Dinoflagellates in a mesotrophic, tropical environment influenced by monsoon (2008)
DeCosta, P.M., Anil, A.C., Patil, J.S., Hegde, S., DeSilva, M.S., Chourasia, M.
The changes in dinoflagellate community structure in both e the water column and sediment in a mesotrophic, tropical port environment were investigated in this study. Since the South West Monsoon...
Hegde, S., Anil, A.C., Patil, J.S., Mitbavkar, S., Venkat, K., Gopalakrishna, V.V.
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...
Seasonal variations in the fouling diatom community from a monsoon influenced tropical estuary were investigated. The community composition did not differ significantly between stainless steel and...
Temporal variation of diatom benthic propagules in a monsoon-influenced tropical estuary (2008)
Temporal variations in the diatom benthic propagule (DBP) community and their role in the phytoplankton community in a monsoon-affected tropical estuary, Zuari estuary, Goa (India) are presented. The...
Effect of hydrodynamic cavitation on zooplankton: A tool for disinfection (2008)
Sawant, S.S., Anil, A.C., Venkat, K., Gaonkar, C., Kolwalkar, J., Khandeparker, L., ...
Application of hydrodynamic cavitation for disinfection of water is gaining momentum, as it provides environmentally and economically sound options. In this effort, the effect of cavitating...
Effect of ageing on survival of benthic diatom propagules (2007)
Anil, A.C., Mitbavkar, S., DeSilva, M.S., Hegde, S., DeCosta, P.M., Meher, S.S., ...
A comparison of viable benthic diatom propagules based on the observations recorded immediately and after 5 years of ageing at 5oC is presented. The number of viable benthic diatom propagules...
Diatoms constitute an important component of the fouling community. Although a lot of work has dealt with the fouling diatom community structure, work on the species interactions within the community...
Underwater adhesion: The barnacle way (2006)
Barnacle cement is an underwater adhesive insoluble protein complex. Marine proteins secreted by the invertebrates such as barnacles and mussels have potential application as powerful adhesives as...
Desai, D.V., Anil, A.C., Venkat, K.
Balanus amphitrite, an acorn barnacle is distinctly euryhaline and eurythermal, and a dominant fouling organism found in warm and temperate waters through out the world. In this study the influence...
A perspective of marine bioinvasion (2006)
Bioinvasions are generally taken note of only when their impacts are felt. The impacts directly experienced by the society can be economical (loss of fishery or water as a resource) and human health...
Relevance of biofilm bacteria in modulating the larval metamorphosis of Balanus amphitrite (2006)
Khandeparker, L., Anil, A.C., Raghukumar, S.
Balanus amphitrite, on its larval metamorphosis. The effect of multispecies bacterial film was also assessed. The production of different molecules by the bacteria was influenced by the nutrient...
Role of Diatoms in marine biofouling (2006)
Anil, A.C., Patil, J.S.., Mitbavkar, S., DeCosta, P.M., DeSilva, S., Hegde, S., ...
Diatoms are one of the early colonisers on surfaces submerged in the photic zone of the environment. Their colonisation on man made structures, termed biofouling, has enormous implications in the...
Cell damage and recovery in cryopreserved microphytobenthic diatoms (2006)
Two pennate microphytobenthic diatoms, Amphora coffeaeformis (Agardh) Kutzing and Navicula transitans var. derasa f. delicatula Heimdal, were cryopreserved and monitored on thawing to track the...
Gyrineum natator: A potential indicator of imposex along the Indian coast (2006)
Vishwakiran, Y., Anil, A.C., Venkat, K., Sawant, S.S.
Imposex related studies have used neogastropods as sentinel organism. In this effort, we elucidate the potential of a mesogastropod, Gyrineum natator, for imposex monitoring on the central west coast...
Seasonal variations in the microphytobenthic diatom community were investigated in an intertidal sand flat of a tropical marine environment influenced by monsoons. Cores of sediments were collected...
Butyltins in the sediments of Kochi and Mumbai harbours, west coast of India (2006)
Bhosle, N.B., Garg, A., Harji, R., Jadhav, S., Sawant, S.S., Krishnamurthy, V., ...
Surface sediment samples were collected from various locations in the Mumbai and Kochi harbours, west coast of India, to assess the presence of butyltin compounds. Tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin...
Phytoplankton blooms are known to influence barnacle recruitment and in boreal regions spring blooms work as an important trigger. Close to the west coast of the sub-continent of India, blooms tend...
