Luciferidae (Decapoda) are an important component of mesozooplankton in pelagic food webs. This study investigated the spatiotemporal distribution and frequency of Luciferidae swarms along the Tamil Nadu coast, as observed during coastal monitoring cruises conducted between 2019 and 2022. Data were collected on various hydrobiological factors, including surface water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a , zooplankton biomass,...

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 along the five coastal districts of Tamil Nadu (TN). During the present study,...

The moored buoy network in the Indian Ocean revolutionized the observational programs with systematic time-series measurement of in situ data sets from remote marine locations. The real-time meteorological and oceanographic data sets significantly improved the weather forecast and warning services particularly during extreme events since its inception in 1997. The sustenance of the network requires persistent efforts to overco...