Browsing Scholarly literature by Author "Gauns, M."
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2015-16 ENSO contributed reduction in oil sardines along the Kerala coast, south?west India
Shetye, S.S.; Kurian, S.; Gauns, M.; Vidya, P.J. (2019)Fishery along the west coast of India largely depends on pelagic fish such as oil sardines, which are dominant during the south?west monsoon. However, the response of sardine population to the warming caused by the climatic ... -
A checklist of tintinnids (loricate ciliates) from the coastal zone of India
Elangovan, S.S.; Gauns, M. (Springer International Publishing, 2018)We report here a checklist of tintinnids (loricate ciliates) for the coastal zone of India. Based on available literature (1978 to 2017), a total of 25 stations were studied from 5 distinct areas of Indian coastal waters. ... -
A comparative study on microzooplankton communities in two tropical monsoonal estuaries
Elangovan, S.S.; Gauns, M. (Elsevier, 2021)We studied on microzooplankton (MZP) communities from two major rivers, the Mandovi and the Zuari estuarine system of Goa on central west coast India. Despite both estuaries having a common point of discharge (eastern part ... -
A first report on a bloom of the marine prymnesiophycean, Phaeocystis globosa from the Arabian Sea
Madhupratap, M.; Sawant, S.S.; Gauns, M. (Ifremer/ CNRS/ IRD/ Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. Tous droits reserves, 2000)A thick bloom of the marine prymnesiophycean, Phaeocystis globosa was observed in the central Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon period (July-August, 1996). The cells were mostly in colonial form, embedded in gelatinous ... -
A non-diatom plankton bloom controlled by copepod grazing and amphipod predation: Preliminary results from the LOHAFEX iron-fertilisation experiment
Mazzocchi, M.G.; Gonzalez, H.E.; Vandromme, P.; Borrione, I.; deAlcala, M.R.; Gauns, M.; Assmy, P.; Fuchs, B.; Klaas, C.; Martin, P.; Montresor, M.; Ramaiah, N.; Naqvi, S.W.A.; Smetacek, V. (GLOBEC, 2009)The most memorable LOHAFEX cruise came to an end on 17 March 2009 when RV Polarstern docked in the harbour of Punta Arenas (southern Chile) after successfully carrying out the longest iron fertilisation experiment so far ... -
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 ... -
A review on mesopelagic fishes belonging to family Myctophidae
Catul, V.; Gauns, M.; Karuppasamy, P.K. (Springer, 2011)Myctophids are mesopelagic fishes belonging to family Myctophidae commonly called as 'Lanternfishes', Ecologically, myctophids link primary consumers like copepods, euphausiids and top predators like squids, whales and ... -
A study on microzooplankton community from the coastal waters of eastern Arabian Sea: Emphasis on the dominance of heterotrophic dinoflagellates
Elangovan, S.S.; Gauns, M. (Springer, 2023)We studied the community composition of microzooplankton (MZP) from the surface waters off Candolim, Goa. The MZP communities were examined for the year 2013, covering different seasons and four stations (Near-shore: G3 & ... -
Abundance and relationship of bacteria with transparent exopolymer particles during the 1996 summer monsoon in the Arabian Sea
Ramaiah, N.; Sarma, V.V.S.S.; Gauns, M.; DileepKumar, M.; Madhupratap, M. (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2000)Bacterial abundance and production, numbers, sizes and concentrations of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and total organic carbon (TOC) were measured during the 1996 summer monsoon to understand the relationship ... -
Alkaline phosphatase activity at the southwest coast of India: A comparison of locations differently affected by upwelling..
