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Monday, 8 December 2003                                 DAY 1

 

09:00 to 10:00 Inauguration
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee/Tea                                    

 

 

 

PLENARY SESSION I:

FRESHWATER RESOURCES, POLLUTION AND RADIATION ECOLOGY

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman S. Ramachandran, IOM, Anna University

 

 

10:30 - 10:55 IT-130 Importance of Rainwater Harvesting with special reference to Tamil Nadu
M. Kaarmegam, Anna University, Chennai, India
10:55 - 11:20 IT-136 Treatment of Industrial Effluents Using Indigenous Sources: Agricultural Solid Wastes
C. Namasivayam, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, India
11:20 - 11:45 IT-048 Natural Radioactivity Aspects of the Marine Environment
M.A.R. Iyengar, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
11:45 - 12:10 IT-120 Radiation Ecology of Gulf of Mannar (South East coast of India)
P. Shahul Hameed, Trichy, India
12:10 - 12:30 IT-057 Dose Estimates to Public due to Intake of Radionuclides through Consumption of Aquatic Dietary Sources in the Coastal Environment of Kalpakkam
V. Kannan, ESL, Kalpakkam, India
12:30 - 12:45 IT-103 Temporal and Spatial Variations of Sediment Flux along Godavari River, India
K. Shivkumar, B. Gujja and L. Jaggi, AMD, Nagpur ,India
12:45 - 13:00 IT-129 Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Reuse - An Integrated Approach
N.K. Ambujam, Anna University, Chennai ,India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00- 14.00 Lunch

 

       

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PARALLEL SESSION 01A

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman L. Ajay Kumar, Mining, Anna University

 

 

14:00 - 14:15 OR-006 Geochemical studies of ground water in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Ravi K Saini, Harish Gupta and G.J. Chakrapani
14:15 - 14:30 OR-010 Delineation of Fresh Water Aquifers In Ramanathapuram Coast Tamil Nadu Using Vertical Electrical Sounding
K.Vaithiyanathan and J.F.Lawrence
14:30 - 14:45 OR-014 Enhancement in quality of ground water due to revitalization of percolation pond - A case study in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu
B. Umapathi and J. F. Lawrence
14:45 - 15:00 OR-015 Heavy metal contamination in the groundwater of Tamil Nadu State, India
A. Ramesh Kumar, K. Padmavathi and M.T. Karruppiah
15:00 - 15:15 OR-020 Overexploitation and salt water intrusion - A Case Study along Cuddalore Coast, Tamil Nadu, South India
K. Ramesh and R. Sabanayagam

 

15:15 - 15:45                      Coffee/Tea                                                                                                    

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PARALLEL SESSION 01B

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman L. Elango, Geology, Anna University

 

 

15:45 - 16:00 OR-021 Hydrogeology of an over-exploited hard rock watershed in Tamil Nadu, India, with special reference to long-term behavior of Ground water levels
P. Nandakumaran and S.G.D. Sridhar
16:00 - 16:15 OR-025 Groundwater quality assessment in part of the Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India
D. Satheesh Herbert Singh, and J.F. Lawrence
16:15 - 16:30 OR-034 Hydro geophysical investigation of groundwater for rural development - A case study of Mamandur, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu
M. Suresh Kumar and R. Sivakumar
16:30 - 16:45 OR-049 Over-Exploitation of Ground Water and Salt Water Intrusion: Problems and Prospects
D. Rudrappan
16:45 - 17:00 OR-061 Lithological Influence on the groundwater chemistry - Periyar District a case study
S. Chidambaram, AL. Ramanathan, K. Srinivasmoorthy, P. Anandhan and S. Vasudevan
17:00 - 17:15 OR-062 Hydrogeochemistry and Quality Assessment of Groundwater from Industrial Town
K. Srinivasamoorthy, S. Chidambaram, AL. Ramanathan P. Anandhan, S. Vasudevan and K. Anbazhagan
17:15 - 17:30 OR-078 Management strategies to control seawater intrusion
Madhavi Ganesan and S. Thayumanavan
17:30 - 17:45 OR-031 Anthropogenic greenhouse gases emission from Indian domestic livestock and their contribution to global climate change
Mahadeswara Swamy and V. Shashirekha
17:45 - 18:00 OR-029 Treatment of Tannery Waste water using Cyanobacteria with special reference to Chromium - An Eco-friendly technology
V. Shashirekha, L. Stanley Abraham and M. Mahadeswaraswamy

