
Prince Prakash Jeba Kumar JNational Institute of Ocean Technology | NIOT · Coastal environmental Engineering
Prince Prakash Jeba Kumar J
Phd
Augment logical truths on the natural coastal ecologies by adapting to ecofriendly technology for nascent socio problems
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Introduction
A Marine biologist is in the mission of understanding the marine ecosystem and perceive the expressions of nature. Intend to reveal the secrets of our oceans' remarkable power to handle the insatiable human endeavours of exploitation and providing resources liberally with a challenge, having a vision of developing eco-friendly technology by mimicking natural ecosystem process and demonstrate. The natural process of coastal ecosystems comprises many technology initiatives and converting it.
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May 1992 - December 1996
June 1987 - May 1989
June 1984 - May 1987
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Publications (104)
Marine and freshwater pollution caused by transport of invasive species in shipping ballast water is a major global problem and will increase in magnitude as shipping of commodities increases in the future. An economical method to preclude biological organisms in the seawater used for ballast is to exclude them at the source port. Integrated natura...
Water abstraction from seas for industrial use began during the Industrialization Era. However, the abstracted water has always required treatment before it can be used. Various treatment technologies have been developed to alter natural water quality to suit multiple human needs. These technologies include filtering screens, chlorination, and UV r...
The present disclosure provides a possible solution for additional areas for mangrove plantations without utilizing available land resources. A novel ecorestoration of avian fauna along the groyne field with hybrid solutions. The present innovation is designed to develop a structure that supports mangrove plants and facilitates the root system to r...
Concrete is a construction material made from a mixture of cement, coarse (gravel), and fine (sand) aggregates and water. Compaction of the constituents is necessary to achieve a uniform, solid mass by eliminating air pockets and voids during mixing. The cement hardens due to hydration reactions that solidify mineral hydrates and form interlocking...
Renewable and sustainable energy Book series aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to publish their experiences and research results on all aspects of Renewable and sustainable energy. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and dis...
The use of steel for the ship’s hull building started 130 years ago, and sea/river water was utilised to stabilize these ships on ocean-going voyages, ballasting technology. This ballast water generates sediments in their tanks as an array of chemicals and various diapausing stages of the marine biota due to their contaminated intake sources. Indee...
Urban sprawl and coastal protection structures-Challenges and Opportunities to coastal biodiversity
Urbanization along the coast has led to man-made structures on beaches, altering habitats and separating populations. The foreign nature of coastal protection structures on natural beaches tends to cause ecological changes. A 1076 km Tamil Nadu coas...
Urbanization along the coast has led to man-made structures on beaches, altering habitats and separating populations. The foreign nature of coastal protection structures on natural beaches tends to cause ecological changes. A 1076 km Tamil Nadu coastal stretch was studied for its impact on coastal biodiversity. Epibiota and marine growth settlement...
Managing marine plastic litter presents various challenges, and technology plays a crucial role in addressing these issues.
The impact of climate change on coastal ecosystems includes rising global sea levels and accelerating storm frequency and intensity. Consequences include coastal flooding and erosion migration of tide-dependent habitats, road construction, etc., which may constrain the retreat of salt marsh and mangroves. Climate change adaptation technologies like...
Coastal waters are dynamic because of anthropogenic activities that contribute nutrients and contaminants. These changes have the potential to alter patterns of primary production and thus pelagic food webs. Here, we investigated the spatial variation of the phytoplankton community and its response to changing environmental variables at 84 stations...
Coastal waters are dynamic because of anthropogenic activities that contribute nutrients and contaminants. These changes have the potential to alter patterns of primary production and thus pelagic food webs. Here, we investigated the spatial variation of the phytoplankton community and its response to changing environmental variables at 84 stations...
Land-based anthropogenic activities like food production, trade, and global transport via human settlements augment excessive pressure on the coastal ecosystem. The disasters expressing the explicit strains resurging the coastal ecosystem were in the form of storm surges, tsunamis, inundation of coastal cities & submergence of Islands.
Significantl...
Vulnerability of climate change-driven coastal defense structures to alien/nonnative species invasion.
