Bulletin – First Issue
Vol. 1 (1&2), 2009
Contents
Research Articles
Developing Coastal Community Resilience (by Sushma Guleria).
- Empowering fisher women through ICT in reef conservation and management a case study from Tuticorin coast of the Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern India (by Jamila Patterson, Eva Linden, Christin Bierbrier, Dan Wilhelmsson, Inger Lofgren, David Obura and J.K.Patterson Edward).
- Effect of tributyltin (TBT) based antifouling paints in marine environment (by A. Murugan).
- Bio-invasion – A threat to marine biodiversity (by A. Biju Kumar).
Research short notes / overviews
- Coral reproduction in Gulf of Mannar – Good sign (by K. Diraviyaraj).
- Coral restoration to combat the loss of reef areas in Gulf of Mannar (by G. Mathews).
- A note on the algal bloom in Keezhakkarai coast of the Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern India (by J.K. Patterson Edward, V.K. Melkani,M.Thangaraja and Dan Wilhelmsson).
- Fascinating Seahorses and the need for their conservation (by A. Murugan).
- Marine microbes: A potential source for extremozymes (by Babu Joseph and P. Ashok Kumar).
- Importance of sponges and associated microorganisms in anti-cancer research : an overview (by Vinoth S. Ravindran).
- Annual coral bleaching in Gulf of Mannar (by J.K. Patterson Edward).
- Coral reefs of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay: Signs of increased prevalence of coral diseases (by T. Thinesh).
- Unexplored healthy patch reefs, gorgonid and seagrass beds off South Tuticorin (by J.K. Patterson Edward).
- Seaweeds – a wonder renewable marine resource (by P. Raja)
- Background radiation levels along the beaches of Tuticorin, India (by T. Anitha)
- Knowing cephalopods – Octopus macropous Risso, 1826 (by V. Deepak Samuel and Jamila Patterson).
- Epibiosis : War on the surface (by T. Prem Anand).
- Seagrasses – Not in favour of human pathogenic bacteria (by Elizabeth Rajesh).
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