PARALLEL SESSION: 01C

Venue Centre for Water Resources Hall, Anna University
Chairman M. Kaarmegam, CWR, Anna University

 

 

14:00 - 14:15 OR-080 Hydrogeochemistry of the Groundwater in Delhi Around Najafgarh and Other Drains
Bhawana and A.L.Ramanathan
14:15 - 14:30 OR-084 Demarcation of Groundwater Pollution Zones By Using Seven Digit Coding System in PCMC Area, Maharahstra
Shubhrangini Chauhan, N.J.Pawar and Vishwas S.Kale
14:30 - 14:45 OR-013 Concentration of group IIb metals in the drinking water of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and their accumulation on a freshwater fish cyprinus carpio
R. Rama, M. Ramesh and V.Maruthappan
14:45 - 15:00 OR-016 Over exploitation of coastal aquifer in Tiruvanmiyur belt, Kancheepuram District, Chennai
.Suresh , N.Varadaraj and J.F.Lawrence
15:00 - 15:15 OR-027 Hydrogeochemical studies for saltwater intrusion in Lower Gundar basin, Tamil Nadu, India
B. Gowthaman and J.F. Lawrence

 

15:15 - 15:45           Coffee/Tea

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PARALLEL SESSION: 01D

Venue Centre for Water Resources Hall, Anna University
Chairman K. Sankaran, Biotechnology, Anna University

 

 

15:45 - 16:00 OR-121 Pollution of Freshwater Ecosystems in Bangladesh
Dilip Kumar Datta, Khulna University, Bangladesh
16:00 - 16:15 OR-076 Influence of sea water intrusion on soil chemical properties
A.Baskar, R. Sankar, U. Bagavathi Ammal and P. Selvaraj
16:15 - 16:30 OR-004 Chemical species of sedimentary Phosphorus in Tuticorin Coastal water ecosystems
D.Veerabahu, V. Radhika & V. Ramadhas
16:30 - 16:45 OR-017 Monitoring of urban pollution in Tirumanimuttar River in Salem and Namakkal Districts, Tamil Nadu
N. Varadaraj & J.F. Lawrence
16:45 - 17:00 OR-019 Hydrochemistry of Lake Naivasha, A Rift Valley, Kenya
A.L. Ramanathan, J.W. Njenga and V. Subramanian
17:00 - 17:15 OR-040 Nature of solute load in a tidal river-a case study of River Rupsha, SW Bangladesh
Subrota Kumar Saha, Md. Sohrab Hossain and Dilip K. Datta
17:15 - 17:30 OR-045 Heavy Metal Pollution in Sediments of Hussain Sagar Lake: Comparison of Microwave and Conventional Digestion Methods
D. Motati Suneela, Malleshwara Reddy, K. Saritha and M.S.Sastry
17:30 - 17:45 OR-046 Biogeochemical studies of Flood plain sediments of Yamuna River basin (Sub-basin of Ganga) during recent past (Holocene)
D.P.Saxena and V. Subramanian
17:45 - 18:00 OR-079 Groundwater quality studies in the Patiala District of Punjab
Manish Kumar and A.L. Ramanathan

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Tuesday, 9 December 2003                                                      Day 2

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman V. Sampath, ICMAM-PD, DOD, Chennai


 

09:00 - 09:25 IT-106 Remote Sensing of Coastal Ecosystem
P.N. Sridhar
09:25 - 09:50 IT-132 National River Links
Biksham Gujja, WWF, Geneva
09:50 - 10:15 IT-107 Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Case Study (Chennai)
B.R. Subramanian
10:15 - 10:40 IT-126 Sustainable Management of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem
Philomene A. Verlaan

 

10:40 - 11.00           Coffee/Tea

 

Chairman Peter Frenzel, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany

 

