Bombay Harbour, India, Nautical Chart, 1806 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of Bombay harbour : principally illustrative of the entrance, constructed from measured bases, and a series of angles, taken in 1803 & 4 by James Horsburgh. It was published by James Horsburgh in 1806. Scale [ca.1:37,820].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, fortification, shoreline features (rocks, shoals, anchorage points, ports, inlets, lighthouses, etc.), and more. Relief shown by depth soundings. Includes also profile views and navigational notes.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Simulation of wave action on a moored container carrier inside Sines’ Harbour

The integrated numerical tool SWAMS (Simulation of Wave Action on Moored Ships) is used to simulate the behavior of a moored container carrier inside Sines’ Harbour. Wave, wind, currents, floating ship and moorings interaction is discussed. Several case scenarios are compared differing in the layout of the harbour and wind and wave conditions. The several harbour layouts correspond to proposed alternatives for the future expansion of Sines’ terminal XXI that include the extension of the East breakwater and of the quay. Additionally, the influence of wind on the behavior of the ship moored and the introduction of pre tensioning the mooring lines was analyzed. Hydrodynamic forces acting on the ship are determined using a modified version of the WAMIT model. This modified model utilizes the Haskind relations and the non-linear wave field inside the harbour obtained with finite element numerical model, BOUSS-WMH (Boussinesq Wave Model for Harbors) to get the wave forces on the ship. The time series of the moored ship motions and forces on moorings are obtained using BAS solver. © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London.

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.26 (1918-1921)

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.1 (1886)

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.4 (1889)

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.6 (1891)

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.5 (1890)

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.15 (1903-1904)

The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

v.18 (1907-1908)

Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Following a report indicating the presence of this parasite in Brazil in 2007, the present study was undertaken to investigate the presence of A. cantonensis in the surrounding Brazilian port areas. In total, 30 ports were investigated and the following molluscs were identified: Achatina fulica, Belocaulus sp., Bradybaena similaris sp., Cyclodontina sp., Helix sp., Leptinaria sp., Melampus sp., Melanoides tuberculata, Phyllocaulis sp., Pomacea sp., Pseudoxychona sp., Rhinus sp., Sarasinula marginata, Streptaxis sp., Subulina octona, Succinea sp., Tomigerus sp., Wayampia sp. and specimens belonging to Limacidae and Orthalicinae. Digestion and sedimentation processes were performed and the sediments were examined. DNA was extracted from the obtained larvae and the internal transcribed spacer region 2 was analysed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism after digestion with the endonuclease ClaI. Of the 30 ports investigated in this study, 11 contained molluscs infected with A. cantonensis larvae. The set of infected species consisted of S. octona, S. marginata, A. fulica and B. similaris. A total of 36.6% of the investigated ports were positive for A. cantonensis, indicating a wide distribution of this worm. It remains uncertain when and how A. cantonensis was introduced into South America.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) harbour ancient fungal tubulin genes that resemble those of the chytrids (Chytridiomycota).

The genes encoding alpha- and beta-tubulins have been widely sampled in most major fungal phyla and they are useful tools for fungal phylogeny. Here, we report the first isolation of alpha-tubulin sequences from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). In parallel, AMF beta-tubulins were sampled and analysed to identify the presence of paralogs of this gene. The AMF alpha-tubulin amino acid phylogeny was congruent with the results previously reported for AMF beta-tubulins and showed that AMF tubulins group together at a basal position in the fungal clade and showed high sequence similarities with members of the Chytridiomycota. This is in contrast with phylogenies for other regions of the AMF genome. The amount and nature of substitutions are consistent with an ancient divergence of both orthologs and paralogs of AMF tubulins. At the amino acid level, however, AMF tubulins have hardly evolved from those of the chytrids. This is remarkable given that these two groups are ancient and the monophyletic Glomeromycota probably diverged from basal fungal ancestors at least 500 million years ago. The specific primers we designed for the AMF tubulins, together with the high molecular variation we found among the AMF species we analysed, make AMF tubulin sequences potentially useful for AMF identification purposes.

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[Traditions. Asie. Inde. Présidence de Bombay. Pakistan. Province du Sind. Haidarābād]

[Archives de la Parole]. , [Bheeshma's vow] : dialecte Canara [i.e. Kannara], langues dravidiennes, Province de Bombay / [Sir George Grierson], éd. ; Linguistic survey of India ; [B.B. Burli], voix

[Traditions. Asie. Inde. État du Karnataka. Bîjâpur]