Characterization and seasonal distribution of microplastics in the nearshore sediments of the south-east coast of India, Bay of Bengal

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Dhineka ◽  
M. Sambandam ◽  
S. K. Sivadas ◽  
T. Kaviarasan ◽  
Umakanta Pradhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
The South ◽  
East Coast Of India ◽  
Nearshore Sediments

By-catch-associated demographics of two threatened seahorses from the south-east coast of India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannan Shalu ◽  
Neelesh Dahanukar ◽  
Rajeev Raghavan ◽  
Kutty Ranjeet
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
East Coast Of India ◽  
By Catch

When Socio-Economic Plans Exacerbate Vulnerability to Physical Coastal Processes on the South East Coast of India

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 1446-1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Muthusankar ◽  
C. Proisy ◽  
D. Balasubramanian ◽  
N. Bautès ◽  
R. S. Bhalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Coastal Processes ◽  
The South ◽  
East Coast Of India

Seasonal distribution and density of common dolphinsDelphinus delphisoff the south-east coast of southern Africa

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. G. Cockcroft ◽  
V. M. Peddemors
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
The South

scholarly journals A New Allogromiid Genus (Rhizopoda: Foraminiferida) from the Vellar Estuary, Bay of Bengal

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Gooday ◽  
Olivia J. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
New Genus ◽  
East Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
East Coast Of India ◽  
Indian Waters ◽  
Vellar Estuary

Abstract. This paper reports what we believe to be the first record of allogromiid foraminifers from coastal Indian waters. Two species from the Vellar Estuary on the east coast of India south of Madras are described and placed in a new genus Vellaria. The foraminifers live at or near the sediment-water interface and are characterised by the development of a flared, conical or trumpet-shaped apertural structure which apparently serves to attach the test to small sand grains. Allogromiids are delicate and inconspicuous organisms which may be more widespread in esturine and brackish water settings than is currently realised.

scholarly journals Seasonal variability of phytoplankton blooms in the coastal waters along the East coast of India

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-8 ◽  
pp. 1065-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Preethi Latha ◽  
K. H. Rao ◽  
E. Amminedu ◽  
P. V. Nagamani ◽  
S. B. Choudhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Water Discharge ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Chlorophyll Concentration ◽  
Phytoplankton Blooms ◽  
East Coast Of India

Bay of Bengal (BOB) is a semi enclosed tropical basin located in the north eastern part of the Indian Ocean with high influence of fresh water discharge from major rivers and rainfall. Bay of Bengal (BOB) is highly influenced by monsoons and represents a natural laboratory to study the effect of fresh water fluxes on the marine ecosystem. Bay of Bengal (BOB) is very low in productivity often with the observations of Phytoplankton Blooms. Phytoplankton blooms are one of the prominent features of biological variability in the coastal ecosystems such as estuaries, lagoons, bays, and tidal rivers with rapid production and accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the ocean. These blooms usually respond to changing physical forcings originating in the coastal ocean like tides, currents and river runoff and to the atmospheric forcing like wind. These physical forcings have different timescales of variability, so algal blooms can be short-term episodic events, recurrent seasonal phenomena, or rare events associated with exceptional climatic or hydrologic conditions. Bloom events and their variability on spatial & temporal scales monitoring through field measurements is difficult. Based on this key hypothesis an effort is made to understand the seasonal and spatial variability of Phytoplankton Blooms along the East Coast of India. In this paper we present the bloom dynamics in their context to the chlorophyll concentration along with species composition and abundance in estuarine and near shore coastal waters of Godavari basin using Oceansat-2 Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM). The initial results revealed that the quasi permanent phytoplankton blooms initiates in the month of mid- February and evolves for a period of two months and then slowly starts decaying by the mid of May month. The results also stand as a base for the study of influence of Phytoplankton Blooms on the carbon flux estimations and bio-geo-chemical processes in the Bay of Bengal.

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