L. Jagadeesan

TL;DR: Blood serum biochemical parameters can be used for confirming the maturity and monitoring any changes in the quality of waters and related soils, and were significantly correlated at P’< 0.05 level.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of ocean currents in molding mesozooplankton community characteristics in these, geographically closer and ecologically important transitional zones was investigated by collecting data from 30 locations in the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay in March 2010 (Spring Intermonsoon), September 2010 (Southwest Monsoon) and January 2011 (Northeast Monsoon).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine field and satellite observations to investigate how hydrographical transformations influence phytoplankton size structure in the southern Bay of Bengal during the peak Southwest Monsoon/Summer Monsoon (July-August).

TL;DR: The redundancy analysis (RDA) and fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry data showed a high abundance of picoeukaryotes, heterotrophic bacteria and autotrophic nanoplankton in the GoM whereas, Synechococcus and heterotroph nanoplANKton were higher in the PB, and the first information on the relative trophic preference of various fractions of smaller plankton in Indian coastal waters is presented.

TL;DR: The study provides evidences for the first time from the field that exceptionally high abundance of efficient microzooplankton-consuming zooplankton can significantly increase the trophic efficiency of the microbial loop dominant plankton food web.