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Benthos
(Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, 2001)
Benthic organisms are sessile and sedentary in nature. True benthos can be divided into two groups - epifauna and infauna. They comprise major invertebrate phyla. Benthic organisms are separated into micro, meio, macro and ...
Marine environmental intimidation to Sundarbans embankments
(Sundarban Affiars Department, WB, 2005)
Protection of Sundarbans (West Bengal, India) embankments is an enormous task. There are many external forces that are responsible to destabilize the embankment. River flows with tides is responsible as one of the major ...
Zooplankton ecology of the mangrove habitats of Goa
(Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1992)
Zooplankton community of the fringing mangroves along the upper reaches of Mandovi and Zuari estuaries, Goa, India was studied. The mangrove ecosystem is rather a harsh one for plankton owing to combination of periodic ...
Management of mangroves for energy needs
(Annamalai Univ., Parangipettai (India), 1998)
Utilization of mangroves for firewood and fodder is quite common along the Indian coast. In order to maintain the supply of different beneficial products, conservation and management practices with large scale afforestation ...
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 ...
Features at some significant estuaries of India
(Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, 2001)
The river basins of India are classified into three groups on the basis of catchment areas: (1) above 20,000 km sup(2), (2) 2,000-20,000 km sup(2) and (3) less than 2,000 km sup(2). The total number of rivers under first ...
Characterization of Porteresia coarctata beds along the Goa coast, India
(Elsevier, 2006)
Porteresia coarctata, forms an important constituent in the plant succession leading to formation of mangrove communities along the estuaries in India. Major beds along the Mandovi estuary of Goa were monitored for their ...
Four marine-derived fungi for bioremediation of raw textile mill effluents
(Elsevier, 2010)
Textile dye effluents pose environmental hazards because of color and toxicity. Bioremediation of these has been widely attempted. However, their widely differing characteristics and high salt contents have required ...
Nutrients from the mangrove areas of Cochin backwaters
(Kerala Science Congress, 1996)
Nutrient like ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and inorganic phosphate and some hydrographic parameters were estimated for one year from two distinct mangrove ecosystems of Cochin backwaters viz. Puduvypeen and Nettoor. The ammonia ...
Evaluation of mangrove ecosystem of India for assessing its vulnerability to projected climatic changes
(World Wide Fund for Nature-India, 2003)
Mangrove habitats of ecological and socio-economic significance, forms thrust area under coastal zone management programme of the country. Global warming is expected to result in the global sea level rise affecting various ...