Mamatha, S.S.; Malik, A.; Varik, S.; Parvathi, V.; Jineesh, V.K.; Gauns, M.; LokaBharathi, P.A. (Elsevier, 2015)The realization of the potential importance of phosphorus (P) as a limiting nutrient in marine ecosystem is increasing globally. Hence, the contribution of biotic variables in mobilizing this nutrient would be relevant ... -
Antioxidant responses in gills and digestive gland of oyster Crassostrea madrasensis (Preston) under lead exposure
Shenai-Tirodkar, P.S.; Gauns, M.; Mujawar, M.W.A.; Ansari, Z.A. (Elsevier, 2017)Crassostrea are ecologically and economically important bivalves and provide a good livelihood for coastal regions of many countries, including India. This study aims at evaluating the response of the antioxidant defense ... -
Applications of Machine Learning in Chemical and Biological Oceanography
Sadaiappan, B.; Balakrishnan, P.; Vishal, C.R.; Neethu, T.V.; Mahendran, S.; Gauns, M. (American Chemical Society, 2023)Machine learning (ML) refers to computer algorithms that predict a meaningful output or categorize complex systems based on a large amount of data. ML is applied in various areas including natural science, engineering, ... -
Arabian Sea oceanography and fisheries
Madhupratap, M.; Nair, K.N.V.; Venugopal, P.; Gauns, M.; Haridas, P.; Gopalakrishnan, T.C.; Nair, K.K.C. (Fishery Survey of India, 2004)The physical and chemical forcing which drive the Arabian production is now fairly well understood. The main attributes, which contribute to the productivity are (1) the boundary processes which manifest as upwelling during ... -
Arabian Sea oceanography and fisheries of the west coast of India
Madhupratap, M.; Nair, K.N.V.; Gopalakrishnan, T.C.; Haridas, P.; Nair, K.K.C.; Venugopal, P.; Gauns, M. (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2001)The physical and chemical forcing, which drives the Arabian Sea production is now fairly understood. The main attributes which contribute to the productivity are (1) the boundary and open ocean processes, which manifest ... -
Are eddies nature’s trigger to enhance biological productivity in the Bay of Bengal?
PrasannaKumar, S.; Nuncio, M.; Kumar, A.; Sardessai, S.; DeSouza, S.N.; Gauns, M.; Ramaiah, N.; Madhupratap, M. (American Geophysical Union, 2004)The Bay of Bengal is traditionally considered to be a less productive basin compared to the Arabian Sea. Despite the contrasting chlorophyll and primary productivity pattern, sediment trap data shows that annual fluxes of ... -
Atmospheric fine and coarse mode aerosols at different environments of India and the Bay of Bengal during winter-2014: Implications of a coordinated campaign
Sen, A.; Ahammed, Y.N.; Arya, B.C.; Banerjee, T.; Begam, R.G.; Baruah, B.P.; Chatterjee, A.; Choudhuri, A.K.; Dhir, A.; Das, T.; Dhyani, P.P.; Deb, N.C.; Gadi, R.; Gauns, M.; Ghosh, S.K.; Gupta, A.; Sharma, K.C.; Khan, A.H.; Kumari, K.M.; Kumar, M.; Kumar, A.; Kuniyal, J.C.; Lakhani, A.; Meena, R.K.; Mahapatra, P.S.; Naqvi, S.W.A.; Singh, D.P.; Pal, S.; Panda, S.; Rohtash; Saikia, J.; Saikia, P.; Sharma, A.; Sharma, P.; Saxena, M.; Shenoy, D.M.; Vachaspati, C.V.; Sharma, S.K.; Mandal, T.K. (Metrology Society of India, 2014)In this paper, we present mass concentrations of particulate matter [PM<sub>2.5</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub> size fractions and total suspended particulates (TSP)] measured simultaneously over land stations (Kullu, Patiala, ... -
Autonomous profiling float observations reveal the dynamics of deep biomass distributions in the denitrifying oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea
Wojtasiewicz, B.; Trull, T.W.; Bhaskar, T.V.S.U.; Gauns, M.; Prakash, S.; Ravichandran, M.; Shenoy, D.M.; Slawinski, D.; Hardman-Mountford, N.J. (Elsevier B.V., 2020)Data from 13 autonomous profiling BGC-Argo floats, equipped with biogeochemical and bio-optical sensors deployed between 2011 and 2016, were used to explore the potential of bio-optical methods to map deep biomass distribution ... -
Bacterial abundance and production in the central and eastern Arabian Sea
Ramaiah, N.; Raghukumar, S.; Gauns, M. (Current Science Association, Bangalore, India, 1996)Seasonal and spatial variations in bacterial and picoplankton abundances and bacterial production (thymidine incorporation rates) were determined in the water column up to 150 m in several stations in the central and eastern ... -
Bacterioplankton abundance and production in Indian Ocean Regions
Ramaiah, N.; Fernandes, V.; Rodrigues, V.V.; Paul, J.T.; Gauns, M. (American Geophysical Union, 2009)Microbes mediating biological and many geochemical processes are the key components in marine ecosystems. Information on spatiotemporal variations in heterotrophic bacterial (Hbac) abundance and production in three ... -
Benthic exchange along a tropical estuarine salinity gradient during dry season: Biogeochemical and ecological implications
Pratihary, A.K.; Naik, Richita; Karapurkar, S.; Gauthankar, M.; Khandeparker, R.; Manjrekar, S.; Gauns, M. (Elsevier, 2021)Benthic biogeochemistry and its coupling with pelagic ecology are less understood in tropical than in temperate estuaries, which have significant implications for global carbon and nutrient cycling. In dry season, the ...