Institute's contributions: Recent submissions

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    • Increasing evidence for the important role of Labyrinthulomycetes in marine ecosystems 

      Raghukumar, S.; Damare, V.S. (Walter de Gruyter, 2011)
      This review summarizes increasing evidence for the role of Labyrinthulomycetes in marine ecosystems gathered over the last six decades. It focuses on their diversity, habitats, biomass, productivity and overall role in ...

    • On the relative roles of El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole events on the monsoon onset over Kerala 

      Sankar, S.; RameshKumar, M.R.; Reason, C. (Springer, 2011)
      Interannual variations of the monsoon onset over Kerala (MOK) have been studied using data from over 60 years (1948-2009) of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and outgoing long-wave radiation. The sea surface temperature fields over ...

    • Paracoccus niistensis sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, India 

      Dastager, S.G.; Deepa, C.K.; Li, Wen-Jun; Tang, Shu-Kun; Pandey, A. (Springer, 2010)
      A Gram-negative, non-motile, catalase-positive and oxidase-positive, aerobic bacterium designated as NII-0918 sup(T) was isolated from soil sample in Western ghat forest, India. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that ...

    • Metals in coastal zooplanktons - A coastal living resource hazard 

      Paimpillil, J.S.; Joseph, T.; Rejomon, G.; Gerson, V.J. (Indian Geological Congress, 2010)
      Trace metals in zooplankton and in coastal water column were monitored in the shallow coastal parts of Bay of Bengal during one winter monsoon. Among the zooplankton biota, copepods remained the most dominant one, followed ...

    • Model simulation of storm surge potential for Andaman islands 

      Kumar, V.S.; RameshBabu, V.; Babu, M.T.; Dhinakaran, G.; Rajamanickam, G.V. (Indian Geological Congress, 2010)
      The Andaman Islands face the surge disaster threat as their north-south orientation comes across the eastward path of severe cyclones moving from the Andaman sea known for the genesis of many severe cyclones that traverse ...

    • Coastal ecosystems for protection against storm surge 

      Mascarenhas, A. (Indian Geological Congress, 2010)
      Storm surges are the greatest natural coastal hazards that regularly afflict people of the east coast of India. Meteorological records show that wind speeds in them have crossed 250 km/hr and storm surges have attained ...

    • Deep-sea ferromanganese deposits and their resource potentials for India 

      Banakar, V.K. (Indian Institute of Science, 2010)
      Due to rapidly depleting land-based mineral resources, oceanic mineral deposits gain greater significance. Ferromanganese deposits on the seabed (nodules) and seamounts (crusts) known for the enrichment of several transition ...

    • Autonomous vertical profiler data management 

      Afzulpurkar, S.; Navelkar, G.S.; Desa, E.S.; Madhan, R.; Dabholkar, N.; Prabhudesai, S.P.; Mascarenhas, A.A.M.Q. (Springer, 2010)
      The Autonomous Vertical Profiler (AVP), developed at NIO [1] [2], collects position and water column data over a period of 3 days and transmits through a satellite modem which is collated and stored on a PC. Data includes ...

    • Navigation of autonomous underwater vehicle using extended kalman filter 

      Ranjan, T.N.; Nherakkol, A.; Navelkar, G.S. (Springer, 2010)
      To navigate the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) accurately is one of the most important aspects in its application. A truly autonomous vehicle must determine its position which requires the optimal integration of all ...

    • Safety aspects for underwater vehicles 

      Madhan, R.; Navelkar, G.S.; Desa, E.S.; Afzulpurkar, S.; Prabhudesai, S.P.; Dabholkar, N.; Mascarenhas, A.A.M.Q.; Maurya, P. (Springer, 2010)
      Advances in technologies related to miniature sensors, memories, embedded controllers, power systems and materials has resulted in development of variety of autonomous underwater platforms for ocean exploration. The future ...