11:00 - 11:25 IT-125 Some Perspectives of Regional Carbon Budget for the Large Tropical River Basin
M.M. Sarin, PRL, Ahmedabad, India
11:25 - 11:50 IT-137 Coastal Pollution and Mangroves
T. Balasubramanian
11:50 - 12:15 IT-131 Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Chilka Lake, a Ramsar Site
R. Sundaravadivelu
12:15 - 12:40 IT-124 Mangrove Community Structure and Evolution at Coringa in the Godavari Delta, Andhra Pradesh
A.V. Raman
12:40 - 13:05 IT-135 Water related issues in mangroves of India
K. Kathiresan, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

 

13.05- 14.00 Lunch

 

 

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PARALLEL SESSION 02A

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman M. M. Sarin, Physical Research Laboratory

 

 

14:00 - 14:15 OR-068 Reversal mapping of heavy metal pollution in receiving water systems
D. Walther, H.D. Olbrisch, P. Selvapathy
14:15 - 14:30 OR-069 Fresh Water Algalogical studies of River Gomti of Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh
M.R. Suseela
14:30 - 14:45 OR-063 Lead induced electrolyte changes and recovery in a freshwater fish Cyprinus carpio
V. Maruthappan and M. Ramesh
14:45 - 15:00 OR-064 Sea water desalination via fuel cell operation cycle
G. Marimuthu
15:00 - 15:15 OR-094 Factors influencing suspended load in the meltwaters of Dokriani glacier, Garhwal Himalaya
P.G. Jose and S.I. Hasnain

 

10:40 - 11.00           Coffee/Tea

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PARALLEL SESSION 02B

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman Arun Balakrishnan, Biotechnology, Anna University

 

 

15:45 - 16:00 OR-002 Reutilization of Industrial Solid Wastes for Industrial Effluent Treatments
C. Namasivayam
16:00 - 16:15 OR-053 Biological treatment of tannery soak liquor in a Sequencing Batch Reactor using halophilic bacteria
O. Lefebvre, N. Vasudevan, K. Thanasekaran and R. Moletta
16:15 - 16:30 OR-085 Design of sewage farms as constructed wetlands with mixing cell method
Benny Joseph and N.K. Ambujam
16:30 - 16:45 OR-102

Benefits of the Networking of the Surplus Indian Rivers
P.M. Natarajan and Shambu Kallolikar

16:45 - 17:00 OR-119 Hydrogeochemsitry of the Achankovil River Basin, India
M.B.K. Balakrishna Prasad and A.L. Ramanathan
17:00 - 17:15 OR-077 Wastewater Irrigation
P. Nila Rekha, N.K. Ambujam, D. Deboral Vimala and M.Jayanthi
17:15 - 17:30 OR-060 Dimensionless toxicity index - a tool to assess freshwater quality
K. Parvathi, Rajesh Banu, J, R. Naresh Kumar and R. Nagendran
17:30 - 17:45 OR-018 Quality of formation water in tannery belt in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
E. Sampath Kumar and K.K. Sharma
17:45 - 18:00 OR-093 Studies on biological liquefaction and biomethanation of organic solid waste generated from tanneries
P. Muthukrishnan, R. Suthanarajan, Ravithranath, K.Chitra, S.Rajamani and P.Lakshmanapermalsamy

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PARALLEL SESSION 02C

Venue Centre for Water Resources Hall, Anna University
Chairman T. Balasubramanian, Annamalai University

 

 

14:00 - 14:15 OR-071 Wastewater Treatment using Aerobic Filter Technology
K.V.Emmanuel and R.A. James
14:15 - 14:30 OR-032 A Study on the Dietary intake of 210Po and 210Pb through the Fishes by the Coastal Population of Palk Strait, India
A. Sadiq Bukhari, M.M. Shahul Hameed, P. Raja and P. Shahul Hameed
14:30 - 14:45 OR-003 Gorgonians as an Indicator of Metal Pollution
P. Velayutham, G. Sanjeeviraj and V. Ramadhas
14:45 - 15:00 OR-007 An Integrated Study on Metal Reducing Bacteria's in Pulicat Lake and Ennore Creek
S. Kamala Kannan, S. Mahadevan and R. Krishnamoorthy
15:00 - 15:15 OR-009 Species Diversity and Seasonal Variations of Gorgonians collected from Gulf of Mannar Coastal Waters
G. Sanjeeviraj and P. Velayutham

 

