National Institute Of Oceanography( NIO ) -

Anil, A.C.

Designation:  Chief Scientist
Location: Headquarters, Goa
e-mail:  acanil@nio.org
Telephone:  91-832-2450404
Fax:  91-0832-2450615

Publications

Academic Record:

Doc. Agri. Res. Marine Ecology (University of Tokyo, Japan), 1991

Ph. D. Marine Biofouling (Karnataka University, India), 1987

M. Sc. Marine Biology (Karnataka University, India), 1981

B. Sc. Chemistry, Botany, Zoology (Mysore University, India), 1978

Career Record:

Scientist G (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2010 - till date

Scientist F (National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2005 -2010

Scientist E-II (National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2001 - 2005

Professional Interests:

Marine Bioinvasion, Ballast Water Management

Larval ecology & developmental biology of marine sessile invertebrates.

Biodeterioration of materials in marine environment.

Ecology of diatoms

Professional Memberships:

Member Editorial Board for the Journal Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS, published by Inter Research)

Reviewer for Journals: Marine Biology, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Scientia Marina, Biofouling, Microbial Ecology, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Invited member of the reader panel of the journal Nature. (October 2008-2009)

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Meetings

Anil A.C. Influence of monsoon on estuarine ecosystem. 3rd CSIR-NSFC Workshop “Estuaries of China and India”. Shanghai, China from 22^nd to 24^th November 2010.
Anil A.C. Formation and influence of biofilms: a diatom perspective. VIII Meeting in Biofouling Bio Corrosion and Benthic Ecology at Instituto De Estudos Do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, 26^th – 31^st July 2009, Brazil.
Anil A.C., Dattesh Desai, Lidita Khandeparker and Chetan Gaonkar. Biology and ecology of Balanus amphitrite: a perspective from tropical environment. Satellite symposium “Current topics on barnacle biology” 1^st August, 2008, Kobe University, Japan.
Anil A.C. Marine biofouling research in India. 14^th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling 27^th-31^st July, 2008 at Kobe, Japan.
Anil. A.C. and K. Venkat. Ship mediated marine bioinvasion: Need for a comprehensive global action plan. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Maria Shamina D'Silva, A.C. Anil and Dnyandev Vaman Borole. Tracking history of dinoflagellate distribution in Goa, west coast of India through ²¹⁰Pb dating. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Maria Shamina D'Silva and A.C. Anil. Dinoflagellate cysts from surface sediments along west coast of India. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Amar S. Musale, Dattesh Desai, A.C. Anil and Sadanand Harkantra. Composition of soft bottom polychaetes (Macrobenthos) along the Indian. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Ravidas Naik, Rajath R Chitari and A.C. Anil. Detection of Karlodinium veneficum from Goa, India: Cause for concern. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Sneha Naik, Lidita Khandeparker and A.C. Anil. Bacterial communities associated with plankton: implications to ballast water management. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Lidita Khandeparker and A.C. Anil. Role of Bacteria-invertebrate interactions in ballast water management. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Kaushal Mapari, Dattesh Desai, A.C. Anil, K. Venkat, S. S. Sawant. A profile of ballast water discharge in some major ports of India. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Kaushal Mapari and A.C. Anil. Ballast Water Reporting Forms: Common errors. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Chetan A. Gaonkar, Subhash S. Sawant, A.C. Anil, Venkat Krishnamurthy & Sadanand N. Harkantra. Mumbai harbour: A gateway for introduction of marine organisms? International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Chetan A. Gaonkar, Subhash S. Sawant, A.C. Anil, Venkat Krishnamurthy & Sadanand N. Harkantra. A status on the census of hard substrate community from Mumbai harbour, India. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Chetan A. Gaonkar and A.C. Anil. What do barnacle larvae feed on? Implication in biofouling ecology and marine bioinvasion risk assessments. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Kirti Kesarkar, Chetan Gaonkar, Venkat Krishnamurthy and A.C. Anil. Changes in copepod population along the coast of Goa, India International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Kirti Kesarkar and A.C. Anil. Is there a new species of Paracalanidae along the west coast of India? International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Dhiraj Dhondiram Narale, Jagadish S. Patil and A.C. Anil. Dinoflagellate cysts distribution in recent sediments from the south-east coast of India. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Sawant SS, A.C. Anil, K Venkat. Ballast water risk scenario for Mormugao Port, India. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Mitbavkar S, AC Anil. Competitive strategies within a fouling diatom community. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Rivonker CU, VP Padate, SS Sawant, K Venkat, A.C. Anil. Spatio-temporal variations in demersal fish community structure along the fishing grounds of Goa, Central West coast of India. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
D’Costa PM, A.C. Anil. Susceptibility of phytoplankton to bioinvasion in a tropical, monsoon-influenced environment. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Desai D, A.C. Anil. Larval development in Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia:Thoracica): implications to biofouling and bioinvasion. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Khandeparker L, A.C. Anil. Larval metamorphosis in barnacles: linking the internal and external ecologies. International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Singh K, K Mapari, K Venkat, SS Sawant, A. C. Anil, A Chatterjee. Self validating, electronic Ballast Water Reporting Form (BWRF). International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa from 5^th-7^th February, 2008
