The Biodiversity Conservation & Fisheries Research Center (BCFRC) is affiliated of the Abdul Quadir International University, Bangladesh. This center is working on habitat (River, Lake, Ocean) and aquatic biota from interacting threatening processes. In particular, for characteristic habitat (River, Lake, Ocean) and aquatic biota (Crustacean, Fish, Amphibians, Molluscs, Mammal), which are often overlooked but are very abundant globally, supporting exceptionally high biodiversity. Identified aquatic threat (dam), pollutants and their impact on environment and human. BCFRC Centre for Training in Multiple Stressor Impacts on Wetland Wildscapes.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Md Muzammel Hossain

Email: hossain@aqiu-edu.com

BCFRC OFFICE ADDRESS

BCFRC Center, House No. 61/4, Power House Road, 
Kewatkhali, Mymensingh Sadar, Mymensingh – 2201, Bangladesh

Official Email : bcfrc@aqiu-edu.com

Selected Publication

• A Review of Potentially Toxic Elements in Sediment, Water, and Aquatic Species from the River Ecosystems. Toxics. 13(1):26. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13010026. (IF 4.1).
• Distribution of potentially toxic elements in sediments of the municipal river channel (Balu), Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ecological and health risks assessment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 269, 104492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2024.104492.(IF 3.5).

• Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Invasive Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea) from Polluted Urban River Areas of Bangladesh and Evaluation of Human Health Risk. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.196,1178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13322-6.(IF 3.0).

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure in biota and remediation strategies: Toxicological and biochemical perspectives. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 17,  100579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100579.(IF 5.5).

• Immediate health risk: Concentration of heavy metals in contaminated freshwater fishes from the river channel of Turag-Tongi-Balu. Environmental Toxicology. 2023;39(1):120‐134.  https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.23959 (IF 4.50).

• Silicone stressed  response of Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in antioxidant enzyme activity and related gene expression, Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115836.(IF 9.988). 

• Exposure to D6  (Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane) affects the antioxidant response and gene expression of Procambarus clarkii. MDPI: Sustainability, 13(6), 3495.  https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063495 (IF 3.88).

• Concentration of heavy metals in seafood (fishes, shrimp, lobster and crabs) and human health assessment in Saint Martin Island, Bangladesh. Ecotoxi. and Environ. Safety 159:153-163.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.04.035  (IF 7.129)

• Present Status of Ganges River Dolphins Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in the Turag River,Dhaka, Bangladesh, Hindawi: International Journal of Zoology.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8964821

• Ganges River Dolphin. John Wiley & Sons: Bull Ecol Soc Am, 97:183–187. doi:10.1002/bes2.1227 https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1227.
• Fish species diversity, fishing gears and crafts from the Buriganga river, Dhaka. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, DOI:10.3329/bjz.v45i1.34190.
• Fishes of gobiidae family, recorded from the rivers and estuaries of Bangladesh: some morphometric and meristic studies. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 43(2):157-171. DOI: 10.3329/bjz.v43i2.27389.
• Inventory of  Ichthyofaunal Diversity, Fishing Gear and Craft in Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fish Aquac J 7: 165. doi:10.4172/2150-3508.1000165. (IF 0.5).
• ​Human health risks from heavy metals in fish of Buriganga river, Bangladesh, Springer Plus, 5: 1697. 
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3357-0.
• Checklist of Freshwater Mollusca (Gastropoda And Bivalva) recorded from the Buriganga and Turag Rivers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Festivus 48(4): 221-228.DOI:10.54173/F484221.
• Corbicula fluminea (O. F.Müller, 1774), an Invasive Bivalve Mollusk, First Identified at Numerous Sites in Bangladesh. The Festivus 48 (1): 17-22. DOI:10.54173/F48117.
• Perspective Chapter: Status of Dolphin in the Maritime Area of Bangladesh. Marine Mammals, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.102022.
• STATUS OF GANGES DOLPHIN, PLATANISTA GANGETICA GANGETICA (ROXBURGH, 1801) IN THE RIVER BURIGANGA, DHAKA. Bang. J. of Zool.. 43(1): 109-120.