15:15 - 15:45         Coffee/Tea

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PARALLEL SESSION 02D

Venue Centre for Water Resources Hall, Anna University
Chairman R. Nagendran, CES, Anna University

 

 

15:45 - 16:00 OR-011 Coastal ecosystem interactions - a case study of flora at Narara Island in the Marine National Park of India
A.J. Joshi and S.S. Khot
16:00 - 16:15 OR-022 Reproductive characteristics of a silver biddy, Gerres abbreviatus as implications for the southeast fishery of India
K. Sivashanthini and S. Ajmalkhan
16:15 - 16:30 OR-023 Destruction of Coral skeletons by Boring organisms (Siliceous sponges) in Gulf of Mannar, India
M.V. Mukesh, N.Ramanujam, S.R.Singarasubramanian and K.Manoharan
16:30 - 16:45 OR-026 Model Studies for improvements to fishing operations in Periathalai village in Tuticorin district
P.K. Suresh, A. Selvarajah, M. Jayapalan and K. Veluchamy
16:45 - 17:00 OR-030 Occurrence and seasonal variation of faecal indicator bacteria in beach sand and coastal waters of Thoothukkudi
G. Sugumar, B. Christolite and P. Velayutham
17:00 - 17:15 OR-038 Biological diversity of Godavari Mangroves - An important Natural Resource for conservation and management
P.S. Rajasekar and A. Suresh Babu
17:15 - 17:30 OR-039 Use of the duckweed species Spirodela polyrhiza for nutrients recycling from domestic wastewater and fish feed
Gopal C Ghosh and Subrota kumar Saha
17:30 - 17:45 OR-047 Geochemical and biochemical pathways and Fluxes of inorganic nutrients in Chaliyar estuary
Jose K Xavier, T. Joseph and J.S. Paimpillil
17:45 - 18:00 OR-056 Fishing in troubled water
B. Subramanian and V. Vivekanandan

 

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Wednesday, 10 December 2003                                 Day 3

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman Rob Upstill-Goddard, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.

 

 

09:00 - 09:30 IT- 041 Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene Era
A. Jayaraman, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
09:30 - 10:00 IT-111 The influences of the North Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on Late Quaternary Environments in Monsoonal Australia
A. Peter Kershaw, Monash University, Australia 10:00 - 10:30 IT-058 Methane and Nitrous oxide Emission from Livestock
10:00 - 10:30 IT-058 Methane and Nitrous oxide Emission from Livestock Waste Management Practices in India in Relation to Global Climate Change
Prabhat K. Gupta, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
10:30 - 11:00 IT-110 Methane Emission from Subtropical and Tropical Wetlands: Rice, Swamps and Mangroves
Peter Frenzel, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

 

11:00 - 11:30         Coffee/Tea

 

Chairman Peter Kershaw, Monash University, Australia

 

11:30 - 12:00 IT-070 How Important are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Coastal Zone?
Rob Upstill-Goddard, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
12:00 - 12:30 IT-075 Anthropogenic Impacts on Coastal Marine Ecosystems and Consequences for N2O Production
Jonathan Barnes
12:30 - 13:00 IT-105 Spatial and Temporal Scale 234Th: 238U Disequilibrium in the Arabian Sea: Implications to Sinking Particle Fluxes
M.M. Sarin

 

13.05- 14.00 Lunch

 

 

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PARALLEL SESSION 03A

Venue Koodal Hall, IOM, Anna University
Chairman A. Jayaraman, PRL, Ahmedabad, India

 

 

 

