Variations on the infaunal polychaetes due to bottom trawling along the inshore waters of Kerala (south-west coast of India)

Variations of the infaunal polychates populations due to bottom trawling were studied during December 2000 to November 2002 at depth ranging from 0-50 m along Cochin-Munambam area (Kerala, long. 76degree10'94" to 75degree 56' and lat.9degree58' to 10degree10'), in the southwest coast of India.Infaunal polychaetes from the sediment samples were collected both before and after experimental trawling in order to assess the variations on their abundance (no.m-2),biomass(g.m-2) and diversity due to bottom trawling .Highest variations in polychaetes were recorded at station 9 in May 2002 where polychaete abundance increased to 20710 no.m-2 after trawling from 2787 no.m-2 before trawling.Biomass showed highest variations at station 3 in December 2000 where biomass increased from 7.16g.m-2 recorded before trawling to 34.53 g.m-2 in the samples collected after trawling .Multivariate community analysis carried out based on both species abundance and biomass of plychaetes also confirm the wide variations in the similarities of the stations comparing both before and after trawling

lmpact of bottom trawling on benthic ecology along the coastal waters of Kerala with special reference to meiofauna

School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Studies on the Effects of Bottom Trawling on the Benthic Fauna off Veraval Coast, Gujarat

Bottom trawling is one among the most destructive human induced physical disturbances inflicted to seabed and its living communities. The bottom trawls are designed to tow along the sea floor, which on its operation indiscriminately smashes everything on their way crushing, killing, burying and exposing to predators the benthic fauna. Bottom trawling causes physical and biological damages that are irreversible, extensive and long lasting. The commercial trawling fleet of India consists of 29,241 small and medium-fishing boats. The northwest coast of India has the largest fishing fleet consisting of 23,618 mechanized vessels, especially the bottom trawlers. However, attempts were not made to study the impact of bottom trawling along Northwest coast of India. The estimated optimum fleet size of Gujarat is 1,473 mechanised trawlers while 7402 commercial trawlers are operated from the coast of Gujarat. Veraval port was designed initially for 1,200 fishing trawlers but 2793 trawlers are being operated from this port making it the largest trawler port of Gujarat. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bottom trawling on the substratum and the associated benthic communities of commercial trawling grounds of Veraval coast. The study compared the differences between the samples collected before and after experimental trawling to detect the impacts of bottom trawling. Attempts were made to assess the possible impact of bottom trawling on:(i) the sediment characteristics (ii)the sediment heavy metals (iii) epifauna (iv) macrobenthos and (v) meiobenthos. This study is expected to generate information on trawling impacts of the studied area that will help in better management of the biological diversity and integrity of the benthic fauna off Veraval coast. An exhaustive review on the studies conducted around the world and in India on impact of bottom trawling on the benthic fauna is also detailed.In the present study, the bottom trawling induced variations on sediment organic matter, epifauna, macrobenthos and meiobenthos were evident. It was also observed that the seasonal/ natural variations were more prominent masking the trawling effect on sediment texture and heavy metals. Enforcement of control of excess bottom trawlers and popularization of semi pelagic trawls designed to operate a little distance above the sea bottom for off bottom resources will minimize disturbance on the sea bottom. Training and creating awareness in responsible fishing should be made mandatory requirements, to the coastal communities. They should be made wardens to protect the valuable resources for the benefit of sustainability. To protect the biodiversity and ecosystem health, the imminent need is to survey and make catalogue, identification of sensitive areas or hot spots and to adopt management strategies for the conservation and biodiversity protection of benthic fauna. The present study is a pioneering work carried out along Veraval coast. This thesis will provide a major fillip to the studies on impact of bottom trawling on the benthic fauna along the coast of India.

