Comparative study has been done to examine the biodiversity and ecological status of the intertidal region of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bandstand and National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) rocky beaches in Mumbai, West coast of India. A total of 50 species of intertidal organisms were recorded from these shores. Shannon and Simpson's diversity index, Margalefs richness ...

Cross-shore sediment transport is one of the effective factors in erosion and sedimentation, and affects dynamics of the beach profile in coastal areas. Furthermore, sandbar migration due to cross-shore sediment transport mostly effects beach nourishment, displacement of pollutions trapped in sediments, and organism and plants’ lives.  In this manuscript, sandbar migration due to cro...

Abstract. The warning water level is the default at which storm surges may occur along a coast and indicates stage of alert. This forms basis for storm-surge forecasting, prewarning an important reference governments aids in decision-making process prevention disaster risk mitigation. has four categories (blue, yellow, orange, red) based on observational data. Taking into account actual defense...

1Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY; 2Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY; 3Department of Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, New York, NY; 4Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System, New Hyde Park, NY; and 5Depart...