Megha Khanduri

About

I study the potential risks of chemical and light pollution in freshwater environments through exposure risk and species responses.
My current focus is to study the effects of novel stressors on freshwater ecosystems and to develop strategies to mitigate their impacts.

Employment

• Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation India
  2025 - 2025
• Wildlife Institute of India
  2021 - 2025
• University of Helsinki

Education

• University of Helsinki
• Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Master of Fisheries Science
  ? - 2020

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (6)

• Light cues override temperature as a cue for basking in a critically endangered crocodile, the gharial
  Global Ecology and Conservation 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04269
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• Guiding Aquatic Reptile (Chelonian and Crocodylian) Conservation in the Face of Growing Light Pollution: Lessons From Experience
  WIREs Water 2025 DOI: 10.1002/wat2.70003
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• Influence of light pollution on threatened aquatic macrofauna species of Ganga River Basin, India : underlying mechanisms and mitigation strategies
  Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis 2025
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• Dietary exposure of potentially toxic elements to freshwater mammals in the Ganga river basin, India
  Environmental Pollution 2024 DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVPOL.2024.123928
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• Do dietary exposures to multi-class endocrine disrupting chemicals translate into health risks for Gangetic dolphins? An assessment and way forward
  Heliyon 2024 DOI: 10.1016/J.HELIYON.2024.E35130
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• Spatial-temporal expansion and determinants of light pollution in India's riparian habitats
  Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106952
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