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    • Tidal variations in the Sundarbans estuarine system, India 

      Chatterjee, M.; Shankar, D.; Sen, G.K.; Sanyal, P.; Sundar, D.; Michael, G.S.; Chatterjee, A.; Amol, P.; Mukherjee, D.; Suprit, K.; Mukherjee, A.; Vijith, V.; Chatterjee, S.; Basu, A.; Das, M.; Chakraborti, S.; Kalla, A.; Misra, S.K.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Mandal, G.; Sarkar, K. (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2013)
      Situated in the eastern coastal state of West Bengal, the Sundarbans Estuarine System (SES) is India’s largest monsoonal, macro-tidal delta-front estuarine system. It comprises the southernmost part of the Indian portion ...
    • A brief report on the 2nd PAGES Young Scientists Meeting in Goa, India 

      Saraswat, R.; Jensen, B. (PAGES, 2013)
      The Past Global Changes (PAGES) project, an internationally funded effort that aims to facilitate and encourage climate science across countries and disciplines, experimented with a different type of conference four years ...
    • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO<sub>2</sub> Atlas (SOCAT) 

      Pfeil, B.; Olsen, A.; Bakker, D.C.E.; Hankin, S.; Koyuk, H.; Kozyr, A.; Malczyk, J.; Manke, A.; Metzl, N.; Sabine, C.L.; Akl, J.; Alin, S.R.; Bates, N.; Bellerby, R.G.J.; Borges, A.; Boutin, J.; Brown, P.J.; Cai, W.-J.; Chavez, F.P.; Chen, A.; Cosca, C.; Fassbender, A.J.; Feely, R.A.; Gonzalez-Davila, M.; Goyet, C.; Hales, B.; Hardman-Mountford, N.; Heinze, C.; Hood, M.; Hoppema, M.; Hunt, C.W.; Hydes, D.; Ishii, M.; Johannessen, T.; Jones, S.D.; Key, R.M.; Kortzinger, A.; Landschutzer, P.; Lauvset, S.K.; Lefevre, N.; Lenton, A.; Lourantou, A.; Merlivat, L.; Midorikawa, T.; Mintrop, L.; Miyazaki, C.; Murata, A.; Nakadate, A.; Nakano, Y.; Nakaoka, S.; Nojiri, Y.; Omar, A.M.; Padin, X.A.; Park, G.-H.; Paterson, K.; Perez, F.F.; Pierrot, D.; Poisson, A.; Rios, A.F.; Santana-Casiano, J.M.; Salisbury, J.; Sarma, V.V.S.S.; et al (Copernicus Publications, 2013)
      A well-documented, publicly available, global data set of surface ocean carbon dioxide (CO2) parameters has been called for by international groups for nearly two decades. The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) project was ...
    • Surface Ocean CO<sub>2</sub> Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products 

      Sabine, C.L.; Hankin, S.; Koyuk, H.; Bakker, D.C.E.; Pfeil, B.; Olsen, A.; Metzl, N.; Kozyr, A.; Fassbender, A.; Manke, A.; Malczyk, J.; Akl, J.; Alin, S.R.; Bellerby, R.G.J.; Borges, A.; Boutin, J.; Brown, P.J.; Cai, W.-J.; Chavez, F.P.; Chen, A.; Cosca, C.; Feely, R.A.; Gonzalez-Davila, M.; Goyet, C.; Hardman-Mountford, N.; Heinze, C.; Hoppema, M.; Hunt, C.W.; Hydes, D.; Ishii, M.; Johannessen, T.; Key, R.M.; Kortzinger, A.; Landschutzer, P.; Lauvset, S.K.; Lefevre, N.; Lenton, A.; Lourantou, A.; Merlivat, L.; Midorikawa, T.; Mintrop, L.; Miyazaki, C.; Murata, A.; Nakadate, A.; Nakano, Y.; Nakaoka, S.; Nojiri, Y.; Omar, A.M.; Padin, X.A.; Park, G.-H.; Paterson, K.; Perez, F.F.; Pierrot, D.; Poisson, A.; Rios, A.F.; Salisbury, J.; Santana-Casiano, J.M.; Sarma, V.V.S.S.; et al. (Copernicus Publications, 2013)
      As a response to public demand for a well-documented, quality controlled, publically available, global surface ocean carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) data set, the international marine carbon science community developed the ...
    • Contribution of N<sub>2</sub>O emissions to the atmosphere from Indian monsoonal estuaries 

