C. DeSilva

Evaluation of impairment of DNA integrity in marine gastropods (Cronia contracta) as a biomarker of genotoxic contaminants in coastal water around Goa, west coast of India (2008)

Sarkar, A., Gaitonde, D.C.S., Sarkar, Amit, Vashistha, D., DeSilva, C., Dalal, S.G.

The measurement of the impairment of DNA in marine gastropod (Cronia contracta) provides an insight into the genotoxic effects of contaminants on marine organisms along the Goa coast. The impact of...

Ecotoxicological effect of grounded MV River Princess on the intertidal benthic organisms off Goa (2006)

Ingole, B.S., Sivadas, S., Goltekar, R., Clemente, S., Nanajkar, M., Sawant, R., ...

The ecotoxicological effects of oil spill from the grounded vessel MV River Princess on the intertidal benthic organisms of Sinquerim–Candolim beach at Goa, India were investigated. An intertidal...

Acetylcholinesterase activities in marine snail (Cronia contracta) as a biomarker of neurotoxic contaminants along the Goa coast, West coast of India (2006)

Gaitonde, D., Sarkar, A., Kaisary, S., DeSilva, C., Dias, C.F.M., ...

The measurement of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity is used worldwide as a biomarker of environmental contamination due to neurotoxic substances. In the present study the AChE activities was...

Evaluation of impact of PAH on a tropical fish, Oreochromis mossambicus using multiple biomarkers (2003)

Shailaja, M.S., DeSilva, C.

Treatment of the widely occurring tropical cichlid, Oreochromis mossambicus with a pure polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), phenanthrene, induced a concentration-dependant formation of the enzyme,...