Marine and freshwater pollution caused by the transport of invasive species in shipping ballast water is a major global problem and will increase in magnitude as the shipping
of commodities increases in the future. An economical method to preclude biological organisms in the seawater used for ballast is to exclude them at the source port.
Integra...
World Wildlife Day celebrates the beautiful and varied forms of fauna and flora and raises awareness of the multitude of benefits that their conservation provides to people. We invite the Ocean Society Of India to host the World Wildlife Day March 3rd Webinar in association with Ocean School India to highlight its importance in relation to Ocean Bi...
The emergence of geotextiles in coastal erosion protection as an alternative material to stone boulders and concrete tetrapods is evident in the recent past. The submergence of geotextiles being colonized by epibiotic organisms on their surface is called marine growth, similar to all other materials inundated in seawater. It includes organisms of t...
Diverse biotic communities interact with beach sand
which facilitate their survival and growth. The interactions are to
achieve few specific functions and analogous to the system required
in geotechnical engineering. The biological functions are governed
by natural selection, adopting the same physical laws to the
engineered environments addresses...
The use of functional information of taxa is a promising approach to uncover the underlying mechanism of ecosystem functioning. We used biological trait analysis (BTA) to assess the functional response of subtidal macrobenthos with multiple stressors. Seventeen environmental variables from 42 stations of five coastal districts were assessed along t...
A planned artificial reef (AR) deployment program as part of a fisheries enhancement might be a useful tool for managers to supplement traditional ways to utilize available space and augment local productivity. Several AR deployment initiatives have been carried out globally, but they are rarely subjected to a rigorous site selection process. We cr...
Science wire pages 53 to 56 & 63 to 72 laurelled the research paper titled "Green method of stemming the tide of invasive marine and freshwater organisms by natural filtration of shipping ballast water" as an innovation for shipping Ballast water treatment.
This declaration is to popularise Indian scientific innovation to the world.
A distinct grain size of 600, 425 and 212 µm sand column was developed to test the efficiency of bacterial strain Sporsarcina pausterii NIOT-1. The bacterial strain was effectively able to precipitate calcite crystals between the soil particles through enzymatic hydrolysis of urea which increases ammonium concentration to the maximum of 371.43 mM,...
A rapid survey was carried out to evaluate the status of a diverging bryozoan Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje 1822) around the natural milieu after their successions on artificial coastal defense structures Tamil Nadu coast. This research communicates its incidence with sea fan Subergorgia suberosa and seagrass Cymodocea serrulate, Halophila ova...
Established the IAS spread through coastal protection structures indicated by the ascidian population. Its origin is from shipping ballast and spreads through coastal defense structures. It started impacting the seagrass community and sea fans along the Tuticorin coast; the Gulf of Mannar has also been established and published. An innovative eco-f...
The world's 40% of the population lives in coastal areas (<150 km from the sea), and this is set to increase in upcoming years. This urban sprawl leads to the proliferation of artificial coastal defence structures along the coasts to save the populace from coastal erosion, storms, and hurricanes. Deployment of artificial coastal defence structures...
The world’s 40% of the population lives in coastal areas (<150 km from the sea), and this is set to increase in upcoming years. This urban sprawl leads to the proliferation of artificial coastal defence structures along the coasts to save the populace from coastal erosion, storms, and hurricanes. Deployment of artificial coastal defence structures...
Waste load allocation studies were attempted on the Mangalore coast of the Arabian Sea to manage the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited outlet.
The Kandla Port Trust expansion activities create higher turbidity & suspended load problems. Measures to minimize dredge spoil impacts may be achieved if the dredge dump is carried out during slack tide periods. The project provides a reasonable, environmentally acceptable solution as it maximizes using the existing development and infrastructure....
International Conference on Advanced Technologies for
Management of Ballast Water and Biofouling (MABB 2014)
March 4-7, 2014. Organized by NIOT, Chennai.
National Conference on the Status of Invasive Alien Species in India
Organized by ZSI and BSI
14th & 15th December 2017, Kolkata
Delivered a lecture titled "A conceptual approach towards utilization of technological advancement for coral reef conservation at India" in NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM OF WEST COAST OF INDIA: CURRENT STATUS AND WAY FORWARD
Organized by ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, Government of India,
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
This beach well/ subsurface intake systems already tested in seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants, which ensures the applicability of the technology on an industrial scale. Attached a scientific paper published in a reputed journal.
