fitness in limnetic zooplankton Echinisca triserialis (Crustacea: Claodcera)?." Fundamental and Applied Limnology (2022): 325-341. 10.1127/fal/2022/1455
16. Mathew, Merwin Mammen, Kanchan Khatana, Vaidehi Vats, Raunak Dhanker, Ram Kumar, Hans-Uwe Dahms, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Biological approaches integrating algae and bacteria for the degradation of wastewater contaminants—A review." Frontiers in Microbiology 12 (2022): 801051. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.801051
17. Dhanker, Raunak, Ram Kumar, Archana Tiwari, and Vineet Kumar. "Diatoms as a biotechnological resource for the sustainable biofuel production: a state-of-the-art review." Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews 38, no. 1 (2022): 111-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/02648725.2022.2053319
18. Prakash, Diwakar, Ram Kumar, Kumar Rajan, Abhishek Patel, Devesh Kumar Yadav, Raunak Dhanker, and Faiyaz A. Khudsar. "Integrated application of macrophytes and zooplankton for wastewater treatment." Frontiers in Environmental Science 10 (2022): 941841. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.941841
19. Kumar, Ram, Suman Kumari, Anshu Malika, A. P. Sharma, and Hans-Uwe Dahms. "Protistan epibionts affect prey selectivity patterns and vulnerability to predation in a cyclopoid copepod." Scientific Reports 12, no. 1 (2022): 22631. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26004-5
20. Sarkar UK, Suman Kumari, Ram Kumar, and B. K. Das. "Record of epibiont ciliates (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) living on freshwater invertebrates in a floodplain wetland." J. Inland Fish. Soc. India 53, no. 3&4 (2021): 210-214. dx.doi.org/10.47780/jifsi.53.3-4.2021.122371
21. Prakash, Diwakar, S. L. Niangthianhoi, Ram Kumar, and Faiyaz A. Khudsar. "Nest construction process in Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar." Indian BIRDS 15, no. 6 (2020): 168-174.
22. Dhanker, Raunak, Archana Tiwari, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Ram Kumar, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Influence of three diatom aldehydes against the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)." American Journal of Plant Sciences 10, no. 10 (2019): 1749-1762. 10.4236/ajps.2019.1010124
23. Babu, R. S., D. V. Sai. Ram Kumar, T. Madhumathi, V. Manoj Kumar, and R. Lakshmipathy. "Synergistic effect of piperonyl butoxide, triphenyl phosphate and sesame oil on malathion and deltamethrin resistant bapatla strain of Rhyzopertha dominica in Andhra Pradesh." Andhra Agric. J 64, no. 3 (2017): 611-614
24. Nesemann, Hasko F., Gopal Sharma, Ram Kumar, Ashish Sheetal, and Saryu Roy. "Do the rivers of Chota Nagpur Dry Forests (Jharkhand), Damodar and Subarnarekha differ in biodiversity of aquatic macrozoobenthos, functional feeding groups and biological water quality?." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 20, no. 1-2 (2017): 116-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2017.1300041
25. Kumar, Ram, Priyanesh Muhid, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Jaigopal Sharma, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Biological mosquito control is affected by alternative prey." Zoological Studies 54 (2015): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40555-015-0132-9
26. Dhanker, Raunak, Juan Carlos Molinero, Ram Kumar, Li-Chun Tseng, Adrianna Ianora, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Responses of the estuarine copepod Pseudodiaptomus annandalei to diatom polyunsaturated aldehydes: Reproduction, survival and postembryonic development." Harmful algae 43 (2015): 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2015.02.002
27. Dhanker, Raunak, Ram Kumar, and Kamaraju Raghvendra. "Efficiency of copepods to control Aedes aegypti larvae in medium applied with insecticides Bacillus thuringiensis and temephos." Climate change, Aquatic community structure and Disease (2014): 41-57.
