Title: Environmental impact analyses of mining of marine minerals

ii. Placer mining project

Technical Reports

1. Annual report for the year 2003-04 for Environmental studies for placer minerals, April 2004.
2. Annual report for the year 2004-05 for Environmental studies for placer minerals, April 2005.
3. P. Ganesan (2004). Delineation of high water line and seasonal beach profiling at Kalbadevi Bay, Maharashtra.   NIO/TR/8/2004.
4. Annual report for the year 2005-06 for Environmental studies for placer minerals, April 2006.
5. Annual report for the year 2006-07 for Environmental studies for placer minerals, April 2007.
6. Final report (2002-07) for Environmental studies for placer minerals, May 2007.

Seminar papers

1. B. Nagender Nath (2002) Marine Mineral Perspective beyond 2000 AD. In: N.Chandrasekar & P.Sivasubramanian (Editors) Exploration, mining and processing of beach placers in India. 20-39p. Published by Marine Geochemistry Research Lab., VOC College, Tuticorin
2. B.Nagender Nath, B.S. Ingole, S. Jayakumar and R. Sharma (2004) Coastal Ecosystem and Environmental aspects of Placer mining. In: V.J. Loveson and D.D. Misra (Editors) Sustainable development of coastal placer minerals. Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, p. 259-269.
3. Ingole, B. S., S. Sivadas (2004). Ecology of the button shell, Umbonium vestiarium (L. 1758) from Kalbadevi, Ratnagiri (India)” Presented at 6th National Hindi Science Symposium NIO, Goa-5-6 Nov. 2004.
4. Sivadas, S., Sautye, S., Nanajkar, M.; Ingole, B.S. (2005):Potential impact of sand  mining on macrobenthic community at Kalbadevi Beach, Ratnagiri, West coast of India. National Seminar on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2005). eds. by: Loveson, V.J.; Chandrasekar, N.; Sinha, A.(Natl. Semin. on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2005); Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli; India; 26-27 Oct 2005). Allied; New Delhi; India; 2005; 264-270.
5. Fernandes C.E.G., Das A., Faria D.G., Lokabharathi P.A (2005): Microbiology and biochemistry of placer rich beach sediment: short term response to small scale simulated mining. National Seminar on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2005). eds. by: Loveson, V.J.; Chandrasekar, N.; Sinha, A.(Natl. Semin. on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2005); Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli; India; 26-27 Oct 2005). Allied; New Delhi; India; 2005; 248-255.
6. Valsangkar, A.B., 2005. Seasonal variations in heavy mineral placer sand from  Kalbadevi Bay, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. National Seminar on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2005). eds. by: Loveson, V.J.; Chandrasekar, N.; Sinha, A.(Natl. Semin. on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals (PLACER - 2005); Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli; India; 26-27 Oct. 2005). Allied; New Delhi; India; 2005; 59-65.
7. Sivadas S., Ingole, B.S (2006). Impact of simulated placer mining on subital macrobenthic community.
8. 26th Annual Session of The Academy of Environmental Biology & National Seminar on Environmental Scenario: Challengers and Solutions held at Rewa, (MP) from  23-25th  December, 2006.
9. Fernandes C. E. G., Pillai N., Naik S. S., Das A. and Loka Bharathi P. A. 2006. Placer Deposits Reduce Diversity And Function: Examples From Culturable Bacteria Of Kalbadevi Beach, Ratnagiri. 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Kochi-India, 2-5, November 2005 organized by National Institute of Oceanography, India.
10. A.V.Sijin Kumar, Trupti Naik, B. Nagender Nath & R. Sharma (2007) Changes in nutrient, dissolved oxygen and total suspended matter during stimulated placer mining. Placer 2007, CMERI Durgapur from 27-29 March, 2007
11. Valsangkar A.B. (2007).  Heavy mineral placers off Kalbadevi Bay, Ratnagiri,  Placer 2007, CMERI Durgapur from 27-29 March, 2007
12. Christabelle E.G. Fernandes, Anindita Das, Sonali S. Naik, Rahul Sharma and P.A. LokaBharathi. 2007 Immediate effect of simulated sand mining on the variation of bacterial parameters in coastal waters of Kalbadevi Bay, Ratnagiri. Placer 2007, CMERI Durgapur from 27-29 March, 2007.

Papers communicated to Journals

1. .Dune vegetation counteracts inhibitory effect of heavy minerals on bacterial community in placer rich Ratnagiri beach ecosystem.  (Environmental Microbiology)
2. Mixed response in Bacterial And Biochemical variables To Simulated Sand Mining In Placer-Rich-Beach-Sediments, Ratnagiri, West Coast Of India.(Environmental International)