"|mpact of trawling on sea bottom and its living communities along the inshore waters of southwest coast of India'’

Mechanized fishing started in Indian waters in mid —fifties and large-scale operation of trawl fishing began in the mid sixties by the surfeit of individual entrepreneurs. The southwest coast of India especially the coastal waters of Kerala are the most productive area in the subcontinent and the state has been in the forefront in marine fish production (Kurup, 2001a). Though the coastline of Kerala is one tenth of the coastline of India, the state occupies the foremost position in the marine fish production of the country, accounting for more than 30% of the marine fish landings (Thomas, 2000). The coastal waters of Kerala have rich and diversified fishery resources, which are prone to heavy exploitation by a unprecedently high number of fishing gears, among them, mechanized bottom trawlers with a numerical strength of 4550 (Kurup, 2001a) against the permissible number of 1145 (Kalawar, et al., 1985) are the most destructive. Trawling operations during monsoon periods in Kerala has been a subject of controversy between traditional fishermen and trawl fishers on a subject that trawl fishing destroys large amount of juveniles and young ones of fishes since this period is the major breeding season of most of the fish and prawns (John, 1996). Therefore Government of Kerala imposed a ban on bottom trawling activities from 1988 onwards for a period varying from 21-70 days, which usually commences from June 15th. Though many studies revealed that large amount of non-target groups were destroyed in the commercial trawl fishing in the Indian waters, no concerted study has been conducted so far to evaluate the real impact of bottom trawling on the sea bottom and its living communities. The present study was conducted to assess the impact of excessive bottom trawling exerted on the sea bottom habitat and its living communities, which would be useful in impressing up on the seriousness of habitat degradation and biotic devastation, enabling the concerned to adopt relevant conservation and management steps to conserve the resources for sustainable exploitation

A Triple-mode Sigma-delta Modulator Design for Wireless Standards

This work presents a triple-mode sigma-delta modulator for three wireless standards namely GSM/WCDMA and Bluetooth. A reconfigurable ADC has been used to meet the wide bandwidth and high dynamic range requirements of the multi-standard receivers with less power consumption. A highly linear sigma-delta ADC which has reduced sensitivity to circuit imperfections has been chosen in our design. This is particularly suitable for wide band applications where the oversampling ratio is low. Simulation results indicate that the modulator achieves a peak SNDR of 84/68/68 dB over a bandwidth of 0.2/3.84/1.5 MHz with an oversampling ratio 128/8/8 in GSM/WCDMA/Bluetooth modes respectively

A Triple-Mode Feed-Forward Sigma-Delta Modulator Design For Gsm / Wcdma / Wlan Applications

This paper presents a cascaded 2-2-2 reconfigurable sigma-delta modulator that can handle GSM, WCDMA and WLAN standards. The modulator makes use of a low-distortion swing suppression topology which is highly suitable for wide band applications. In GSM mode, only the first stage (2nd order Σ-Δ ADC) is turned on to achieve 88dB dynamic range with oversampling ratio of 160 for a bandwidth of 200KHz; in WCDMA mode a 2-2 cascaded structure (4th order) is turned on with 1-bit in the first stage and 2-bit in the second stage to achieve 74 dB dynamic range with oversampling ratio of 16 for a bandwidth of 2MHz and a 2-2-2 cascaded MASH architecture with a 4-bit in the last stage to achieve a dynamic range of 58dB for a bandwidth of 20MHz. The novelty lies in the fact that unused blocks of second and third stages can be switched off taking into considerations like power consumption. The modulator is designed in TSMC 0.18um CMOS technology and operates at 1.8 supply voltage.

Formation of anoxia and denitrification in the bottom waters of a tropical estuary, southwest coast of India

Hydrographic characteristics of the southwest coast of India and its adjoining Cochin backwaters (CBW) were studied during the summer monsoon period. Anomalous formation of anoxia and denitrification were observed in the bottom layers of CBW, which 5 have not been previously reported elsewhere in any tropical estuarine systems. The prevalent upwelling in the Arabian Sea (AS) brought cool, high saline, oxygen deficient and nutrient-rich waters towards the coastal zone and bottom layers of CBW during the high tide. High freshwater discharge in the surface layers brought high amount of nutrients and makes the CBW system highly productive. Intrusion of AS waters seems 10 to be stronger towards the upstream end ( 15 km), than had been previously reported, as a consequence of the lowering of river discharges and deepening of channels in the estuary. Time series measurements in the lower reaches of CBW indicated a low mixing zone with increased stratification, 3 h after the high tide (highest high tide) and high variation in vertical mixing during the spring and neap phases. The upwelled waters 15 (O2 40 μM) intruded into the estuary was found to lose more oxygen during the neap phase (suboxic O2 4 μM) than spring phase (hypoxic O2 10 μM). Increased stratification coupled with low ventilation and presence of high organic matter have resulted in an anoxic condition (O2 = 0), 2–6 km away from barmouth of the estuary and leads to the formation of hydrogen sulphide. The reduction of nitrate and formation of nitrite 20 within the oxygen deficient waters indicated strong denitrification intensity in the estuary. The expansion of oxygen deficient zone, denitrification and formation of hydrogen sulphide may lead to a destruction of biodiversity and an increase of green house gas emissions from this region

