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Annual cycle of metabolites in relation to breeding and feeding in Ambassis commersoni in Goa waters
(Society of Biosciences, 2000)
Seasonal variations in moisture, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and ash content in both the sexes of Ambassis commersoni were studied separately over an annual cycle (1989-1990). The results indicate that percentage of ...
Insect drift over the northern Arabian Sea in early summer
(Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1999)
Air borne insects, mostly carried by wind currents, were trapped over the northern Arabian Sea (16 degrees to 20 degrees N; 68 degrees to 72 degrees E), in the course of cruise No. 111, ORV Sagar Kanya (March 14 to April ...
Aquaculture in mangrove environment
(M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras, India, 1994)
A general account of aquaculture of India in mangrove environment has been discussed. In-spite of being a none-too-tidal aquaculture site, the estuaries and backwaters fringEd. by mangrove vegetation have long been used ...
Antarctic ocean and resource variability. Ed. by D. Sahrhage
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1990)
Biology of corals and coral reefs
(Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, 2001)
This chapter deals with biology of corals, coral reefs (in general) and coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. Biology of corals is lucidly dealt with, beginning from the clarification on hermatypic and ahermatypic forms. A ...
Occurrence and distribution of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(Bombay Natural History Society, 1996)
Occurrence and new distributional records for 26 species of Alcyonaceans are given. These include 12 species of Sinularia, 6 of Lobophytum, 6 of Sarcophytum, one of Cladiella and one of Nephthea. Their ecological information ...
Seagrass habitat complexity and macroinvertebrate abundance in Lakshadweep coral reef lagoons, Arabian Sea
(Springer, 1991)
Macrofauna of seagrass community in the five Lakshadweep atolls were studied and compared. The associated epifaunal and infaunal taxa comprising nine major taxonomic groups, showed significant differences in the total ...
Maturation of Metapenaeus moyebi (Kishinouye) in Goa estuaries
(University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 1993)
An assessment of the stake net fishery in the Mandovi and Zuari estuaries of Goa revealed that Metapenaeus moyebi, a penaeid prawn hitherto rarely recorded in Indian waters, formed a good percentage of the estuarine prawn ...
Particulate organic constituents of surface waters of east coast of India
(NISCAIR, New Delhi, 1993)
Particulate matter collected from surface seawater (approx 1 m) samples from 11 coastal (depth less than 200 m) and 40 oceanic (depth > 200 m ) stations was studied for particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate ...
Biochemical composition and caloric potential of zooplankton from Bay of Bengal
(NISCAIR, New Delhi, 1992)
Proximate composition and variations in protein, lipid, carbohydrate, ash and organic carbon in zooplankton from 42 stations in the Bay of Bengal are reported. Average percentages of moisture, protein, lipid, carbohydrate, ...