14:00 - 14:15 OR-066 Crustacean Fishery Resources of Coastal West Bengal and their Conservation Issues
M.K. Dev Roy and N.V. Nandi
14:15 - 14:30 OR-108 Geographical Information Systems and Global positioning system, A Synoptic monitoring Tool for management of coastal environment in India
C.L. Bhairam and K. Shivkumar
14:30 - 14:45 OR-012 Role of DGPS in oceanographic survey - case study
M. Selvabalan, V.V.Vaze and M. Raja
14:45 - 15:00 OR-044 Remote Sensing And GIS Techniques for monitoring the Coastal ecosystem changes: A Case study in Tuticorin Coast, India
M. Thanikachalam, S. Ramachandran, J. Devasenapathy and D. Chitra
15:00 - 15:15 OR-082 Applications of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture: A review
P. Mahalakshmi and K. Ganesan
15:15 - 15:30 OR-024 Spatio-temporal variations of water quality in Pulicat lake estuary
P. Elayaraja and R. Ramanibai
15:30 - 15:45 OR-033 Distribution of trace elements in the sediments of Nearshore Environment, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
P.M. Mohan, M. Vidhyavathi and G.V. Rajamanickam
15:45 - 16:00 OR-035 Characterization of Coastal Waterways near Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Selvaraj and R. Baskaran
16:00 - 16:15 OR-042 Heavy Metal Contamination in Select Wetlands of Tamil Nadu
S Muralidharan and R Jayakumar
16:15 - 16:25 OR-081 Development of Shrimp Aquaculture and its Impacts on Environment
M.Jayanthi, S.Ramachandran and P. Nila Rekha
16:25 - 16:40 OR-073 Water quality and phytoplankton production in Palk Bay, Southeast coast of India
R. Sridhar, T. Thangaradjou, S. Senthilkumar and L. Kannan

 

16:40 - 17:00         Coffee/Tea

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PARALLEL SESSION 03B4

 

Venue Centre for Water Resources Hall, Anna University
Chairman K. Thanasekaran, CES, Anna University

 

 

14:00 - 14:15 OR-065 Coastal management issues and concerns of Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu
Sarah Coulthard
14:15 - 14:30 OR-036 Coastal zone management in India - Critical appraisal of legal control
S. Ganapathy Venkatasubramanian and T.V. Lakshmanan
14:30 - 14:45 OR-037 Critical examination of adequacy of National laws for Wetlands in India
T.V. Lakshmanan and S. Ganapathy Venkatasubramanian
14:45 - 15:00 OR-054 Coastal open space utilization: Opportunities along the State of Kerala
D. R. Fernandez and A.N. Balchand
15:00 - 15:15 OR-100 Development of Perspective Land Use Plan for Coastal Agro-ecosystem in India
S.Natarajan, R.Sivasamy, P.Saradha and P.Devipriya
15:15 - 15:30 OR-101 Training an effective tool for technology transfer
D. Deboral Vimala, S.Ramachandran and P. Nila Rekha
15:30 - 15:45 OR-055 Geothermal Energy Resources in On-shore and Off-shore Areas of Indian Sub-Continent - Exploration, Assessment, & Development - Outlines of Availability and Strategic Importance.
K.R. Srinivasan
15:45 - 16:00 OR- 001 Global Carbon dioxide consumption by silicate weathering
Prasun Biswas and G.J.Chakrapani
16:00 - 16:15 OR- 008 Atmospheric Particulate matter, its chemical composition and the impacting meteorological factors in Coimbatore, India
R. Mohan Raj and P.A. Azeez
16:15 - 16:30 OR- 109 Evaluation of Global Warming Using Atmospheric CO2 Data of NOAA / CMDL Air Sampling Network in the Pacific Ocean
Vijay Natraj and K. Natarajan

 

16:30 - 17:00         Coffee/Tea

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17:00 - 17:30     PLENARY AND CONCLUDING SESSION

 

 

POSTER SESSION FOR ALL THREE THEMES

Date: 8, 9 and 10 December 2003
Time: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Venue: Mining Department, Anna University

 

THEME I: FRESHWATER RESOURCES, POLLUTION AND RADIATION ECOLOGY

PO-083 Application of GPS and GIS for Assessment of Groundwater Flow
Y. Pari, V.Balamurugan, M.V.Ramanamurthy, V.Sampath and S. Ramachandran
PO-087 Crop Yield Maximization - Orthogonal experiments approach
Pratheeba Paul
PO-090 Strategies to upkeep the ecology of the coastal regions and to attain sustainable groundwater development from the coastal aquifers of Tamil Nadu - India
P.M. Natarajan and Shambu Kallolikar
PO-092 Reutilization of Industrial Solid Waste for Industrial Effluent Treatment
C.Namasivayam and K. Prathap
PO-098 Flux and Chemistry of Tannery Effluents: A Case Study of Narayani Leather Industry, Birganj, Nepal
Dilip Kumar Datta and Chandra Dev Prasad Sah
PO-114 Urban Pollution and its Impacts on the Surface and Adjacent Groundwaters of Adyar River Basin
A.Nirmal Rajkumar, B. Senthil kumar, S. Sindhuja, J. Selvarani,R. Purvaja and R. Ramesh
PO-122 Management of River Basin Fluxes - A Case study
D. Rudrappan
PO-138 Groundwater Hydrochemical Processes in a Part of Lower Palar Basin, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Kannan and L. Elango