Begleitpersonen in der stationären Kinderrehabilitation: Bedarf für psychologische Interventionen und Evaluation eines Betreuungsmodells (am Beispiel "Triple-P-Programm")

Begleitpersonen in der stationären Kinderrehabilitation: Bedarf für psychologische Interventionen und Evaluation eines Betreuungsmodells (am Beispiel „Triple-P-Programm”) Chronisch erkrankte Kinder im Vorschulalter, die eine stationäre Reha-Maßnahme absolvieren, werden üblicherweise von einer Bezugsperson (Elternteil oder nahe Verwandte) begleitet. Da diese sog. Begleitpersonen normalerweise nicht krank sind, sind psychologische Interventionen nicht vorgesehen. Dennoch hebt der VDR in seinem Rahmenkonzept hervor, dass Eltern sowohl über die Behandlung der Erkrankung ihres Kindes als auch über konsequente Erziehung informiert werden sollten. Diese Studie untersucht, ob psychologische Interventionen für Begleitpersonen sinnvoll und effektiv sind. Sie wurde in der Fachklinik Satteldüne der DRV Nord durchgeführt. Die Kinder, die in dieser Einrichtung behandelt werden, leiden an chronischen Erkrankungen wie Asthma, atopischer Dermatitis, Allergien und Infektanfälligkeit. 134 Begleitpersonen (127 Mütter und 7 Väter) nahmen an einer quasiexperimentellen Feldstudie teil. Zu Beginn der Reha-Maßnahme (t1) füllten sie Fragebögen zu ihrer psychischen Belastung und ihrem Erziehungsverhalten sowie zu Problemverhalten ihrer Kinder aus. Vier Wochen später zum Ende der Reha-Maßnahme (t2) beurteilten die Begleitpersonen und das Reha-Team den Reha-Erfolg der Kinder. Zu t1 zeigte diese Stichprobe ein überdurchschnittliches Ausmaß an psychischer Belastung, welches bei einem Drittel der Befragten ein klinisch relevantes Ausmaß erreichte. Die psychische Belastung zu t1 korrelierte negativ mit dem Reha-Erfolg der Kinder zum Ende der Behandlung (in der Einschätzung durch Begleitpersonen und Stationsärzte). Dysfunktionales Erziehungsverhalten zeigten 20 % der Begleitpersonen. Dieses korrelierte negativ mit dem Reha-Erfolg der Kinder (in der Einschätzung durch das Pflegepersonal). Es wurden positive Korrelationen zwischen dysfunktionalem Erziehungsverhalten sowie psychischer Belastung der Begleitpersonen und Verhaltensauffälligkeiten der Kinder gefunden. Das Ausmaß der Verhaltensauffälligkeiten lag bei Kleinkindern (bis drei Jahre, n=29) im durchschnittlichen – und bei Vorschulkindern (4-7 Jahre, n=94) im überdurchschnittlichen Bereich. Es zeigte sich ein starkes Interesse der Befragten, während der Reha-Maßnahme an psychologischen Interventionen teilzunehmen. Für das Entspannungstraining interessierte sich jede zweite Begleitperson und ein Drittel der Befragten hatte Interesse die Erziehungsberatung wahrzunehmen. Dennoch nahm nur ein geringer Anteil der anfänglich Interessierten tatsächlich an diesen Interventionen teil (Entspannungstraining: 23 %, Erziehungsberatung: 16 %, psychologische Einzelgespräche: 11,4 %). Es fanden sich signifikante positive Korrelationen zwischen der Zufriedenheit der Begleitpersonen mit der Reha-Maßnahme und a) dem Ausmaß der Erfüllung der Erwartungen der Begleitperson an die Reha-Maßnahme und b) dem Reha-Erfolg des Kindes (eingeschätzt durch die Begleitperson). Zudem zeigten Begleitpersonen, deren psychische Belastung während der Reha-Maßnahme anstieg, eine geringere Zufriedenheit mit der Reha-Maßnahme als diejenigen, deren psychische Belastung sich verringerte. Darüber hinaus wurden die Effekte von verschiedenen psychologischen Betreuungsmodellen für Begleitpersonen untersucht. In einer quasiexperimentellen Studie wurden 64 Begleitpersonen (63 Mütter, 1 Vater) auf zwei Gruppen aufgeteilt. Beide Gruppen konnten auf freiwilliger Basis am Psychologischen Standardprogramm für Begleitpersonen teilnehmen (Erziehungsberatung, psychologische Einzelgespräche, Entspannungstraining). Die 32 Begleitpersonen der EG nahmen zusätzlich an einer Triple-P-Gruppenintervention teil. Zu Beginn (t1) und zum Ende der vierwöchigen Behandlung (t2) sowie sechs Monate nach der Reha-Maßnahme (t3) wurden die Merkmale psychische Belastung und Erziehungsverhalten der Begleitpersonen sowie Problemverhalten der Kinder erhoben. An der Intervention Triple-P nahmen 64 % der Begleitpersonen teil; am Psychologischen Standardprogramm nur 22,7 %. Die Ergebnisse zu t2 zeigen positive Effekte der Behandlung: beide Gruppen verbesserten ihr Erziehungsverhalten, die psychische Belastung der Begleitpersonen und Verhaltensauffälligkeiten der Kinder verringerten sich. Die Verbesserung des Erziehungsverhaltens fiel zu t2 bei der EG signifikant stärker aus als bei der KG. Die Effekte auf das Erziehungsverhalten der Eltern und auf Verhaltensauffälligkeiten der Kinder hielten ein halbes Jahr an, da sie zu t3 erneut vorgefunden wurden. Ein nachhaltiger Effekt auf die psychische Belastung der Begleitpersonen lag nicht vor. Zu t3 wurden keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen EG und KG gefunden. Zusammenfassend betrachtet zeigt diese Studie, dass der Bedarf für psychologische Interventionen für Begleitpersonen in der stationären Kinderrehabilitation gerechtfertigt ist und eine Reduktion von psychischer Belastung und dysfunktionalem Erziehungsverhalten der Begleitperson den Reha-Erfolg des Kindes erhöhen kann. In Zukunft sind weitere Anstrengungen nötig, um die psychische Belastung von Begleitpersonen zu verringern, z.B. über eine stärkere Verpflichtung zur Teilnahme an den psychologischen Interventionen, eine bessere Verzahnung von ambulanten und stationären Interventionen und die kontinuierliche Evaluation von neuen psychologischen Interventionen.

