Ninety seven species of macro-molluscs were collected from four rocky beaches viz. Manora, Buleji, Nathiagali and Cape Monze along the Karachi coast from December 1993 to December 1995. More species were recorded from Buleji (68) and Manora (63) compared to Nathiagali (55) and Cape Monze (57). Gastropods dominated on all the four sites studied. Four species were commonly abundant on all the four sites viz.: Turbo coronatus, Nerita albicilla, Morula granulata and Cerithium rubus. The average number of species decreased with increase in the tidal heights at Manora, Buleji and Nathiagali whereas...

Bibliographic details of research work carried out on mangroves of Pakistan and presented in the form of research papers, reports, theses and projects are compiled. An attempt is made to include abstracts of the publications along with other bibliographic details. The present communication includes literature up to 2011. The main list contains 510 entries (367 papers, 22 theses/projects, 121 reports). Entries without abstracts are either those publications which are not available or abstracts were not given by the author(s).An author index, including co-authors is also given. The citations...