Browsing Scholarly literature by Author "Rao, M.N."
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A preliminary estimate of total petroleum hydrocarbons in water and osme commercially important fish species in the Amba estuary, west coast of India
Rao, M.N.; Ram, A.; Rokade, M.A.; Raja, P.; Rakesh, P.S.; Chemburkar, P.; Gajbhiye, S.N. (Springer, 2016)Amba Estuary, which receives effluent from several industries including a petrochemical complex, opens to the southern limits of the Mumbai Harbor. The study was conducted to find out the level of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons ... -
Biomarker responses in the Coilia dussumieri exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons contamination in urbanized estuaries along the west coast of India
Rao, M.N.; Anjaneyulu, A.; Parthipan, V.D.; Ram, A.; Pradhan, U.K.; Krishnan, U.; Siddaiha, V. (Springer, 2023)The estuaries of Maharashtra are under continuous pressure due to uncontrolled dumping of persistent toxic organic pollutants into these regions and their impact on the marine environment. In this study, total petroleum ... -
Distribution of total petroleum hydrocarbons in water, sediment and its impact on six commercially important fishes of Kundalika estuary, west coast of India
Rao, M.N.; Majithiya, D.; Ram, A. (2019)Kundalika estuary, which opens into the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India, receives effluents from industries situated on its bank. The Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs) were studied using fluorescence spectrophotometer ... -
Ecobiology and distribution of Streptomyces species from distinctive metal polluted sediment of tropical estuary, Northwest coast of India
Mulani, N.; Fulke, A.B.; DeSouza, E.; Monga, A.; Rao, M.N.; Maloo, A.; Ram, A. (Elsevier, 2023)The present study aims to isolate diverse actinomycetes communities from the estuarine sediments of Patalganga located at Northwest coast of India. Total 40 actinomycetes were isolated from 24 sediment samples by dilution ... -
Effects of sedimentary heavy metals on meiobenthic community in tropical estuaries along eastern Arabian Sea
Rao, M.N.; Gaikwad, Santosh; Ram, A.; Pradhan, U.K.; Sautya, S.; Kumbhar, L.; Udayakrishnan, P.B.; Siddaiha, V. (Springer, 2023)The central west coast of India comprises the 720 km long coastline of Maharashtra state and houses widespread industrial zones along the eastern Arabian Sea. Sediments from seven industrial-dominated estuaries along the ... -
Factors controlling organic matter composition and trophic state in seven tropical estuaries along the west coast of India
Rao, M.N.; Ram, A.; Pradhan, U.K.; Siddaiah, V. (2019)To understand the organic matter (OM) sources and trophic states, spatial and seasonal (post-monsoon and pre-monsoon) variation in sedimentary OM compositions was investigated in seven tropical estuaries of the state of ... -
Impact of accidental leakage of furnace oil on Mahul creek mangrove vegetation
Ram, A.; Rao, M.N.; Shailesh, S.; Joshilkar, V.; Rakesh, P.S.; Gajbhiye, S.N. (NISCAIR Publications, 2016)A pipeline carrying furnace/black oil from Butcher Island to the petrochemical complex at Mahul in Mumbai started leaking during 3rdweek of October 2013 and went unnoticed till first week of November 2013. The alignment ... -
Tracing the impact and recovery trajectory of oil spill affected tropical rocky intertidal macrobenthic communities using the BOPA index
Mulik, J.; Sukumaran, S.; Jisna, M.J.; Rao, M.N. (Elsevier, 2023)A yearlong study was conducted to assess the impact of an oil spill on macrobenthos of rocky intertidal zone of Uran, India and its recovery processes, by comparing impacted site with a reference.Immediate acute effects ...