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Cluster analysis of benthic foraminiferal morpho-groups from the western margin of India reflects its depth preference
(Elsevier, 2017)
Q-mode and R-mode cluster analyses have been carried out on the census counts data of 68 genera and one �other genera� of benthic foraminifera from 32 stations off Mangalore-Cochin sector, west coast of India, to study the ...
Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean)
(Springer, 2018)
International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 359 cored sediments from eight borehole locations in the carbonate platform of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. The expedition set out to unravel the timing of Neogene ...
Ballast Water Risk Assessment: the Indian experience
(ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST), 2018)
The Ballast Water Risk Assessment serves as a �Decision Support System� for any given port to take appropriate ballast water management actions. Risk assessment involves collation of data from the ballast water reporting ...
Probable movement and mixing of contaminants in tidal estuaries - A field study in Kundalika Estuary, west coast of India
(Scientific Publishers, 2001)
The probable movement and mixing of contaminants within and through the Kundalika river estuary along the west coast of India are studied Neutrally buoyant biplane drogues, floats and dye were tracked at different stages ...
Efflux Pump-Mediated Quorum Sensing: New Avenues for Modulation of Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacterial Virulence
(Springer, Singapore, 2018)
Bacterial pathogenesis is frequently enhanced by virulence mechanisms that facilitate growth. Such virulence factors include biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. One primary resistance mechanism ...
Population characteristics of Villorita cyprinoides in Vembanad Lake, India
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
The Vembanad Lake system (VLS), the largest Ramsar site in India, faces a major ecological crisis because of reclamation. The lake ranks first in the production of the black clam (Villorita cyprinoides). In this study, we ...
Macroalgal Functional Genomics: A Missing Area
(Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2017)
Functional genomics may be defined as the study of deciphering the function and regulation of genes for various traits. Functional genomics has made significant advances in decoding functionality of gene(s) and their ...
Understanding heavy mineral dynamics using magnetic fingerprinting technique: A case study of North Maharashtra Coast, India
(Springer, 2017)
Environmental magnetic and grain size measurements were carried out on sand samples collected from nine sand pits along a 20-km coastal stretch of Arnala Beach, North Maharashtra, India. This study sets out to identify the ...
Differential environmental responses of tropical phytoplankton community in the southwest coast of India
(Elsevier, 2017)
Phytoplankton characteristics (biomass, primary productivity, species composition and community structure) were studied in a tropical estuary (Cochin estuary) and adjacent coastal marine region for understanding the factors ...
Feeding preference and daily ration of 12 dominant copepods on mono and mixed diets of phytoplankton, rotifers, and detritus in a tropical coastal water
(Springer, 2017)
Results of the experimental studies on the feeding habit and daily ration (DR) of 12 dominant copepods from a tropical coastal water (off Kochi, Southwest coast of India) on different food items (phytoplankton, rotifers, ...