Beach well/ subsurface intake system a research approach
NIOT first carried out novel studies of WLA for pollution management, and the findings were true after 20 years.
Biodiversity Authority of India listed animals and plants that are alien to India.
Tamil Nadu coast was surveyed for marine growth on various coast structures. Pioneered the research on Epibiota studies in India. These coastal structures serve as stepping stones for alien settlement before invading an alien coastal ecosystem is an interesting finding.
Kovalam Reef, an artificial reef in India, temporarily created better surf conditions but started to fall apart weeks after installation. The marine growth on this structure is mimicked in the Tamil Nadu coast.
The impact of marine growth on geotextiles is a novel finding of this study. It has commercial utility.
Coastal erosion is a major problem faced by the coastal population. One of the major causes of coastal erosion is severe wave action. Different methods are available to protect the coast from wave action such as sea walls, groins, emerged and submerged breakwaters, perched beach, sand nourishment etc. Nowadays, geosynthetic tubes are widely used fo...
This study was initiated to investigate the heavy metal contamination in coastal sediments from Pattipulam to Devanampattinam along the South East Coast of Tamil Nadu, India using EDXRF technique with statistical approach. The mean concentration of heavy metals in sediments is found to be in the sequence of Al [ Ca [ K [ Fe [ Mg [ Ti [ Ba [ Mn [ Zn...
Erosion and accretion are two major issues in shoreline management resulting from natural phenomena and/or manmade coastal interventions. Human interventions with the coastlines such as construction of breakwaters, seawalls, groins etc. are likely to transfer the problem to the adjacent shoreline. Impacts of installation of shore protection measure...
A preliminary study of the radioactivity of three primordial radionuclides, namely loOK,II.U, mTh in the marine sediments from four sites along the coast of Daksbina Kannada were studied using 90 cc HPGe gamma ray spectomeler during monsoon season of 1993. The value. depicted a spatial variation in the distribution of radionuclides.
Commentary - Journal of Fisheries Research (2020) Volume 4, Issue 3
Marine and freshwater pollution caused by transport of invasive species in shipping ballast water is a major global problem and will increase in magnitude as shipping of commodities increases in the future. An economical method to preclude biological organisms in the seawater used for ballast is to exclude them at the source port. Integrated natura...
Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) using ureolytic bacteria has emerged as a promising technology with several applications in geotechnical engineering. In the current study, bacterial isolates from marine environment (coastal sandstones) have been investigated for their calcification potential to control coastal erosion. The isolated...
Developed a systematic survey methodology for artificial reef deployment like nature of sea bottom, bathymetry, tide, current pattern, ecology, physiochemical and biological characters were assessed for seabed suitability for Artificial reef deployment. SCUBA diving studies were utilized to select sea floor status studies. The bottom slope estimate...
Indian government's innovative project to develop water villa tourism development to alleviate the poverty of island communities and strategic reasons, an attempt made to make consensus between development & sensitive marine ecosystem. The scientific & technological inputs were utilized to avoid over-exploitation of natural resources and ensure an...
Artificial coastal defence structures were used to stabilize eroding shorelines for centuries, although limited knowledge documented about the associated flora and fauna, especially regarding inhabited sponges. The current underwater survey along the 1076 km coastal stretch of Tamil Nadu from Chennai to Thengapatinam (Classified as Zones), was prop...
Krishnapatnum port is a private, all-weather, deep-water port on the east coast of India, located in Andhra Pradesh, India. To quench the developmental thirst, the proposed further expansion of births poses developmental pressure on IUCN red-listed mangrove species and the sensitive ecosystem. EIA studies revealed A consensus between sensitive ecos...
Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) using ureolytic bacteria has emerged as a promising technology
with several applications in geotechnical engineering. In the current study, bacterial isolates from marine en-
vironment (coastal sandstones) have been investigated for their calcification potential. The isolated ureolytic
bacterial stra...
Currently, over 40% of the world population lives in coastal areas (<150 km from the sea), and this is set to increase in the upcoming years. Due to this urban sprawl, the artificial coastal defence structures are proliferating along the coasts to save the populace from coastal erosion, storm, hurricanes etc. There are various impacts on the local...