Integrating top down policies and bottom up practices in Urban and Periurban Agriculture: an Italian dilemma

The paper deals with some relevant and contradictory aspects of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Italy: the traditional exclusion of agricultural areas from the goals of territorial planning; the separation between top-down policies and bottom-up practices; the lack of agricultural policies at local scale. In the first part the paper summarises the weak relation between urban planning and agriculture, showing how in Italy this gap has been only partially overcome by new laws and plans. Moreover the paper focuses on how, due to the lack of suitable solutions coming from regional and local planning, a large number of vibrant initiatives were started by local stakeholders. In order to show the limitations and the potentialities of these various approaches, three peculiar experiences based on Milan, Turin and Pisa are presented. They give a cross-section of the variegated Italian situation, demonstrating that a major challenge in Italian context affects the fields of governance and inclusiveness.

Family agriculture for bottom-up rural development: a case study of the indigenous Mayan population in the Mexican Peninsula

Since pre-colonial times the indigenous communities of Mayan origin in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, widely practice home gardens on a sustainable basis as the principal form of family agriculture. This study analyzes the structural complexity, functional diversity and management strategy of these indigenous home gardens in order to attempt to propose recommendations for improved family farming. The Mayan home gardens are structured into three or more vertical layers of multiple plant species of herbs, shrubs and trees, and horizontally into well-defined zones for production of both domestic and wild animals. The home gardens provide multiple services apart from food and nutrition security. For sustainable bottom-up rural development, we recommend the continuation of multifunctional home gardens.

Triple Integral

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Claremont Psalm 90 - bottom halves of pages 43-44 of Bartlett's MS

Claremont Psalm 90 - bottom halves of pages 43-44 of Bartlett's MS