Research Projects undertaken by the OSTC


 

Number of proposals received and their subject area

43 (2000)

43 (2000)

Number of research projects posed DOD and their subject area

6 (1999 – 2000) + 11 (2001 – 2002)

Number of research projects sanctioned and their subject area

20

Live feed
Biochemistry
Molecular taxonomy
Mangroves and Corals

Projects completed as on 31.3.2004 10

S. No

Tile of the Research Project

1

Investigations on the eggs and larvae of fin & shellfishes of Parangipettai waters

 - Prof. Dr. V. Ramaiyan (Completed)

2

Biodiversity and biological studies on sea fans (Completed)

- Dr. S. Antony Fernando

3

Biology of seahorses (Completed)

- Dr. S. Rajagopal and Dr. S. Ajmal Khan

4

Marine biodiversity survey and conservation through cryopreservation and appropriate breeding and rearing technologies (Completed)

- Dr. P. Natarajan

5

Carrying capacity and ecosystem modeling of mangroves habitats of Kerala coast (Completed)

- Dr. N. Chandramohankumar

6

Establishment of mother aquarium for culture of clown fishes (Completed)

- Dr. M. Sakthivel

7

Saltmarsh halophytes for saline soil reclamation and biogas production (Completed)

- Dr. K.P. Chellappan

8

Studies on the biodiversity and biology of the Indian strains of artemia (Completed)

- Dr. N. Munusamy

9

Faunal biodiversity and sediment dynamics of mangrove systems of east and west coast of India (Completed)

- Dr. Olivia J. Fernando

10

Biology of cyanobacteria from cochin estuary and near shore waters

- Dr. A.V. Saramma

11

Biodiversity and biology of marine copepods

- Dr. K. Altaff

12

Nutritional evaluation of seafoods (Completed)

- Dr. T. Balasubramanian

13

Studies on biology of marine mammals and shore birds using chemical methods and DNA studies

- Dr. A.N. Subramanian

14

Biology and conservation of overexploited commercially important crabs of Parangipettai coast

- Prof. T. Kannupandi

15

Cephalopod resource assessment biology and larval rearing of selected species

- Dr. A. Purushothaman

16

Investigations on the biology of potentially exploitable stomatopod resources

- Prof. Dr. S. Ajmal Khan

17

Biofouling and antifouling organisms in the gulf of mannar

- Dr. A.K. Kumaraguru

18

Impacts of developmental activities on tidal wetlands and biodiversity in Tuticorin area

- Dr. S. Ramachandran

19

Studies on the intertidal fouling community of Kudankulam coastal waters with special reference to the atomic power project

- Dr. S. Godwin Wesley

20

An assessment of the potential for snail toxins along Visakhapatnam coast and Kakinada mangroves

- Dr. Y. Prabhakara Rao

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