Currently, over 40% of the world
the population lives in coastal areas (<150 km
from the sea), and this is set to increase in
the upcoming years. Due to this urban
sprawl, the artificial coastal defence
structures are proliferating along the coasts
to save the populace from coastal erosion,
storm, hurricanes etc. There are various
impacts o...
Geotextile bags, tubes, and containers are used as eco-friendly, construction-friendly and cheaper alternatives for conventional coastal erosion protection measures. The marine growth of algae and sessile aquatic invertebrates are found to colonize these structures. Studies were carried out on the submerged sand filled geosynthetic dike laid at Kad...
A tropical coastal power plant with a once-through cooling system that pumped sea water along with tiny marine phytoplankton and zooplankton for waste heat discharge recorded reduction in the population density of these organisms by 64% and 93%, respectively, at the discharge site. The depletion of organic carbon is 0.69 tons per annum with loss of...
The highlight of research article titled "Impact of coastal power plant cooling system on planktonic diversity of a polluted creek system" is published in 'Science'.
Ascidians are one of the dominant marine sedentary filter feeders recorded more frequently as introduced species than other taxa. It is renowned that artificial structures offer novel niches to the non-native species. A yearlong investigation was carried out to understand the role of ascidian colonization on various artificial structures located al...
The ecosystem's response to KoPT's capital dredging at the navigational channel near Sagar Island recorded possible bioaccumulation of heavy metals in biota if disturbed by dredging. The Sunderban mangrove forest sediment dominated this channel, and potential remedial measures were suggested.
The unique coral reef ecosystem faces multiple stress factors from its surrounding coastal environment. Corals, an ancient marine form, survived many mass extinction events of the geological past and evolved to provide many vital ecological services to our planet Earth. Its fragility in terms of withstanding the pressures of fast-developing coastal...
This article contains data on the activity concentration of natural
radionuclides in coastal sediment samples collected from Pulicat
Lake to Vadanemmeli, East coast of Tamil Nadu using NaI(Tl)
detector based γ-spectrometry. As marine sediments are found to
be the repository of many radioactive pollutants, studied the
objectives like (i) determine n...
The " spaghetti bryozoan " Zoobotryon verticillatum (delle Chiaje, 1822) recently synonymised as Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822) was first described from Naples, Italy. This ctenostome also occurred in the Bay of Bengal, east coast of India, where it has been long treated as a native species, due to its long presence in the region. Howeve...
The novel venture of desalination cum power plant installation at Kavarathi island to satisfy the islanders' drinking water requirement by NIOT. Satellite imagery studies estimated the coral spread along the pipeline roots and suggested mitigation measures to reduce the impact on the fragile coral reef ecosystem.
Coastal erosion is a major problem faced by the coastal population. One of the major causes of coastal erosion is severe wave action. Different methods are available to protect the coast from wave action such as sea walls, groins, emerged and submerged breakwaters, perched beach, sand nourishment etc. Nowadays, geosynthetic tubes are widely used fo...
Erosion and accretion are two significant issues in shoreline management resulting from natural phenomena and artificial coastal interventions. Human interventions with the coastlines, such as breakwaters, seawalls, groins etc., are likely to transfer the problem to the adjacent shoreline. Therefore, impacts of installation of shore protection meas...
Erosion and accretion are two major issues in shoreline management resulting from natural phenomena and/or manmade coastal interventions. Human interventions with the coastlines such as construction of breakwaters, seawalls, groins etc. are likely to transfer the problem to the adjacent shoreline. Impacts of installation of shore protection measure...
Heavy metal content in fishes from Gulf of Kambath.
Eualetes tulipa (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843), a marine worm snail (family Vermetidae), was collected in the Royapuram fishing harbour,
Chennai, coast of India. The identity of the species, initially based on morphology, was confirmed by molecular analysis (cytochrome
oxidase I). Collected from submerged boulders of a breakwater at depths from 0.5 to 1...
