DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography: Recent submissions
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Cochin backwaters: A sad story of manipulation
(The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1997)Cochin backwaters, along the south west coast of India have been altered several times for various causes and the system has undergone tremendous environmental changes as a consequence developmental activities and associated ... -
Effect of holothurian and zoanthid extracts on growth of some bacterial and diatom species
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)The antifouling properties of the extracts from two zoanthids, viz. Zoanthus sp, Protopalythoa sp and one holothurian species, viz. Holothuria leucospilota occurring in the coastal waters off Goa were tested against 5 ... -
Recent advances in marine microbiology: the Indian scenario
(Springer, 1997)Great strides have been made in understanding the microbes of the seas around India, and these include both mycological and bacteriological aspects, covering near, offshore, and deep-sea waters. In mycology, the role of ... -
The ecology and distribution of alcyonaceans at Mandapam (Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar), South India
(Bombay Natural History Society, 1997)New distribution records for 27 species of Alcyonaceans are given. These include major genera Sinularia (12 spp.), Lobophytum (7 spp.), Sarcophyton (6 spp.), Dampia (1 sp.) and Nephthya (1 sp.). The factors that influence ... -
Starvation threshold of Balanus amphitrite larvae in relation to temperature
(US Office of Naval Research, 1997)Energy content in the non-feeding (lecithotrophic) cyprid larvae of B. amphitrite plays an important role in determining its metamorphic characteristics. In this context it is important to understand the energy transformed ... -
Carrying capacity of coral reefs
(M.S. Swaminathan Res. Found., Chennai (India), 1997)The sustainable yield of a commercially exploited fishery is assessed by the biological and environmental factors (including fishing effort). These parameters with a reef are vastly diverse-size, location, species diversity, ... -
Crowning corals
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)Biodiversity of coral reefs is responsible for productivity in the sea and these coral reefs are built mainly by corals containing a calcium-carbonate skeleton. The reef building corals are the hermotypic corals harbouring ... -
Distribution and abundance of copepods in the pollution gradient zones of Bombay Harbour-Thana Creek-Bassein Creek, west coast of India
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)Forty six species of copepods were identified, of which, 40 belonged to Calanoida with an overall dominance of Acartiidae. Acartia spinicauda, A. centrura and Centropages dorsispinatus were the common species throughout ... -
UV radiation and primary production in the Antarctic waters
(Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi, 1997)A profiling underwater radiometer was used for the first time in the waters around Indian Antarctic Station (70 degrees 46 minutes S and 11 degrees 44 minutes E) in the summer of 1994. The profiles include natural fluorescence ... -
Species composition, distribution and abundance of hydromedusae in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the east coast of India
(Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Japan, 1997)Based on zooplankton collections made by Fisheries Ocean Research Vessel Sagar Sampada Central Marine Fisheries REsearch Institute, India, during the period 1986-1990, 356 samples from 18 cruises from Sri Lanka to Calcutta ... -
Controlling 'new genes'- Letter
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Marine sponges: a potential source of eco-friendly antifouling compounds
(US Office of Naval Research, 1997)Antifouling protocols rely to a great extent on the application of paints or altering substratum characteristics. It has been evidence that commercial antifouling paints which are currently in use employ toxic biocides. ... -
Role of salinity on food conversion efficiency and growth in juvenile penaeid shrimp Metapenaeus dobsoni (Crustacea/Arthropoda)
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)Growth parameters of juvenile Metapenaeus dobsoni, fed with fresh squid meat were estimated in 5, 15, 25 and 35 ppt salinities for 4 weeks. Although no significant differences were noticed in food ingestion rates, higher ... -
Life history of the ghost shrimp, Callianassa japonica ortmann (Decapoda: Thalassinidea), on an intertidal sandflat in western Kyushu, Japan
(Elsevier, 1997)Growth, density, survival, and reproduction were examined for the population of the ghost shrimp, Callianassa japonica, inhabiting an intertidal sandflat in western Kyushu, Japan, based on samples collected from May, 1989 ... -
Cryoperservation of Balanus amphitrite nauplii
(Academic Press, 1997)The possibility of cryopreserving B. amphitrite (Cirripedia; thoracica) nauplii is explored. The effects on the postthaw survival of a range of cryobiological variables are reported; three different cryoprotectants (ethylene ... -
Coral mortality in reefs: The cause and effect; A central concern for reef monitoring
(M.S. Swaminathan Res. Found., Chennai (India), 1997)The primary causal agents for the destruction of corals are the abiotic and/or biotic agents or a combination of both. The abiotic factors that are responsible are bioerosion, sedimentation, eutrophication and pollution, ... -
Steroids from marine sponges Suberites vestigium and Chrotella australiensis
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)The sponges Suberites vestigium and Chrotella australiensis have been examined for steriods. Both the sponges contain C sub(27-29) mono and diunsaturated sterols, in addition sponge C. australiensis contains cholest-4-ene-3-one ... -
Litter fall and energy flux in a mangrove ecosystem
(Academic Press, 1997)Production, elemental composition and In situ decomposition of litter of Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, Sonneratia alba and Avicennia offcinalis were studied in a mangrove ecosystem fringing Mandovi-Zuari Estuaries ... -
Behaviour of marine oil-degrading bacterial populations in a continuous culture system
(Springer, 1997)In pursuit of developing an oil-degrading microbial consortium, we used the principle of "plasmid assisted molecular breeding" (PAMB) in a continuous culture system. Three marine bacteria, Pseudomonas putida, Brevibacterium ... -
Metamastophora flabellata (Sonder) Setchell (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) a new addition to the coaral reef flora, from the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean)
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)Stray occurrence of Metamastophora flabellata is recorded, for the first time from the Andaman Sea, India. Earlier this alga was reported to be confined only to the coasts of southern Australia and Africa. The specimen is ...