The current distribution of the introduced seagrass Zostera japonica is restricted to the midto upper intertidal zone in the coastal Pacific Northwest region of North America. The climate in this region is cool andwet, becoming hotter and dryerwith increasing distance southward. Since temperature is likely to be an important factor affecting distribution of this species, growth of two populatio...

Department of Hepatology and Transplant Medicine, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India Department of Rheumatology, Care Clinics, Sree Sudheendra Medical Mission Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India Department of Pathology, PVS Memorial Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India Department of Pathology, Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre Ltd, Cochin, Kerala, Indi...

Western disturbances (WDs) develop as extra-tropical low-pressure systems over the Mediterranean and lose their frontal structure they move eastward toward India. The effect of aerosols on microphysical characteristics precipitation clouds associated with WDs in February 2016 was investigated west coast India adjacent Arabian region. This research highly depends era interim reanalysis ensemble ...

In this study, heavy metals (Hg,Cd,Pb,Cu,Zn) and metallothionein (MT) biosynthesis were measured in blood of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on the northern coast of the Sea of Oman. Heavy metals concentrations in the sea water, the sediments, the blood samples ranged between 0.02-8.43 μg/l, 0.06-10.32 μg/l, and 0.16-36.78μg/g (ww), respectively.The highest concentration...

Species, under the genus Rhynchorhamphus (Family: Hemiramphidae), are widely distributed marine groups of fishes. Among four species described from India, only two species, i.e., georgii and R. maabarica, reported along Indian coast. However, during present study, a specimen collected Western Ocean, Chetty harbour, Kerala, south-west coast has been identified as naga (Collette, 1976), based on ...

The new species Riwo zeidleri and Socarnella delectabilis are described. Prior to this study Riwo Lowry & Stoddart, 1995 was a monotypic genus, while Socarnella Walker, 1904 consisted of only two described species. The distribution of Riwo is expanded southwards from northern Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef to the south coast of Australia and the distribution of Socarnella is expand...

Genetic variation and divergence among samples of Chilean hake Merluccius gayi, from three localities off the coast of Chile and one locality off the coast of northern Peru, were assessed using sequences from the control region of mitochondrial DNA. Homogeneity tests revealed occurrence of at least three distinct genetic stocks of M. gayi within the region sampled. Factors potentially contribut...

BACKGROUND Indirana gundia is one of the critically endangered frog species of Western Ghats, India, and known only from the type locality (Gundya in Karnataka State, India) at an elevation of 200 m Mean Sea Level. We provide data on the geographical distribution of this species using molecular tools. NEW INFORMATION Our results expand the geographical distribution range of this species about...