behaviour of the dilution characteristics of the coastal waters off tuticorin is presented in thebackground of setting up of a desalination plant. simulations of dispersion and spreading of the proposeddischarges has been carried out. scenarios of dilutions were assessed based on the results of a 2d model using the advection-dispersion theory. it is observed that under prevailing currents in th...

The survival of microorganisms of the Mycobacterium avium, M. intracellulare, and M. scrofulaceum (MAIS) complex was evaluated after various soil and water decontamination regimens. Survival was reduced by growing cells in natural waters compared with laboratory media and by inclusion of malachite green in media as an antifungal agent. Decontamination with benzalkonium chloride, while reducing ...

bioactive food components (such as phenolic compounds, carotenoids, anthocyanins, tochopherols, ascorbic acid, flavonoids, minerals, enzymes and pectin) are active ingredients in food or dietary supplements, which proven to have an important role in health, and are safe for human consumption. these compounds exert their antioxidant effects by different mechanisms such as single electron transfe...

A total of 865 Salmonella isolates from wastewaters and sewage-contaminated natural waters were tested for antimicrobial resistance by using NR10 medium and incubation at 43 degrees C. Of the strains, 12.7% were resistant to one or more of the compounds tested, and 30% transferred resistance to an Escherichia coli recipient. The highest minimal inhibitory concentrations were ca. 1,000 microgram...

The Antarctic Slope Front (ASF) modulates ventilation of the abyssal ocean via the export of dense Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and constrains shoreward transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) toward marine-terminating glaciers. Along certain stretches of the continental shelf, particularly where AABW is exported, density surfaces connect the shelf waters to the middepth Circumpolar Dee...

The present paper discuss on spatial and temporal distribution of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) in the coastal and offshore waters of northeastern Arabian Sea, using Advanced Earth Observation Satellite OCTS data. The Chla concentration found high all along the western Indian coastal waters, with significant variations at Gulf of Cambay and Gulf of Kutch regions, ranging from 0.05 to 4.0 mg m. Several ...

CDOM is the most important sunlight-absorbing dissolved substance in the sea and a critical component of the global carbon cycle. Irradiated CDOM produces reactive species that interact in the ocean in a complex series of photochemical and electron transfer reactions that impact the color and oxidative capacity of surface waters, the growth of marine biota, and the production of volatile gases ...