Anil. A.C. Ecological impacts of climate change: a perspective from monsoon influenced environment. 2^nd Joint CSIR-NSFC Workshop on “Ocean Processes in relation to changing climate in Asia-Oceania” at Qingdao China from 20^th– 22^nd November 2007
Anil. A.C. Ecosystem response to ocean fertilization. Brain Storming Session on carbon dioxide sequestration at Andhra University on 21-22 September 2007.
S. K. Singh, P. Verma, Y. S. Shouche, A.C. Anil and N. Ramaiah. 16S rDNA Archaeal diversity in a tropical estuary. 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.
Sawant S. S., A.C. Anil, K. Venkat, C. A. Gaonkar and S. N. Harkantra. Past, present and future of Mumbai port environment. 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.
Dattesh Desai and A.C. Anil. Recruitment ecology of Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia: Thoracica) in a tropical estuary. 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.
Lidita Khandeparker and A.C. Anil. Implications of bacterial biofilms in metamorphosis of Balanus amphitrite. 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.
D'Costa, P.M; A.C. Anil. Can bacteria modulate diatom community structure? 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.
Maria Shamina D’Silva, A.C. Anil, Seshagiri Raghukumar. Shifts in Phytoplankton community structure along the south-west coast of India. SIBER workshop 03 -06 October 2006 at NIO Goa.
Chetan Gaonkar, A.C. Anil. Defecation: As a proxy of food for barnacle nauplii. SIBER workshop 03 -06 October 2006 at NIO Goa.
R. Naik, S. Hegde, A.C. Anil, K. Nisha and V. V. Gopalakrishna. Phytoplankton community structure in the Bay of Bengal: spatial and temporal variation. SIBER workshop 03 -06 October 2006 at NIO Goa.
D’Costa P. M, A.C. Anil Phytoplankton community structure in a mesotrophic, tropical port environment. SIBER workshop 03 -06 October 2006 at NIO Goa.
Janhavi Kolwalkar, K. Venkat, S.S. Sawant and A.C. Anil. Why are ports gateways for marine bioinvasion?. Science-Policy interactions in the river basins and Coastal zone Management, Goa. 27-28 Feb, 2006.
Ravidas Naik, Shamina D’Silva, J. S. Patil and A.C. Anil. Changes in dinoflagellate community in Goan waters: a growing concern. Science-Policy interactions in the river basins and Coastal zone Management, Goa. 27-28 Feb, 2006.
Priya M. D’Costa, Shamina D’Silva, J. S. Patil, Smita Mitbavkar and A.C. Anil. Role of anthropogenic activities in modulating diatom community structure in waters of Goa. Science-Policy interactions in the river basins and Coastal zone Management, Goa. 27- 28 Feb, 2006.
Patil, J.S., A.C. Anil. Decoding epibiosis control in horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas. 6th International Marine Biotechnology Conference 21-27 Sept. 2003, Chiba, Japan.
Mitbavkar, S., A.C. Anil. Immunofluorescence detection of a pennate diatom, Navicula delicatula through the use of polyclonal antibodies, 6th International Marine Biotechnology Conference 21-27 Sept. 2003, Chiba, Japan.
N.L. Thakur, Y. Vishwakiran, P.L. Yennawar, K. Venkat, S.S. Sawant, S. Raghukumar, , A.C. Anil. Association of Maine fungi with woodborers, Macrofouling organisms in wood submerged in Goa waters. International Conference on Ecology of Fungi, January 20-22, 1998.
Anil A.C., A.B. Wagh. Cryopreservation of marine invertebrate larvae: effort with Balanus amphitrite nauplii. Ind. Soc. Comp. Animal Physiology (XVII Ann. Conf.) 1995.
Anil A.C., K. Nandakumar, K. Venkat, A.B. Wagh. Larval development in Balanus amphitrite : implication of starvation. Ind. Soc. Comp. Animal Physiology (XVII Ann. Conf.) 1995.
Nandakumar K., A.C. Anil, K. Venkat, A B. Wagh. Density effect on the larval development of sessile barnacle Balanus amphitrite. Ind. Soc. Comp. Animal Physiology (XVII Ann. Conf.) 1995.
Venkat K., A.C. Anil, A.B. Wagh. Ascidian ecology : a tropical waters perspective. Ind. Soc. Comp. Animal Physiology (XVII Ann. Conf.) 1995.
Anil A.C., K. Okamoto, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. The effect of water temperature and salinity on the development of four species of Barnacle larvae which appear in Hamana Bay. Japanese Society of scientific Fisheries Conference, April 1991 (In Japanese)
Okamoto K., A.C. Anil, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. Fouling ecology of Ficopomatus enigmaticus at Shoni inlet (Hamana Bay, Japan). Japanese Society of scientific Fisheries Conference, April 1991 (In Japanese)
Okamoto K., A.C. Anil, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. Studies on fouling tube dwelling Polychaetes in Hamana Bay (Japan). Japanese Society of scientific Fisheries Conference, Nov.1990 (In Japanese)
Anil A.C., K. Okamoto, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. Barnacle settlement in Hamana Bay and survival rate of their larvae under experimental conditions. Japanese Society of scientific Fisheries Conference, April 1990 (In Japanese)
Okamoto K., A.C. Anil, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. Oxygen consumption and feeding rate of Ficopomatus enigmaticus. Japanese Society of scientific Fisheries Conference, April 1990 (In Japanese)
Wu J.G., A.C. Anil, R. Kado, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. Cryopreservation of crustacean larvae. Japanese Society of scientific Fisheries Conference, April 1990 (In Japanese)
Anil A.C., K. Okamoto, H. Kurokura, K. Chiba. Ecology of Barnacles in Hamana Bay, Japan. Japanese Society of Scientific fisheries Conference, October 1989 (In Japanese).

