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Antarctica, a land of mystery and wonders, is the Earths last great wilderness. Fifty million years back, it had evergreen forests with many types of animals and plants. Today, the continent is a white desert -the coldest, driest, stormiest, windiest and the most inaccessible place in the world. A continent of extremes with nearly six months of continuous day and about six months of continuous night, its lowest temperature of -89.6°C and wind speeds up to 190 ...
Algae grow in a wide range of habitats starting from freshwater lakes to rivers and oceans to deserts. They serve a very important role not only in the aquatic ecosystem as primary producers but are also responsible for release of oxygen into the atmosphere. Algae and their products are widely used in food, agriculture and a number of industries. In recent years it has been realized that algae can play a major role in environment and biotechnology. The present ...
The intent of this book is to offer a primer to any individual, family, village cooperative, NGO, state, federal funding agency, or corporation that wishes to introduce Porphyra, (know as Nori in Japan) farming as a socio-economic development driving force. This effort is not intended to be a text book on Porphyra biology but a reference tool for nori cultivation from the conchocelis culture system through blade harvest and primary processing. Our hope is to ...
India has a coastline of more than 7000 km and an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) over 2 Million Km2. A total of 770 species of seaweeds have been reported from different parts of the Indian coasts which includes 184 species of green, 166 species of brown and 420 species of red (Sahoo et al., 2001). Unlike the oriental countries like Japan, China, Korea etc. India does not have a long history about the uses of seaweeds as food and various other purposes. However, ...
This volume contains 21 chapters contributed by 39 well known authors in their respective field. The book covers several aspects of aquaculture which includes seaweeds biology and their cultivation, inputs for aquaculture, experimental work and environmental issues related to aquaculture. This book will be useful to students, teachers, researchers and others interested in the field of aquaculture.
This Volume contains an up-to-date records of seaweeds species available at different parts of the Indian coasts. In total 770 species of Indian seaweeds have been reported which includes 184 species of green, 166 species of brown and 420 species of red algae. The book will be useful to Phycologists, students, teachers, researchers, industrialists and many others interested in the field of algae.
This volume contains 22 chapters in two sections contributed by 46 well known authors in their respective field of specialization. The marine science section covers different aspects of oceanography which includes satellite oceanography, marine biodiversity, ecology and conservation strategies, ocean policy and management as well as resource utilization; whereas the Antarctic science section deals with ozone hole, geomagnetism, geology, biology, human physiology ...
The present book has been designed specifically in the Indian context in a very concise and informative manner. This book will be very useful to the industrialists, administrators, policy-makers, specialists, students and small farmers.