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THEME II: COASTAL ECOSYSTEM INTERACTIONS

PO - 005 Nutrient Distribution and its effects on the biological fertility of polluted coastal water
Veerabahu, D. Radhika, V. Sivakumar and V. Ramadhas
PO - 028 Ennore mangroves - Biodiversity unveiled
N. Kannan, P. Elayaraja and R. Ramanibai
PO - 043 Coastal Land Use: A Case of Degradational Coast of Valinokkam-Dhanuskodi Coastal Stretch, Tamil Nadu, India
A. Muthukrishnan
PO - 051 Spatial Distribution of major and Trace elements in Madras Harbour, South India
R. Raja and R. Ramesh
PO - 086 Industrial effluent discharge mapping through Remote sensing
A. Surendran, K. Selvavinayagam and S. Ramachandran
PO - 088 GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Coastal Resources Assessment - A case study of Neil Island, Andaman
Marie Irene Preeti Divien, A. Surendran and S. Ramachandran
PO - 089 Remote Sensing and GIS in Coastal Zone Management - A case study in Havelock Island, Andaman, India
S.Anitha, A. Surendran and S. Ramachandran
PO - 091 Coastal ecosystem changes in Interview Island, Andaman using Remote sensing and GIS
Vibha Sandlas Sharma and S. Ramachandran
PO - 096 Coastal ecosystem changes in long Island, Andaman Islands using Remote sensing and GIS
V.P. Sathiya Bama and S. Ramachandran
PO - 097 Coastal Zone Mapping - A Case Study in Ross and Smith Islands, Andaman Islands
Ezhil Vendan, K. Selvavinayagam and S. Ramachandran
PO - 099 Landuse change detection using Remote sensing and GIS - A case study in Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, India
K. Selvavinayagam, A. Surendran and S. Ramachandran
PO - 104 Changes in land use of a Coastal City - Pondicherry
K. Nagamani and S.Ramachandran
PO - 115 Identification of pollution hot spots in Adyar River basin using GIS
A. Nirmal Rajkumar, R. Purvaja and R.Ramesh
PO - 117 Wetlands and constructed wetlands a comparative study
S. Devika, M Manu Vaasanthi, A.S. Bharath Ram
PO - 118 Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Fluxes from Mangrove Sediments
B. Senthil Kumar, A. Nirmal Rajkumar, J. Selvarani, R. Purvaja and R. Ramesh
PO - 123 Need for Landscape Guideliness on Urban Coastlines (Beaches) for Tourism and Recreation
P. Rajaprakash
PO - 133 Application of GIS and RS for the Identification of Sea Turtle Nesting Ground
I. Sujjahad Hussain and S.Ramachandran

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THEME III         GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

 

PO - 095 Studies on the impact of biological fertilizers on methane emission from rice paddy microcosms
S.Venkatesh and R. Ramesh
PO - 113 Biogeochemical cycle of methane in a coastal lagoon: Pulicat lake, South India
A. Shalini, R. Purvaja and R. Ramesh
PO - 116 Seasonal dynamics of nitrous oxide and methane emission from Muthupet mangroves
K. Krithika, R. Purvaja and R. Ramesh
PO - 139 Sediment characteristics of coastal waters along North Chennai coast, Southeast coast of India
P. Kasinatha Pandian, S. Ramesh, M.V. Ramanamuthy and S.Ramachandran
PO - 140 Coastal ecosystem management and monitoring using remote sensing and Geographic Information System: A Case Study, Tuticorin Coast of India
M. Govindaraju, R.M. Narayanan and V. Nagarathinam
PO - 134 Cauvery Delta Progradation Towards the Northern Srilankan Coast due to the Holocene Period Coastal Environmental Changes
P.M. Natarajan, Shambu Kallolikar and P.M.N. Abirami Sankar Ganesh

 

 


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