Patents/ Monographs:

Patents:

    Title: Method and apparatus for disinfection of sea water / ships ballast water.

    Inventors: Pandit A.B., Ranade V.V., Anil A.C., Sawant S.S., Ilangovan D., Madhan R., Venkat K.

    Country: United States of America

    Grant: October 2010

    Patent No: 7815810

    Title: Apparatus for filtration and disinfection of sea water/ship's ballast water and a method of same.

    Inventors: Ranade; Vivek Vinayak (Maharashtra, IN), Bhalchandra; Anirudh (Maharashtra, IN), Anil; Arga Chandrashekar (Goa, IN), Sawant; Subhash Shivram (Goa, IN), Ilangovan; Dandayudapani (Goa, IN), Madhan; Rajachandran (Goa, IN), Venkat; Krishnamurthy Pilarisetty (Goa, IN). Apparatus for filtration and disinfection of sea water/ship's ballast water and a method of same

    Country: United States of America

    Grant: September 2009

    Patent No: 7,585,416

Monographs:

    Anil, A.C., Clarke, C., Hayes, T., Hilliard, R., Joshi, G., Krishnamurthy, V., Polglaze, J., Sawant S.S. & Raaymakers, S. 2004. Ballast Water Risk Assessment, Ports of Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru, India, October 2003: Final Report. GloBallast Monograph Series No. 11. IMO London

Any other information:

Research Guidance/Supervisor:
Ph.D.

