After reading this article you will learn about the organisms as bio indicators to oil spill. The selection of a suitable organisms is one of the first tasks in the preparation of a monitoring survey for pollutants, once the decision to use a biological indicator has been made. The basic prerequisites for this sort of study are: (a) The organisms [...]
After reading this article you will learn about major polluted coastal areas in India. India has a coastline of 6,000 k.m. and the coastal areas have provided excellent harbours which have been the ne- centres of great human settlements and industries. About 300 million people of India (about 25% of the total population) live in the coastal areas. Thus the [...]
After reading this article you will learn about microbial degradation of oil and petrochemicals in the sea. A variety of microorganisms capable of growing on oil have been isolated from the marine environment. About 191 strains belonging to the genera Pseudomonas, Achromobacter, Acinetobacter, Arthrobacter, Flavobacteria, & Brevibacteria were isolated from sea water near coastal oil discharge sources. Several effective fungal [...]