Thrust Areas of Research:
Development of Indian finfish and shellfish biodiversity knowledge base to foster the assessment of biological diversity of Indian seas.
Biodiversity valuation of marine organisms in selected marine ecosystems along the Indian coast.
Assessment of fishing impacts on biodiversity loss with reference to threatened species and fisheries management.
Monitoring the conservation biology of economically important and threat-prone species and fragile ecosystem.
Development and Maintenance of database of Maine Biodiversity Museum to dissiminate the information on the web to make it easily accessible to all
Ongoing Research Projects:
a. In-house projects :
Bioinventorying and biodiversity valuation of marine Indian waters with special emphasis on formulation of management measures for conservation |
Investigations on vulnerable coral reef ecosystems of Indian waters with special emphasis on formulation of management measure for conservation |
Assessment of fishing impacts on biodiversity loss, with special reference to the Threatened species, to formulate management options for their protection |
Completed Research Projects:
a. In-house projects :
Understanding the threatened coral reef ecosystems of southern India and designing interventions aimed at their restoration |
Species variation and biodiversity of the fishes of the family Lutjanidae of India |
Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecological Changes in Open Sea Cage Farming |
Biodiversity valuation of marine ecosystems of the southwest coast of India |
Significant Achievements in the last 5 years
Technologies/Concepts/Findings