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Inde : 35 membres d'un équipage d'un navire de lutte contre la piraterie acquittés.

Tropical ecosystems sustain higher biodiversity and face faster species extinction. However, baseline information of these areas is either inadequate or scattered due to various reasons. The 2,360 km long coast of North West India (NWI), is a heavily industrialized and urbanized zone. This coast with unique biogeographical and climatic features with two notified marine protected areas also supports rich biodiversity. This review was motivated by a need to construct a synoptic view on marine benthic ecology and functioning by consolidating available information of macrobenthos. Two thousand seventy-eight macrobenthic taxa belonging to 14 phyla were compiled from 147 references and were composed mostly by Polychaeta (n = 617), Gastropoda (n = 602), and Bivalvia (n = 216). Habitat wise, intertidal and subtidal zones were more intensely studied and contributed most to the diversity records. Sediment texture and salinity were the major drivers of macrobenthic community structure in the subtidal areas and estuaries, respectively. In the intertidal zones, zonation patterns related to the tidal levels and time of exposure were distinct with the high water zones being sparsely populated and lower intertidal zones sustaining higher species and functional diversities. All zones of NWI coast were distinctly impacted to various extent by anthropogenic activities affecting the resident macrobenthos. Decline in species richness and species substitution due to pollution were reported in urbanized zones. Non-monsoonal months favored a more conducive environment for the macrobenthic diversity and functionality. Hypoxia tolerant polychaete species mainly belonging to Spionidae and Cossuridae dominated during the low oxygen conditions of upwelling and OMZ zones of NWI. Inadequate identification and inconsistency of sampling methods were major deterrents for concluding trends of distributions. Suggestions for future macrobenthic research include focusing on lesser studied groups and are

The western Indian continental shelf houses the world's largest naturally formed coastal low-oxygen zone that develops seasonally during the summer monsoon. We investigated multiple reductive nitrogen transformation pathways and quantified their rates in this system through anaerobic incubations with additions of 15N-labeled substrates during the anoxic period for three consecutive years (2008-2010). Addition of 15N labeled ammonium (15NH4+) resulted in low to moderate anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) rates in about half of our incubations from the oxygen depleted waters. In contrast, incubations with labeled nitrite (15NO2-) led to large production of 30N2 over 29N2 in all incubation experiments, indicating denitrification to be the dominant N-loss pathway. Rates of dissimilatory nitrate/nitrite reduction to ammonium (DNRA) were found to be highly variable and were lower by an order of magnitude than the denitrification rates. Extrapolation of average rates over the sampling periods and volume of anoxic waters showed large nitrogen removal (3.70-11.1 Tg year-1) which is about three times as high as the previously reported estimate (1.3-3.8 Tg year-1). Despite the small area it occupies, this shallow seasonal anoxic zone may account for as much as 20-60% the of the total annual fixed nitrogen loss in the perennial oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea.

The deep sea is the largest environment on Earth, comprising important resources of commercial interest. It is composed of a wide variety of ecosystems, which is home to often unique organisms that are yet to be described. The deep-sea is one of the least studied environments, where research is strongly linked to technological access and advances. With the recent advances in the next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics tools, there is an enhanced understanding of microbial diversity and ecological functions in deep sea. Multidisciplinary programs are being undertaken to investigate into microbial communities in diverse marine environments. As compared to other Oceans, the deeper parts of Indian Ocean are still poorly sampled and studied for bacterial, and more so fungal diversity. The studies reporting usage of modern sequencing tools to describe uncultured microbial diversity have seen a rise in numbers in the last decade. In this review, we summarize the important findings of research works carried on bacterial and fungal diversity from the abyssal regions of the Indian Ocean and provide our views on possible future paths.

Boosting Maritime Security & Trade Around The Indian Ocean.

After Fighting Over Mountains, India and China Lock Horns in the Indian Ocean.

UN: Cyclone Mahasen threatens 8.2 million people.

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

Sea piracy: India to deploy armed commandos onboard vessels.

World's Oldest Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat Receives Emotional Farewell On Its Final Journey.

The majority of the waste on Mumbai's Versova beach was plastic, washed in from the sea.

The majority of the waste on Mumbai's Versova beach was plastic, washed in from the sea.

A 47-feet-long blue whale, the largest mammal in the world, was rescued from a beach near village Madban, close to Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri district on Sunday morning.

A 47-feet-long blue whale, the largest mammal in the world, was rescued from a beach near village Madban, close to Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri district on Sunday morning.

South Asia Meet on Oil, Chemical Spill.

South Asia Meet on Oil, Chemical Spill.

The potential to better observe the weather and climate over the Indian Ocean has received a major boost with the arrival this week of EUMETSAT's Meteosat-8 satellite in its new position of 41.5°E.

The potential to better observe the weather and climate over the Indian Ocean has received a major boost with the arrival this week of EUMETSAT's Meteosat-8 satellite in its new position of 41.5°E.

Marine police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized about 200 kg of sea endangered cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and detained a man, who procured th

Marine police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized about 200 kg of sea endangered cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and detained a man, who procured th

India Secures Seabed Mining Rights.

India Secures Seabed Mining Rights.

India To Embark On A Path Of Self-Reliance In Submarine Design And Construction.