Coral reef activity book

An activity book for children highlighting coral reef issues. The book includes coral reef information, fun facts, drawings to color, connect the dots, find a word, images, matching, etc. Target audience is K-6th graders.

Binding of radio-iodinated gonadotropin to the ovary of exotic carp (Cyprinus carpio Lin.)

Heterologous murrel gonadotropic hormone (m-GtH) binds to common carp oocyte plasma membrane and enhances steroid secretion. With increasing concentration of radio-labelled hormone the receptor binding is also found to increase linearly up to a certain concentration and then decrease. The [¹²⁵I] murrel GtH binding characteristics to a preparation of common carp ovarian plasma membrane shows saturability with high affinity. Scat chard plot analysis gave dissociation constant (Kd) of 0.81 X 10(super -9) M and maximum binding capacity (MBC) of 22.05 f mole/mg protein.

Sulfide binding characteristics of blood serum in Calyptogena pacifica and Vesicomya gigas

The sulfide binding characteristics of blood serum were studied in vitro in two deep-sea vesicomyid clams, Calyptogena pacifica and Vesicomya gigas. Both the C. pacifica and the V. gigas serum concentrated sulfide at least an order of magnitude above ambient levels. V. gigas accumulated sulfide faster than C. pacifica, reaching saturation at 5000 M after an hour. C. pacifica bound sulfide at half the rate of V. gigas, reaching saturation in about two hours at a substantially higher concentration of sulfide. The observed distribution of the animals near cold seeps in the Monterey Submarine Canyon can be explained by their different sulfide binding abilities. The hypothesis that cold seeps are actually much more unstable sources of sulfide than previously assumed is explored.

The water stability of shrimp diets with various polysaccharides as a binding agent

The water stability of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) diets with various polysaccharides as binding agents were tested without steaming. The diet with alginate showed the best water stability and did not completely disintegrate in 24 hours. However, the use of alginate is dependent on cost and availability, so alternate choices may be a combination of sago palm starch and wheat flour or glutinous rice flour.

The Gulf of Mannar and it's surroundings: a resource book for teachers in the Mannar District

A resource book for teachers in the Mannar District.

Strengthening the log book recording system for fishing vessels: Sri Lanka

Activities of the project included: preparation of awareness materials on data reporting; organizing stakeholder awareness programmes; setting and maintaining an electronic database; inputs from participants and recommendations

Our mother ocean: enclosure, commons, and the global fishermen's movement [book review]

The book is written by Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Monica Chilese; translated by Silvia Federici; Common Notions; NY.2014. It is a vigorous critique of where globalization and industrialization in fishing have led global water resources to, and the direct role that humankind has played in this destructive relationship.