Tar ball (TB) deposition along the West Coast of India (WCI) is a common phenomenon during the southwest monsoon season, particularly along the coast of Goa and Gujarat, and it is a major concern to the stake holders. Our earlier studies showed that the source oil for the TBs deposited on the Goa coast in August 2010 is the tanker wash, and the source for subsequent TBs deposited on the Gujarat...

Trichiurus lepturus (ribbon fish) was collected from different spatial locations (south west (SW) coast edging the Arabian Sea and south east (SE) coast surrounding the Bay of Bengal of India) and seasons (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon) during a continuous period of four years (2008 through 2011), and their edible muscles were studied for differential nutritional compositions of protein...

1School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Qld, Australia 2Australian Rivers Institute – Coast & Estuaries, School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 3Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia 4David Clark Labs, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina...

[1] We have conducted a study to determine the influence of Asian pollution plumes on free tropospheric ozone above the west coast of the United States during spring. We also explored the additional impact of North American emissions on east coast free tropospheric ozone. Long-term ozone monitoring sites in the United States are few, but we obtained ozonesonde profiles from Trinidad Head on the...

the concentrations of some heavy metals in sediment from the sinop coasts of the black sea were measured to monitor metal pollution in 2013. the distribution of the heavy metals in sediments of the black sea shows a variable pattern. the objectives of the present study were to elucidate the distribution heavy metals such as cu, pb, zn, ni, mn, fe, as, cd, cr, hg and co in sediment from sinop co...

In this study, we analyze the influence of Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred on 11 March 2011, shoreline northern Ibaraki Coast. After earthquake, area experienced subsidence approximately 0.4 m. Shoreline changes at eight sandy beaches along coast are estimated using various satellite images, including ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer), ALOS AVNIR...

In Australia little direct information about past human activity has been obtained from wetlands, but they are a valuable archive of change through time against which the archaeological record from middens and rock shelters can be compared. The constant movement of small bands of hunter-gatherers has meant that there is little sign of intensive occupation, and the use of wetlands lay in their a...

Sea urchins are important grazers and influence reef development in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP). Diadema mexicanum and Eucidaris thouarsii are the most important sea urchins on the Ecuadorian coastal reefs. This study provided a trophic scenario for these two species of echinoids in the coral-rocky reef bottoms of the Ecuadorian coast, using stable isotopes. We evaluated the relative pro...