28. Dhanker, Raunak, Ram Kumar, Li-Chun Tseng, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Ciliate (Euplotes sp.) predation by Pseudodiaptomus annandalei (Copepoda: Calanoida) and the effects of mono-algal and pluri-algal diets." Zoological Studies 52 (2013): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1810-522X-52-34
29. Dhanker, Raunak., Ram. Kumar, and J-S. Hwang. "How effective are Mesocyclops aspericornis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in controlling mosquito immatures in the environment with an application of phytochemicals?." Hydrobiologia 716 (2013): 147-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1559-9
30. Kumar, Ram, Hasko Nesemann, Gopal Sharma, Li-Chun Tseng, A. K. Prabhakar, and S. P. Roy. "Community structure of macrobenthic invertebrates in the River Ganga in Bihar, India." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 16, no. 4 (2013): 385-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2013.846200
31. Roy, S. P., Richa Roy, A. K. Prabhakar, Arpita Pandey, Ram Kumar, and Li Chun Tseng. "Spatio-temporal distribution and community structure of zooplankton in the Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, 2009." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 16, no. 4 (2013): 374-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2013.857564
32. Tseng, Li Chun., HU. Dahms, Ram Kumar, QC. Chen, and JS. Hwang. "Autumn community structure in the shallow mixed layer of the subtropical South China Sea reveals a peculiar copepod and zooplankton assemblage." Journal of Natural History 47, no. 5-12 (2013): 667-683. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.716866
33. Mahjoub, Mohamed-Sofiane, Ram Kumar, Sami Souissi, François G. Schmitt, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Turbulence effects on the feeding dynamics in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 416 (2012): 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.02.005
34. Kumar, Ram, Sami Souissi, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Vulnerability of carp larvae to copepod predation as a function of larval age and body length." Aquaculture 338 (2012): 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.01.001
35. Dhanker, Raunak., Ram Kumar, and J-S. Hwang. "Predation by Pseudodiaptomus annandalei (Copepoda: Calanoida) on rotifer prey: size selection, egg predation and effect of algal diet." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 414 (2012): 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.01.011
36. Beyrend-Dur, Delphine, Ram Kumar, T. Ramakrishna Rao, Sami Souissi, Shin-Hong Cheng, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Demographic parameters of adults of Pseudodiaptomus annandalei (Copepoda: Calanoida): temperature–salinity and generation effects." Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 404, no. 1-2 (2011): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.04.012
37. Tseng, Li-Chun, Ram Kumar, Qing-Chao Chen, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Faunal shift between two copepod congeners (Temora discaudata and T. turbinata) in the vicinity of two nuclear power plants in southern East China Sea: spatiotemporal patterns of population trajectories over a decade." Hydrobiologia 666 (2011): 301-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0616-5
38. Lee, Chien-Huei, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Shin-Hong Cheng, Sami Souissi, Francois G. Schmitt, Ram Kumar, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Mating behaviour of Pseudodiaptomus annandalei (Copepoda, Calanoida) at calm and hydrodynamically disturbed waters." Marine biology 158 (2011): 1085-1094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1632-8
39. Tseng, Li-Chun, Ram Kumar, Qing-Chao Chen, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Summer distribution of Noctiluca scintillans and mesozooplankton in the Western and Southern East China Sea prior to the Three Gorges Dam operation." Hydrobiologia 666 (2011): 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0587-y
40. Cheng, Shin-Hong, Samba Ka, Ram Kumar, Chung-Su Kuo, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Effects of salinity, food level, and the presence of microcrustacean zooplankters on the population dynamics of rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis." Hydrobiologia 666 (2011): 289-299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0615-6
41. Lee, Chien-Huei, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Shin-Hong Cheng, Sami Souissi, François G. Schmitt, Ram Kumar, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Predation of Pseudodiaptomus annandalei (Copepoda: Calanoida) by the grouper fish fry Epinephelus coioides under different hydrodynamic conditions." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 393, no. 1-2 (2010): 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.005
42. Hwang, Jiang Shiou, Ram Kumar, Chih Wei Hsieh, Albert Y. Kuo, Sami Souissi, Ming Hsi Hsu, Jiunn Tzong Wu, Wen-Cheng Liu, Chi-Fang Wang, and Qing-Chao Chen. "Patterns of zooplankton distribution along the marine, estuarine and riverine portions of the Danshuei ecosystem in northern Taiwan." Zoological Studies 49, no. 3 (2010): 335-352.
43. Hwang, Jiang Shiou, Ram Kumar, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Li Chun Tseng, and Qing Chao Chen. "Interannual, seasonal, and diurnal variation in vertical and horizontal distribution patterns of 6 Oithona spp.(Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the South China Sea." Zoological Studies 49, no. 2 (2010): 220-229.
44. Hwang, Jiang-Shiou, Ram Kumar, and Chung-Su Kuo. "Impacts of predation by copepod, Mesocyclops pehpeiensis, on life table demographics and population dynamics of four cladoceran species: a comparative laboratory study." Zoological Studies 48, no. 6 (2009): 738-752.