Biofilm diatom community structure: Influence of temporal and substratum variability (2005)
Diatoms, which are early autotrophic colonisers, are an important constituent of the biofouling community in the marine environment. The effects of substratum and temporal variations on the fouling...
Natural biofilms constitute a complex network of microorganisms (bacteria, diatoms, protozoa, fungi) and their extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which influence settlement inbenthic...
Quantification of diatoms in biofilms: Standardisation of methods (2005)
Benthic diatoms, which often dominate marine biofilms are mostly pennate along with a few centric species that have an attached mode of life. Even though the range of diatoms in biofilms is diverse,...
Thakur, N.L., Anil, A.C., Muller, W.E.G.
The influence of environmental changes on the epibacterial population of the marine sponge Ircinia fusca (Carter) was evaluated by using a bacterial culture-based approach. Sponge surface-associated...
The impact of diatom food species (Chaetoceros calcitrans and Skeletonema costatum), temperature and starvation on the larval development of Balanus amphitrite was evaluated. Starvation threshold...
Vertical migratory behavior of benthic diatoms is one of the adaptive strategies employed for a life in intertidal habitats. Irradiance and tides are considered to be the key factors governing...
Butyltins in water, biofilm, animals and sediments of the west coast of India (2004)
Bhosle, N.B., Garg, A., Jadhav, S., Harjee, R., Sawant, S.S., Venkat, K., ...
Biofilm, fish, oyster, mussel, clam, surface seawater, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and sediment samples were collected from marine and/or estuarine waters of the west coast of India. These...
Anil, A.C., Clarke, C., Hayes, T., Hilliard, R., Joshi, G., Krishnamurthy, V., ...
This report describes the BWRA activity undertaken for the neighbouring ports of Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru, which form the Mumbai Demonstration Site and are managed by the Mumbai Port Trust (MPT)...
Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A perspective (2003)
Biodiversity and community structure are now recognized to be important determinants of ecosystem functioning. In this regard the marine ecosystem has been studied to a much lesser extent compared to...
Thakur, N.L., Hentschel, U., Krasko, A., Pabel, C.T., Anil, A.C., Mueller, W.E.G.
The epibacterial chemical defense of the marine sponge Suberites domuncula was explored by screening sponge extract, sponge primmorph (3-D aggregates containing proliferating cells) extract and...
Barnacle larval destination: piloting possibilities by bacteria and lectin interaction (2003)
Khandeparker, L., Anil, A.C., Raghukumar, S.
Modulation of metamorphosis in barnacles in response to cues of biological origin is established. The bacteria associated with the barnacles also have a role in such modulations. We isolated the...
Marine Bioinvasion: An Overview (2002)
Anil, A.C., Venkat, K., Sawant, S.S.
Shipping is the backbone of global economy and facilitates transportation of 90% of commodities. A single bulk cargo ship of 200,000 tones can carry up to 60,000 tones of ballast water. It is...
Marine bioinvasion: Concern for ecology and shipping (2002)
Anil, A.C., Venkat, K., Sawant, S.S., DileepKumar, M., Dhargalkar, V.K., Ramaiah, N., ...
Marine bioinvasion - introduction of marine organisms alien to local ecosystem through ship hulls and ballast water - has serious consequences to native biota, fishery and general coastal ecosystem....
Khandeparker, L., Anil, A.C., Raghukumar, S.
Earlier observations have shown that sugars in solution adsorb electrostatically through –OH groups to polar groups associated with the cypris larva temporary adhesive (CTA). Lens culinaris...
Khandeparker, L., Anil, A.C., Raghukumar, S.
Gregarious settlement in barnacles has been related to the settlement-inducing compounds from adult conspecifics, bacteria in the biofilms, and their interaction. Elucidation of larval settlement...
Experiments were carried out to evaluate the influence of rearing temperature and food concentration (20 and 30 degrees C, 1x10 sup(5) and 2x10 sup(5) cells ml sup(-1)) on the starvation threshold...
Temporal and spatial variations were investigated in the viable diatom population of the microphytobenthic community from an intertidal sand flat of a tropical environment. The presence of diatoms to...
Diatom colonization on stainless steel panels in estuarine waters of Goa, west coast of India (2000)
Temporal variations in diatom fouling was investigated at the Dona Paula Bay located at the mouth of the Zuari Estuary, Goa, India. Stainless steel panels admeasuring 15 x 10 cm were exposed to the...
An evaluation of starvation threshold of the newly hatched Balanus amphitrite nauplii (instar, II) has been made at three different temperatures (5, 15 and 25°C). Earlier studies on starvation in...