Eualetes tulipa (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843), a marine worm snail (family Vermetidae), was collected in the Royapuram fishing harbour,
Chennai, coast of India. The identity of the species, initially based on morphology, was confirmed by molecular analysis (cytochrome
oxidase I). Collected from submerged boulders of a breakwater at depths from 0.5 to 1...
This study explores the nature of faunal assemblage on coastal
erosion protection structures. The biotic community structural
studies of macro faunal assemblage on geotube deployed at
kovalam coast reveals around 13 species of epibiota dominated
by brown mussel recruitment. The traditional coastal defense
structures like rock, boulders, tetrapod an...
This paper reports on the distribution of three natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th and 40K in coastal sedi�ments from Pattipulam to Devanampattinam along the East coast of Tamilnadu to establish baseline data
for future environmental monitoring. Sediment samples were collected by a Peterson grab samples from
10 m water depth parallel to the shore li...
A study was carried out to understand the seasonal variation of water quality and phytoplankton diversity along the polluted stretch of Tapi river estuary for a period of one year. Significant seasonal was observed recorded among the 10 stations spread along the study area. The phytoplankton were represented by Bascillariophyceae (60.1%), Dinophyce...
The Ennore estuary and nearby coastal area is a typical environment in Chennai, East coast of India which was studied for presence of aldrin concentration in the coastal water. Samples were collected semi-diurnally from Ennore estuary and Chennai coast for 48 h. The concentration was determined by gas chromatography with electron capture detector....
The natural radioactivity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K were measured by gamma spectrometry in sediment samples collected from Thazhankuda (Cuddalore) to Kodiyakkarai of the East Coast of Tamilnadu. The radiation hazard due to the total natural radioactivity in the study area was estimated by different approaches. The analysis found that th...
Naturally dynamic, erosive and depositional soft-shores in the Indian shoreline have transformed into artificially static, hard-substrates by the proliferation of coastal defense structures in recent past. Those structures were colonized by organisms such as algae and sessile marine invertebrates that are native to natural rocky habitats as well as...
The shore protection measures currently adopted in India includes deployment of sand filled geosynthetic containers
for coast-line stabilization. Interestingly, it is observed that such geosynthetics containers are colonized by alphabetic
organisms such as algae and sessile marine invertebrates that are native to the natural rocky habitats, thus pr...
The shore protection measures currently adopted in India includes deployment of sand filled geosynthetic containers for coast-line stabilization. Interestingly, it is observed that such geosynthetics containers are colonized by alphabetic organisms such as algae and sessile marine invertebrates that are native to the natural rocky habitats, thus pr...
The shore protection measures currently adopted in India includes deployment of sand filled geosynthetic containers for coast-line stabilization. Interestingly, it is observed that such geosynthetics containers are colonized by alphabetic organisms such as algae and sessile marine invertebrates that are native to the natural rocky habitats, thus pr...
Natural and artificial radionuclidepollutantsofthemarineenvironmenthavebeenrecognizedasa
serious environmentalconcern.Thenaturalradioactivitylevelsinbeachsedimentsamplescollected
from Thazhankuda (Cuddalore) to Kodiyakkarai along EastCoast of Tamil nadu have been determined.
Sediment sample were collected by a Peterson grab sampler from 10m water d...
Water quality management of receiving water body requires management of pollutant input at levels below the natural assimilative capacity of receiving water body. This can be studied through field data collection and modelling the fate and transport of pollutants in the receiving water body. Ennore creek, receives waste water from Manali industrial...
A shore protection measure in India currently includes deployment of sand filled geosynthetic containers for coast line stabilization as a soft environmentally friendly measure. Interestingly, it is observed that such Geosynthetics containers are colonized by alphabetic organisms such as algae and sessile marine invertebrates that are native to nat...
The transport of suspended solids in a high-amplitude tidal inlet at the Gulf of Kambath was expected to face developmental pressure during the proposed Kalpasar Dam development. The impact of hydrodynamic forces aided with the biological process of keeping equilibrium in sediment dynamics. It led to a finding of sandstone formation by MICP in natu...
Currently, in situations in India, where secondary treatment costs are prohibitively expensive and require a lot of land, municipal waste water discharge through deep water marine outfalls has become a common practice though there are several contradictions to the theory. Deep water outfalls aim to .avoid the need for secondary treatment by signifi...