      Rao, G.D.; Sarma, V.V.S.S. (International Meteorological Institute, 2013)
      Estuaries are known to contribute a significant amount of nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) to the atmosphere; however, the contribution from the Indian estuaries is unknown. We made an attempt to estimate emissions of ...
    • Does SW Monsoon Influence Total Suspended Matter Flux into the Arabian Sea? 

      Raghavan, B.R.; Chauhan, O.S. (Coastal Education and Reserch Foundation, 2013)
      Seasonal enhancement in the flux of total suspended matter (TSM) has been attributed to climatology of the SW monsoon (SWM) in time-series trap experiments conducted in the Arabian Sea. To determine the influence of climate ...
    • Molecular Characterization of 2-Chlorobiphenyl Degrading Stenotrophomonas maltophilia GS-103 

      Somaraja, P.K.; Gayathri, D.; Ramaiah, N. (Springer, 2013)
      The catabolic potential of transformer oil contaminated soil bacteria in aerobic degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) were assessed. Transformer oil contaminated soil sample was subjected to microcosm enrichment ...
    • Tropical cyclones over north Indian Ocean during El-Nino Modoki years 

      Sumesh, K.G.; RameshKumar, M.R. (Springer, 2013)
      Tropical cyclones are the most hazardous weather systems, which form over warm ocean waters. The frequencies of tropical cyclones show variabilities over all the oceanic basins, during the El-Nino and El-Nino Modoki years. ...
    • Demarcation of coastal vulnerability line along the Indian coast 

      Ajai; Baba, M.; Unnikrishnan, A.S.; Rajawat, A.S.; Bhattacharya, S.; Ratheesh, R.; Kurian, N.P.; Hameed, S.; Sundar, D. (Indian Society of Geomatics, 2013)
      Delineation of vulnerability line for coastal region due to dynamic coastal processes and natural coastal hazards is a complex task due to high regional variability and site specific coastal characteristics. A methodology ...
    • Deglaciation in the tropical Indian Ocean driven by interplay between the regional monsoon and global teleconnections 

      Saraswat, R.; Lea, D.W.; Nigam, R.; Mackensen, A.; Naik, Dinesh K. (Elsevier, 2013)
      High resolution climate records of the ice age terminations from monsoon-dominated regions reveal the interplay of regional and global driving forces. Speleothem records from Chinese caves indicate that glacial terminations ...
    • Multiple approaches towards decolorization and reuse of a textile dye (VB-B) by a marine bacterium Shewanella decolorationis 

      SatheeshBabu, S.; Mohandass, C.; VijayRaj, A.S.; Rajasabapathy, R.; Dhale, M.A. (Springer, 2013)
      Textile dye Victoria Blue-B (VB-B) was approached in two different ways: one to get rid of the color for its easy disposal to the environment, and the other is to reuse the decolorized water for coloring the same dye. ...
    • Morphotectonic architecture of an India–Madagascar breakup related anomalous submarine terrace complex on the southwest continental margin of India 

      Yatheesh, V.; Kurian, P.J.; Bhattacharya, G.C.; Rajan, S. (Elsevier, 2013)
      An anomalous lateral bathymetric protrusion [Alleppey–Trivandrum Terrace Complex (ATTC)] in the form of two contiguous terrace-like features exists in the mid-continental slope off southwest coast of India. This bathymetric ...
    • Kinetic enrichment of <sup>34</sup>S during proteobacterial thiosulfate oxidation and the conserved role of SoxB in S-S bond breaking 

