• Microplastics in solar salt: baseline contamination assessment from Goa, India 

  Mhapsekar, S.; Kalangutkar, N.G.; Joshi, N. (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 197(7); 2025; ArticleID_820.)

  Microplastics (MPs) in food pose potential health risks, yet their occurrence in solar salt remains underexplored. However, limited research exists on MP contamination in natural solar salt, particularly in estuarine ...
• Microplastic contamination and ecological risk in a riverine system: A case study from the Valvanti River, Goa, India 

  Mhapsekar, S.; Kalangutkar, N.G.; Joshi, N. (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 197(6); 2025; ArticleID_706.)

  Microplastics (MPs) are emerging global pollutants of critical environmental concern due to their widespread distribution and ecological impact. Although numerous studies have focused on marine and estuarine ecosystems, ...
• Biomedical Applications of Marine Biopolymers in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Chapter 3) 

  Reddy, P.N.; Kolla, H.B.; Berde, C.V.; Kota, R.K.; Bramhachari, P.V. (Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications, Edi. by Bramhachari, P.V., Berde, C.V.; 2024; 39-59.)

  Marine ecosystems harbor incredibly rich biodiversity, which houses an extensive variety of biological substances with abundant economic value. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM) employ engineering and ...
• Bioprospection of Marine Sponge Microbiome for Bioactive Metabolites Employing Advanced Metagenomics Tools (Chapter 2) 

  Berde, C.V.; Berde, V.B.; Reddy, P.N.; Bramhachari, P.V. (Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications, Edi. by Bramhachari, P.V., Berde, C.V.; 2024; 15-38.)

  The marine environment is an invaluable natural goods and biomaterials resource. Sponges, abundant members of marine benthic ecosystems, are a significant source of bioactive secondary metabolites, including chitin, chitosan, ...
• New Vistas and Frontiers of Marine Bioactive Molecules in Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications (Chapter 1) 

  Bramhachari, P.V.; Berde, C.V. (Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications, Edi. by Bramhachari, P.V., Berde, C.V.; 2024; 1-13.)

  There is an abundant supply of bioactive molecules in the marine environment's wide variety of creatures. Although these natural bioactive metabolites have significant biological activities, there are certain restrictions ...
• Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications 

  Bramhachari, P.V.; Berde, C.V. (Springer Nature. 2024; XXVI, 323pp.)

  This book explores cutting-edge research on the discovery and application of marine bioactive molecules for biomedical and pharmacotherapeutic purposes. The book begins by delving into the bioprospection of marine sponge ...
• Upper circumpolar deep water influences microbial functional gene composition and diversity along the southern Central Indian Ridge and eastern Southwest Indian Ridge 

  Fernandes, S.O.; Paul, D.; Lankalapalli, S.P.; Arvapalli, S.R.; Vidya, P.J.; Palayil, J.K. (Microbiology Spectrum. 13(2); 2025; ArticleID_03306-.)

  Deep sea microbial communities play a significant role in global biogeochemical processes. However, the depth-wise metabolic potential of microbial communities in hydrothermally influenced Central Indian Ridge (CIR) and ...
• Zooplanktonic communities in two water bodies of Lanja tahasil of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state 

  Berde, V.B.; Berde, C.V. (Glimpses of Research in Life Sciences, Edi. by Dr. Kalpit Ganesh Mhatre. 2022; 97-109.)

  Some freshwater bodies from Lanja tahasil of Ratnagiri district have been studied to understand seasonal variations in Zooplanktonic communities during the year 2019-20. These inland water bodies are mostly used for ...
• Impact of Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Winds on Chlorophyll-a and its seasonal variations in Northern and Northwestern Arabian Sea 

  Can, A.A.; Arondekar, A.A.; Fernandes, S.O. (Ocean Dynamics. 75(1); 2025; ArticleID_12.)

  The magnitude of change in Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration in the Northern Arabian Sea (NAS) and northwestern Arabian Sea (NWAS), associated winds and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) that could potentially contribute to ...
• Comparative assessment of microplastic pollution in Terekhol and Sal estuaries, Goa, India 

  Kalangutkar, N.G.; Mhapsekar, S.; Rajagopal, P. (Environmental Earth Sciences. 84; 2025; ArticleID_48.)

  Global concern regarding microplastics (MPs) has increased due to their potential risks. The primary source of microplastic contamination in the ocean is often terrestrial transfer from nearby locations. This study evaluated ...

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