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    • A quantitative analysis of fine scale distribution of intertidal meiofauna in response to food resources 

      Ansari, Z.A.; Gauns, M. (NISCAIR, CSIR, 1996)
      Fine scale vertical and spatial distribution of meiofauna in relation to food abundance was studied in the intertidal sediment at Dias Beach. The major abiotic factors showed significant changes and progressive fine scale ...
    • Aeolian sand transport and its effects on the stability of Miramar-Caranzalem beach 

      Reddy, G.V.; Sastry, J.S. (Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1988)
      Removal of sand by wind from the beach at Miramar-Caranzalem, Goa, has been found to effect its stability over a relatively longer time scale. This aeolian sand transport has been computed for this strip of the beach ...
    • Beach processes between Mulgund and Shiroda, west coast of India 

      Chandramohan, P.; Nayak, B.U.; SanilKumar, V.; Pathak, K.C. (CSIR-NISCAIR, 1994)
      Study on beach processes for an year shows seasonal changes without annual net erosion. The beaches are stable and regain the maximum profiles during February to April. Distribution of longshore current direction is not ...
    • Bottom dwelling animals: Benthos 

      Ingole, B.S. (WWF for Nature-India, 2004)
      The beaches of Goa are predominantly sandy, and occupy about 4000 ha of area along the north-south coastline. An important component of the sandy beaches in Goa re the sand dunes in the supralittoral region. The coastal ...
    • Effect of an oil spill from MV Sea Transporter on intertidal meiofauna at Goa, India 

      Ansari, Z.A.; Ingole, B.S. (Pergamon, 2002)
      Short and long term effects of a fuel oil spill from a grounded ship "MV Sea Transporter" on meiofauna of a sandy beach of North Goa at Sinquerim and adjacent Cadolim and Calangute beaches along the central West Coast of ...
    • Geophysical investigations off Vijaydurg bay, Maharashtra, west coast of India 

      Gujar, A.R.; Rajamanickam, G.V.; Ramana, M.V. (CSIR-NISCAIR, 1986)
      Bathymetry of the bay indicates a smooth gradient in the sandy zone while steep gradient is marked off cliffs and headlands. In general, the results of the wave action have been seen by the presence of undulation to the ...
    • Heterotrophic Bacterial populations in tropical Sandy Beaches 

      Nair, S.; LokaBharathi, P.A. (Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1980)
      Distribution pattern of heterotrophic bacterial flora of three sandy beaches of the west coast of India was studied. The population in these beaches was microbiologically different. Population peaks of halotolerant and ...
    • Isolation and Significance of Salmonella sp. from some Beaches of Kerala 

      Gore, P.S.; Iyer, T.S.G.; Raveendran, O.; Unnithan, R.V. (Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1980)
      Salmonella sp. obtained from the sand samples of some beaches of Kerala during July-October 1978 have been reported. Its percentage occurrence was 22.7. However, water samples failed to give positive Salmonella isolations ...
    • Macrofauna and meiofauna of two sandy beaches at Mombasa, Kenya 

      Ansari, Z.A.; Ingole, B.S.; Parulekar, A.H. (CSIR-NISCAIR, 1984)
      Macrofauna and meiofauna of 2 sandy beaches having medium and fine sand particles, respectively, were investigated, quantitatively Macrofauna density was highest around high water mark and progressively decreased towards ...
    • Marine Fauna of Malvan, Central West Coast of India 

      Parulekar, A.H. (Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1981)
      Marine fauna of the rocky, sandy and muddy shores of Malvan (Lat. 16 degrees 05'N; Long. 73 degrees 03'E) comprises of 208 species belonging to 172 genera, 97 families, 16 classes and 9 phyla. Forty major animal types ...
    • Meiofauna of some sandy beaches of Andaman Islands 

      Ansari, Z.A.; Ingole, B.S. (CSIR-NISCAIR, 1983)
      Comparatively high meiofauna numbers were recorded from beaches having fine sand particles than those having coarse to medium sand particles The fauna was dominated mainly by nematodes (53.7%), harpacticoids (13.7%) and ...
    • Nearshore processes along Tikkavanipalem Beach, Visakhapatnam, India 

      SanilKumar, V.; AshokKumar, K.; Raju, N.S.N. (Coastal Research Foundation, 2001)
      Directional wave data collected at 12 m water depth, at 1 km distance off Tikkavanipalem, Andhra Pradesh, India from December 1997 to November 1998, was used to estimate the longshore currents and longshore sediment transport ...
    • Observations on the ecology of some sandy beaches of the southwest coast of India 

      Panikkar, B.M.; Rajan, S. (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 1970)
      The seasonal cycles of organic matter and chlorophyll at some beaches of the Kerala Coast were studied in relation to the abundance of the interstitial fauna at one of the beaches The faunal abundance showed no definite ...
    • Origin of amphibole-rich beach sands from Tila-Mati, Karwar, central-west coast of India 

      Mislankar, P.G.; Iyer, S.D. (Geological Society of India, 1996)
      The pocket beach at Tila-Mati, Karwar, central west coast of India, is characterised by the occurrence of amphibole-rich (chiefly tremolite-actinolite) coarse sand in the zone of minimal impact of waves and currents. In ...
    • Plastic pellets on the Caranzalem beach sands, Goa, India 

      Nigam, R. (Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1982)
      Postmonsoonal survey of Caranzalem beach, Goa, India indicated the presence of plastic pellets. These pellets varied in shape, size and number, and are considered to be contaminants of marine environment
    • Restoration on degraded sand dunes on flattened beaches of Goa: Implication for coastal management. 

      Mascarenhas, A.; ManiMurali, R. (Resources and Management, 2010)
      This paper describes how an environment friendly technique can curtail loss of beach sand due to wind, and proposes how damaged sand dunes can be regenerated.
    • RIP current zones along beaches in Goa, west coast of India 

      Chandramohan, P.; SanilKumar, V.; Jena, B.K. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997)
      Goa has a 125-km-long coastline of which two-thirds consists of beautiful sandy beaches. There are mainly 17 beaches having significant importance of tourism. Sporadically, surf drownings have been reported at a few stretches ...
    • Seasonality in meiofaunal distribution on a tropical beach at Balramgari, northeast coast of India 

      Chatterji, A.; Ansari, Z.A.; Mishra, J.K.; Parulekar, A.H. (NISCAIR, CSIR, 1995)
      Maximum density of meiofauna was recorded during the southwest monsoon season (June to September). The major part of the faunal group consisted of cladocerans (47%) followed by nematodes (15%) and harpacticoids (14%). None ...
    • Sediment Distribution in the Offshore Regions of Goa 

      Veerayya, M.; Murty, C.S.; Varadachari, V.V.R. (CSIR-NISCAIR, 1981)
      Sediment samples collected from the offshore areas of some of the beaches (Calangute, Baina and Colva) along the coast of Goa, have been studied for their particle size and areal distributions. These areas are dominated ...
    • Sediment-size distributions of the beach and nearshore environs along the central west coast of India: An analysis using EOF 

      Murty, T.V.R.; Veerayya, M.; Murty, C.S. (American Geophysical Union, 1986)
      EOF analysis of the data on grain-size distributions of sediments in the phi -size class from the beach foreshore, backshore, dune, and nearshore environments of Colva and Calangute revealed that the first three phi ...