Anila P Ajayan

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Can anybody help me to explain the significance of Oxidative Reduction Potential (ORP) in lake water?

In my experiment, I found a negative correlation of ORP with predominant N forms (NH4+ -N, TN & NO3- -N), Chla, WT, DO, SPC & pH whereas it had a positive relation with phosphate, total...

25 June 2021 4,629 2 View

Can anybody give some insight in Generalized Linear Model?

Can I include the Generalized Linear Model in Phytoplankton Community Structure studies? Please share some related reference papers if someone found the same. Thank you in Advance. Stay Safe and...

08 June 2021 5,679 2 View

What does 'Gap in Knowledge' in phytoplankton study mean by?

Dear Researchers, please share your valuable understanding on the 'gap in knowledge' especially in freshwater phytoplankton study. How do it dis/similar with 'limitations in study'? Is there any...

22 July 2018 822 4 View

What all methods can be included in 'Water for Sustainable Development' with relation to Bio monitoring Studies?

Hello all. I would like to get some suggestions regarding how water quality can be related with Water for Sustainable Development particularly in bio monitoring studies. Can anybody provide me...

05 February 2018 5,656 5 View

Is there any fixed 'sampling distance' to be taken into account while sampling a lentic/ lotic system?

For studying water chemistry, phytoplankton analysis or microbial analyses? Thanks in Advance for the valuable answers. sincerely Anila Ajayan

05 October 2017 4,650 3 View

Please give me the correct id confirmation of these Chlorophytes?

These Chlorophytes are collected from a freshwater body in Thiruvananthapuram. a) Cosmarium sp- 26x22 μm (LXB). b) Desmodesmus sp- 6x2 μm (LXB). Polar spines 3-4.6 μm in length. c) Pediastrum...

16 August 2016 4,597 8 View

Can anybody confirm this Cyclops sp?

Freshwater zooplankton from Thiruvananthapuram. (I admit the low photo quality.) Thanks in Advance kind regards Anila Ajayan

31 July 2016 6,923 6 View

What are the possible statistical approaches that can be applied in a seasonal study on bird diversity?

I have a two year data on the bird population of an area. Can anybody suggest me a good statistical measure for studying this. Thanks in Advance Anila Ajayan

16 July 2016 1,345 11 View

Why i am getting a high Net Primary Productivity and Gross Primary Productivity during Monsoon while a low Community Respiration at Pre Monsoon ?

But a low phytoplankton density during Monsoon. What all may be the other factors leading to variations in primary productivity of an aquatic ecosystem? Thanks in Advance ! Anila Ajayan

01 July 2016 2,755 9 View

Is this phyto plankton Actinotaenium curtum?

From a freshwater body. Experts please confirm. Thanks in Advance!

20 January 2016 163 19 View

How does Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) works actually in the identification of a species?

How it differs from SEM and TEM. Please provide any comparative study and papers regarding this. Thanks in Advance! Wish you all a Blessed Festive Season ! Kind Regards, ANILA AJAYAN

23 December 2015 3,799 4 View

Can anybody confirm the identity of this Diatom?

Collected from a freshwater body. This was found common during the Monsoon period. Thanks in Advance! Regards

28 October 2015 7,747 22 View

Can anybody confirm the id of this organism?

Some says it as a rotifer, some as a Tintinnid. & My doubt was is it a phytoplankton. Please help me in identifying this organism. Thanks in Advance ANILA AJAYAN

25 September 2015 7,541 17 View

Is it possible to calculate the value of Magnesium from Magnesium hardness?

Is there any conversion factors for Magnesium to Magnesium Hardness.? Thanks in Advance! ANILA AJAYAN

10 September 2015 1,883 3 View

Can anybody give me the details of water borne bacterial diseases which can affect the captured animals in Zoo easily?

Captured animals are more susceptible to diseases than an animal in wild. I am trying to isolate microbes from a water body inside a zoo. This water may cause more health risks to zoo animals....

07 April 2015 6,769 10 View

Has anybody experienced a change in Eigen values and in triplot while calculating the CCA using PAST v.3.2 with the same data for a re-calculation?

Dear Researchers, I tried to plot CCA triplot using PAST v.3.2 with the same data set for a second calculation. & I experienced a difference in triplot and also in the eigen values. In the first...

01 January 1970 6,458 3 View

Examples of Artificial Floating Islands (AFIs)

Hello, any successful/ unsuccessful examples of Artificial Floating Islands in aquatic ecosystem restoration. Recently, I visited Lake Kasumigaura, Japan. & I saw AFIs well managed there. If...

01 January 1970 2,306 15 View