45. Kumar, Ram., P. Muhid, H-U. Dahms, Li Chun. Tseng, and Jiang Shiou Hwang. "Potential of three aquatic predators to control mosquitoes in the presence of alternative prey: a comparative experimental assessment." Marine and Freshwater Research 59, no. 9 (2008): 817-835. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF07143
46. Tseng, Li Chun, Ram Kumar, Hans Uwe Dahms, Chun Te Chen, Sami Souissi, Qing Chao Chen, and Jiang Shiou Hwang. "Copepod community structure over a marine outfall area in the north-eastern South China Sea." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88, no. 5 (2008): 955-966. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315408001574
47. Tseng, Li Chun, Ram Kumar, Hans Uwe Dahms, Qing Chao Chen, and Jiang Shiou Hwang. "Copepod gut contents, ingestion rates and feeding impact in relation to their size structure in the southeastern Taiwan Strait." Zool Stud 47, no. 4 (2008): 402-416.
48. Kumar, Ram, and Jiang Shiou Hwang. "Ontogenetic shifts in the ability of the cladoceran, Moina macrocopa Straus and Ceriodaphnia cornuta Sars to utilize ciliated protists as food source." International Review of Hydrobiology 93, no. 3 (2008): 284-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.200711013
49. Tseng, Li Chun, Ram Kumar, Hans Uwe Dahms, Chun Te Chen, Qing Chao Chen and Jiang Shiou Hwang. "Epipelagic mesozooplankton succession and community structure over a marine outfall area in the northeastern South China Sea." Journal of Environmental Biology 29, no. 3 (2008): 275.
50. Tseng, Li Chun, Ram Kumar, Hans Uwe Dahms, Qing Chao Chen, and Jiang Shiou Hwang. "Monsoon-driven succession of copepod assemblages in coastal waters of the northeastern Taiwan Strait." Zoological Studies Taipei- 47, no. 1 (2008): 46.
51. Hwang, Jiang Shiou, Ram Kumar, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Li Chun Tseng, and Qing-Chao Chen. "Mesh size affects abundance estimates of Oithona spp.(Copepoda Cyclopoida)." Crustaceana (2007): 827-837.
52. Kumar, Ram, and Jiang-Shiou Hwang. "Larvicidal efficiency of aquatic predators: a perspective for mosquito biocontrol." Zoological Studies Taipei - 45, no. 4 (2006): 447.
53. Kumar, Ram, "Feeding modes and associated mechanisms in zooplankton." Ecology of plankton. New Dehli: Daya Publishing House (2005): 228-265.
54. Kumar, Ram, and Priyanesh Muhid. “Resting egg diversity and zooplankton emergence patterns from soil egg bank of recently dried water body” Ekologia. (2004) 2(1-2):19-30
55. S.P. Singh, K. Raghavendra, Ram Kumar, Nutan Nanda, and Sarala L. Subbarao. “Morphotaxanomic study to identify the members of the Anopheles subpictus Grassi (Diptera:Culicidae) species complex in riverine villages of District Sonepat, Haryana State, India” Journal of Communicable Diseases, (2004), 36(1):35-40
56. Kumar, Ram, and T. Ramakrishna Rao. "Predation on mosquito larvae by Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the presence of alternate prey." International Review of Hydrobiology: A Journal Covering all Aspects of Limnology and Marine Biology 88, no. 6 (2003): 570-581. https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.200310631
57. Kumar, Ram. "Effects of Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) predation on the population growth patterns of different prey species." Journal of Freshwater Ecology 18, no. 3 (2003): 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2003.9663974
58. Kumar, Ram. "Effect of different food types on the postembryonic developmental rates and demographic parameters of Phyllodiaptomus blanci (Copepoda: Calanoida)." Archiv Fur Hydrobiologie 157, no. 3 (2003): 351-377.
59. Rao, Ramakrishna T, and Ram Kumar. "Patterns of prey selectivity in the cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides." Aquatic Ecology 36 (2002): 411-424. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016509016852
60. Kumar, Ram, and T. Ramakrishna Rao. "Effect of the cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides on the interactions between the predatory rotifer Asplanchna intermedia and its prey Brachionus calyciflorus and B. angularis." Hydrobiologia 453 (2001): 261-268. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013105125857
61. Kumar, Ram, and T. Ramakrishna Rao. "Demographic responses of adult Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) to different plant and animal diets." Freshwater Biology 42, no. 3 (1999): 487-501. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00485.x
62. Kumar, Ram, and T. Ramakrishna Rao. "Effect of algal food on animal prey consumption rates in the omnivorous copepod, Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides." International review of hydrobiology 84, no. 5 (1999): 419-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.199900035
63. Kumar, Ram, and T. Ramakrishna Rao. "Post-embryonic developmental rates as a function of food type in the cyclopoid copepod, Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides Harada." Journal of plankton research 20, no. 2 (1998): 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/20.2.271