      Alam, M.; Pyne, P.; Mazumdar, A.; Peketi, A.; Ghosh, W. (American Society for Microbiology, 2013)
      During chemolithoautotrophic thiosulfate oxidation the phylogenetically-diverged proteobacteria Paracoccus pantotrophus, Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis and Thiomicrospira crunogena rendered steady enrichment of <sup>34</sup>S ...
    • Barnacle larval transport in the Mandovi–Zuari estuarine system, central west coast of India 

      George, G.; Desai, D.V.; Gaonkar, C.A.; Aboobacker, V.M.; Vethamony, P.; Anil, A.C. (Springer, 2013)
      A two-dimensional hydrodynamic and particle tracking model was used to estimate the dispersion and retention of barnacle larvae from their possible spawning sites in a tropical monsoon-influenced estuarine system (central ...
    • PCR screening for the surfactin (sfp) gene in marine Bacillus strains and its molecular characterization from Bacillus tequilensis NIOS11 

      Porob, S.; Nayak, S.; Fernandes, Areena; Padmanabhan, P.; Patil, B.A.; Meena, R.M.; Ramaiah, N. (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2013)
      The sfp gene responsible for surfactin production was screened from the DNA extracts of 37 Bacillus spp. whose identity was confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. PCR screening revealed amplification of sfp gene ...
    • Monsoon and cyclone induced wave climate over the near shore waters off Puduchery, south western Bay of Bengal 

      Glejin, J.; SanilKumar, V.; Nair, T.M.B. (Elsevier, 2013)
      Seasonal and annual variations in wave characteristics are studied based on measurements during 2009–2011 using wave rider buoy. Presence of swells generated by the south Indian Ocean cyclones are found over the south ...
    • Performance of the ocean state forecast system at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services 

      Nair, T.M.B.; Sirisha, P.; Sandhya, K.G.; Srinivas, K.; SanilKumar, V.; Sabique, L.; Nherakkol, A.; KrishnaPrasad, B.; RakhiKumari; Jeyakumar, C.; Kaviyazhahu, K.; RameshKumar, M.; Harikumar, R.; Shenoi, S.S.C.; Nayak, S. (Current Science Association, 2013)
      The reliability of the operational Ocean State Forecast system at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) during tropical cyclones that affect the coastline of India is described in this article. ...
    • Response of Penaeid Prawns (Metapanaeus monoceros) to textile dye industrial effluents (TDIE): An indicator of stress 

      Praneeth, R.R.; Shirodkar, P.V.; ManiMurali, R.; Ravindran, J.; Brahma, S.; Vethamony, P. (OMICS Group, 2013)
      Studies on acute toxicity of textile effluents, collected from various Textile Dye Industries from Erode industrial area, Tamil Nadu, have been carried out. The juveniles of pink prawns (Metapanaeus monoceros) were exposed ...
    • Suspended sediment concentration profiles from synoptic satellite observations 

      Ramakrishnan, R.; Rajawat, A.S.; Chauhan, O.S. (IEEE, 2013)
      A method is developed to estimate vertical suspended sediment concentration (SSC) profiles in Gulf of Kachchh, from the sediment concentration values derived from synoptic observations of Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM). Under ...
    • Phytoplankton dynamic responses to oil spill in Mumbai Harbour 

      JiyalalRam, M.J.; Ram, A.; Rokade, M.A.; Karangutkar, S.H.; Yengal, B.; Dalvi, S.; Acharya, D.; Sharma, S.; Gajbhiye, S.N. (Sci-Edit Publications, 2013)
      The oil spill caused by collision of MSC-Chitra with MV-Khalijia on August 7, 2010 in Mumbai Harbour and surrounding area contaminated the shore and resulted in augmented level of PHc (6692.4-16902.2 mew g/l), though it ...