    • Differential dissolution of biogenic carbonates: Implications of secretion at higher pH 

      Saraswat, R. (The Palaeontological Society of India, 2010)
      A selective preferential dissolution of a few initial chambers of several specimens of calcareous planktic foraminifera Globigerinoides rubber has been noted in the surface sediments collected from the eastern Arabian Sea ...

    • 'Shamal' swells in the Arabian Sea and their influence along the west coast of India 

      Aboobacker, V.M.; Vethamony, P.; Rashmi, R. (American Geophysical Union, 2011)
      Wave data collected off Ratnagiri, Goa and Dwarka along the west coast of India during winter season (NE monsoon and early pre‐monsoon) present distinct wave characteristics with periodicity ranging between 2 and 5 days ...

    • Oxygen minimum seafloor ecological (mal) functioning 

      Moodley, L.; Nigam, R.; Ingole, B.S.; PrakashBabu, C.; Panchang, R.; Nanajkar, M.; Sivadas, S.; van Breugel, P.; van Ijzerloo, L.; Rutgers, R.; Heip, C.H.R.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (Elsevier, 2011)
      Although organic matter (OM) settling on the seafloor is generally rapidly recycled, a key ecological process, large scale burial events manifest itself in the marine sedimentary record as organic carbon (Corg)-rich layers. ...

    • Tsunamis: Detection, monitoring, and early-warning technologies 

      Joseph, A. (Elsevier, 2011)
      The devastating impacts of tsunamis have received increased focus since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the most devastating tsunami in over 400 years of recorded history. This professional reference is the first of its ...

    • Role of cyclones and other factors in the decline of the ports of northern Orissa 

      Tripati, S.; Unnikrishnan, A.S. (Current Science Association, 2011)
      The maritime trade of Orissa with transoceanic countries is evident from the early historical period onwards. It has been observed that new ports were set up after the decline of old ports in the nearby vicinity; however, ...

    • Mono and dinuclear arene ruthenium(II) triazoles by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions to a coordinated azide in ruthenium(II) compounds 

      Singh, K.S.; Svitlyk, V.; Mozharivskyj, Y. (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011)
      The dimeric Eta sup(6)-hexamethylbenzene ruthenium(II) triazole compounds of formulation (((Eta sup(6)-C sub(6)Me Sub(6))Ru(N sub(3)C sub(2)(CO sub(2)R)sub(2)) sub(2) - (mu C sub(2)O sub(4))) have been synthesized by ...

    • Distribution of butyltins in the waters and sediments along the coast of India 

      Garg, A.; Meena, R.M.; Jadhav, S.; Bhosle, N.B. (Elsevier, 2011)
      Water and surface sediment samples were analyzed for butyltins (TBT, DBT, MBT) from various ports along the east and west coast of India. The total butyltin (TB) in water samples varied between approx. 1.7 and 342 ng Sn l ...

    • State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries 

      Wafar, M.V.M.; Venkataraman, K.; Ingole, B.S.; Khan, S.A.; LokaBharathi, P.A. (Public Library of Science, 2011)
      The Indian Ocean (IO) extends over 30% of the global ocean area and is rimmed by 36 littoral and 11 hinterland nations sustaining about 30% of the world’s population. The landlocked character of the ocean along its northern ...

    • Relationship between abundance and morphology of benthic foraminifera Epistominella exigua: Palaeoclimatic implications 

      Saraswat, R.; Deopujari, A.; Nigam, R.; Henriques, P.J. (Geological Society of India, 2011)
      The relationship between abundance (relative as well as absolute abundance) and morphology (size of the shell, numbers and proloculus size) of benthic foraminifera Epistominella exigua has been studied in a core to understand ...

    • Megafaunal community structure of Andaman seamounts including the back-arc basin - A quantitative exploration from the Indian Ocean 

      Sautya, S.; Ingole, B.S.; Ray, D.; Stohr, S.; Samudrala, K.; KameshRaju, K.A.; Mudholkar, A.V. (Public Library of Science, 2011)
      Species rich benthic communities have been reported from some seamounts, predominantly from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but the fauna and habitats on Indian Ocean seamounts are still poorly known. This study focuses ...