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Influence of environmental settings on the prevalence of Trichodesmium spp. in the Bay of Bengal
(Inter Research, 2008)
Trichodesmium, an important marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, is widespread in tropical waters and contributes substantially to the global chemical cycles by new production. The interesting and intriguing feature of ...
A comprehensive view of manganese nodules and volcanics of the Central Indian Ocean Basin
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)
The Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) is the most studied basin in the Indian Ocean because of the Indian Manganese Nodules program. During the last two and half decades (and also on going), immense efforts have been made ...
Resolving orographic rainfall on the Indian west coast
(Royal Meteorological Society, 2008)
We discuss a method to obtain the spatial estimates of rainfall on the Indian west coast for calculating the surface water budget. The region includes the basin of the Mandovi River, a typical west-coast river whose catchment ...
The Indian Ocean
(Elsevier, 2008)
There are two unique aspects of geography of the Indian Ocean that profoundly influence its climate and circulation: (a) The Indian Ocean’s northern expanse is curtailed by the Eurasian landmass around the Tropic of Cancer ...
Ecobiology and Fisheries of an Economically Important Estuarine Fish, Sillago sihama (Forsskal)
(2008)
Goa with about 105 km long coastline has vast resources of marine shellfish and finfish. Fish is a protein rich food and for the state of Goa it assumes special significance as it forms one of the chief components in the ...
Depth anomalies in the Arabian Basin, NW Indian Ocean
(Springer, 2008)
Unreported depth anomalies in the Arabian Basin, northwest Indian Ocean is presented previously, to provide constraints on the evolution of the oceanic lithosphere of that basin. The depth anomaly reported in this study ...
Simple multiple regression model for long range forecasting of Indian summer monsoon rainfall
(Springer-Verlag, 2008)
The relationship between the Indian Ocean Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies (SSTA) and the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (ISMR) have been examined for the period, 1983-2006. High and positive correlation (0.51; significant ...
Indobis and its relevance to the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere reserve
(National Biodiversity Authority, 2008)
The Gulf of Mannar (GoM) which has been given the status of a Biosphere Reserve in 1989 under the Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme of UNESCO. It was declared as the first marine protected area in South and South east ...
Mismo field experiment in the equatorial Indian Ocean
(American Meteorological Society, 2008)
The Mirai Indian Ocean cruise for the Study of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO)-convection Onset (MISMO) was a field experiment that took place in the central equatorial Indian Ocean during October-December 2006, using ...
Two new species of Chaetognatha from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)
Two new chaetognath species, Krohnitta balagopali and Sagitta meenakshiae, are described from the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean). K. balagopali is easily distinguishable from the other two known species of the genus by its ...