Publications by authors named "Gowrappan Muthusankar"
This study aims to investigate and understand the temporal and spatial movement of seawater intrusion into the coastal aquifers. Groundwater salinity increase has affected the entire eastern part of the study area and is primarily influenced by direct and reverse ion exchange reactions associated with intrusion and freshwater influx phases, which alternate over monsoons. To gain insights into the spatiotemporal dynamics of the seawater intrusion process, hydrochemical facies analysis utilizing the HFE-Diagram was employed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonitoring mangrove forests after aquaculture abandonment using time series of very high spatial resolution satellite images: A case study from the Perancak estuary, Bali, Indonesia.
Mar Pollut Bull
June 2018
Article Synopsis
- The paper emphasizes the importance of restoring abandoned aquaculture areas as a key part of coastal zone management, using a unique series of satellite images to analyze mangrove forest changes from 2001 to 2015.
- Findings show that mangroves are growing both within aquaculture ponds and their surroundings, but the rate of growth varies significantly depending on the specific ponds.
- Ground truthing revealed that only Rhizophora species were actively replanted, which have poor regeneration capabilities compared to the naturally occurring Avicennia and Sonneratia species.
Background: This paper describes a growing biodiversity platform, launched in 2008, which organizes knowledge on the biodiversity of India. The main objective and originality of the India Biodiversity Portal (IBP) is to aggregate curated biodiversity data of different kinds (e.g.
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