Studies on phytoplankton ecology with special reference to harmful algal blooms. (Ms. Maria Shamina D’Silva, Thesis submitted – August 2011)
Complexity and population regulation in unicellular algal cultures of Tetraselmis: an insight into individual and social interactions. (Ms. Mani Arora, Thesis submitted – July 2011)
Studies on settlement and recruitment of the barnacle Balanus Amphitrite. (Mr. Chetan A. Gaonkar, Thesis submitted – February 2011)
Studies on phytoplankton - bacterial interactions. (Ms. Priya D’Costa - 2011)
Studies on phytoplankton with reference to dinoflagellates. (Mr. Ravidas K. Naik - 2011)
Studies on ecology of epibiotic diatoms (Jagadish Patil - 2004)
Eco-biology of marine diatoms with emphasis on the influence of physico-chemical parameters (Smita Mitbavkar - 2003)
Studies on some ecological aspects of Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia: Thoracica) (Dattesh Desai - 2002).
Studies on some bio-activity aspects of selected marine organisms (Narshin Thakur - 2001).

Dissertation guidance to post graduate students

Multispecies interactions in diatoms (Ms. Esha Kamat, M.Sc. Goa University, March 2008)
Chronicle of horseshoe crab and its conservation action plan (V. Viegas, M.Sc., Ecology & Environment, Indian Institute of Ecology & Environment, August 1998)
Studies on the cyprid metamorphosis of Balanus amphitrite (Rakhee D.S Khandeparker M. Sc., Marine Sciences, University of Goa, March 1997).
Studies on macrofouling and larval development in Balanus amphitrite (Jolly Kurian, M. Sc., Marine Sciences, University of Goa, March 1994).
Some aspects of quantitative ecology of fouling diatoms (Ashwini Arun Wagh, M. Sc., Marine Sciences, University of Goa, March 1993).

Dissertation guidance for summer training students

Assessment of growth of a fouling diatom, Navicula sp. at different salinities and nutrient limited conditions. (Ms. Smita Baithalu, Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry. May-July 2011)
Effect of temperature and pH on Navicula spp. (Ms. Ananya Sen, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. April-May, 2010)
Effect of temperature and pH on Navicula spp. (Ms. K. Lavanya (SRF), Department of Biotechnology, Bannariamman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu. May-July 2010)
Influence of Balanus amphitrite fecal pellet contents on the diatom Chaetoceros calcitrans. (Mr. Ravibhushan Babulal Prasad M.Sc. Padmashree Institute of Information Sciences, Nagarbhavi Circle, Bangalore. July – August, 2007).
Sonication as a tool for assessment of bacterial community structure of Balanus amphitrite (Darwin) larva. (Ms. Chari Nandini, M.Sc. Padmashree Institute of Information Sciences, Nagarbhavi Circle, Bangalore. July – August, 2007).
Studies on some ecological aspects of barnacles. (Mr. S. Prakash, M.Sc. Bharathidasan University Department of National Facility for Marine Cynobacterial (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli 620 024. May – June 2007).
Influence of desiccation on the feeding and cirril activity of the barnacle. (Mr. A. Aravinthan, M.Sc. Bharathidasan University Department of National Facility for Marine Cynobacterial (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli 620 024. June - July 2007).
Rearing of Balanus amphitrite (Darwin) larvae for settlement assays. (Mr. Krishna Kumar, M.Sc. Bharathidasan University Department of National Facility for Marine Cynobacterial (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli June - July 2007).
Barnacle larva associated bacteria. (Mr. Ravibhushan Babulal Prasad M.Sc. Padmashree Institute of Information Sciences, Nagarbhavi Circle, Bangalore February – March 2007).
Barnacle larva associated bacteria. (Ms. Chari Nandini, M.Sc. Padmashree Institute of Information Sciences, Nagarbhavi Circle, Bangalore, July – August 2007).
Ballast Water management. How and why? (Mr. Somnath Mondal, B.E. Chemical, Mr. Atit Jain, M.Sc. Economics and Mr. Arnab Ghosh, B.E. Mechanical, BITS, Pilani May – July 2006).
Ballast Water Risk Assessment – A Review (Mr. Omkar D. Aphale, M.Sc. Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune. February 2006).
Experiments on the influence of storage, nutrients and antibiotics on benthic viable diatom propagules (Surekha S. Meher, M. Sc., Botany, University of Poona, July 2004)
Experiments on the influence of storage, nutrients and antibiotics on benthic viable diatom propagules (Dipanwita Banerjee, M. Sc., Botany, University of Poona, July 2004)
Diatom-bacteria interaction: case studies with pennate diatoms (Prashant Kumar Singh. M. Sc., Marine Biotechnology, University of Goa, June 2002)
Diatom-bacteria interaction: case studies with pennate diatoms (Sanjay Kumar Singh. M. Sc., Marine Biotechnology, University of Goa, June 2002)
Approaches to study of diatoms (Pratibha Kumari, M. Sc., Botany, University of Poona, July 1999)
Approaches to culture, cryopreservation and behaviour evaluation of diatoms (Padmavati Murthy, M.Sc., Botany, University of Poona, July, 1998).
Approaches to a study of diatoms (Poonam Shekawat, M. Sc., Botany, University of Poona, June 1997).
Cryopreservation of unicellular algae (Shantal Hargobin, M. Sc., Botany, University of Poona, June 1996).

Contribution to delegations / R&D activities in India

As a member of Indian delegation for the 3rd CSIR-NSFC Workshop “Estuaries of China and India”. Shanghai, China from 22nd to 24th November 2010.
Member - Organizing committee for 76th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Participated in the working group meeting as a Member of the Land-Based Pollution Source Working Group (for IW-Science project executed by UNU-INWEH and implemented by UNEP.), Athens, Greece from October 05th to 07th 2010.
Keynote speaker at the VIII Meeting in Biofouling Bio Corrosion and Benthic Ecology at Instituto De Estudos Do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira, Brazil.
Convener, International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa, 5-7 February, 2008.
As a member of Indian delegation for the 2nd Joint CSIR-NSFC Workshop on “Ocean Processes in relation to changing climate in Asia-Oceania” at Qingdao China from 20-22 November 2007.
Member, Country Project Task Force (India) for GEF project, administered by International Maritime Organization (IMO): Global Ballast Water Management Programme.
Represented Global Ballast Water Management Program (IMO) in the 12th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Windsor, Ontario, Canada June 2003.
Represented India as a delegate to the Marine Environment Protection Committee Meeting for MEPC 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 62 sessions of International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Conference and workshops organized:

National workshop on Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa, 16th November 2009.
Training workshop on “Electronic Ballast Water Reporting Forms”, at NIO, Goa, on 02nd July 2008.
International Conference on Biofouling and Ballast Water Management, at NIO, Goa, 5-7 February, 2008.

Projects:

UK-INDIA Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), British Council - Development of Methodology for Biological Assessment of Ballast Water Management Systems.
Global Approach through Modular Experiments (GAME).
Joint CSIR_NSFC collaborative project “Mechanism of phytoplankton bloom formation” sanctioned under the working programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
ASEAN-India project entitled “Extent of transfer of alien invasive Organisms in South/SE Asia region by shipping”, has been approved by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India with a total outlay of $ 413,978/-, India and Singapore lead the project with participation from Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Ballast Water Management Programme India (BAMPI), Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India (Ongoing)
Primary contact for Ballast Water Risk Assessments in India (Ports of Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru, India).
Member country task force (India) - Global Ballast Water Management Programme (GEF, UNDP, IMO) –India initiative.
INDIA-USA Bilateral projects.

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