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Dr. K B PADMAKUMAR

Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

E-mail-

kbpadmakumar@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
Working as Assistant Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Epizoism in Marine organisms, Harmful Algal Blooms, Marine Ecology, Micro algal taxonomy and ecology, Microphytobenthos

RESEARCH PROFILES
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=cqwTx58AAAAJ&hl=en

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 50]
  • Phylogenic diversity of bacteria associated with potentially toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa: a synthesis on its bloom dynamics., Folia Microbiologica, Springer 2023

  • Observed evidence for the impact of coastal currents on the recurrent Noctiluca scintillans blooms in the northwest Indian Ocean coast, Marine Pollution Bulletin , ScienceDirect 2023

  • Occurrence and toxicity of Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in freshwater ecosystems of the Indian subcontinent: A review, Energy, Ecology and Environment, Springer Nature 2023

  • Planktoniella sol, a new host for the ectoparasitic dinophyta Paulsenella Chatton from the Northeastern Arabian Sea, Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences., Springer 2023

  • Patterns and Variabilities in the Microphytoplankton Assemblage in a Tropical Estuarine Complex Along the Southwest Coast of India, Estuaries and Coasts, Springer 2023

  • Vampyrophrya pelagica (Chatton and Lwoff 1930), an apostome ciliate infectious on calanoid copepod from the Northeastern Arabian Sea, The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, Springer Open 2022

  • Sporadic occurrence of harmful cyanobacteria Woronichinia naegeliana and its bloom dynamics from the aquatic ecosystem of South India, Biologia, Springer Nature 2022

  • Seasonal dynamics of dinoflagellates with special emphasis on potentially harmful species in a tropical estuarine system along the southwest coast of India, Journal of Oceanography, Springer 2022

  • Prevalence of epibiosis in plankton community of the Indian waters: a review, Symbiosis, Springer 2021

  • First Report on the Bloom of Diatom Haslea Gretharum Simonsen, 1974 from the Arabian Sea, Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences , Springer 2021

  • CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 42]
  • Population Dynamics and Histopathological Effects of Potentially Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa from Aquatic Ecosystems of Central Kerala (south India). , 34th Kerala science congress, 2022

  • Short Term Variability of Benthic Diatoms of Cochin Estuary”- Southwest Coast of India , 34th Kerala science congress, 2022

  • Seaweed associated epiphytes with special reference to diatoms along the intertidal ecosystem of South West Coast of India, International Online Conference on Environmental Status of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems in India (ECEI 2022), , 2022

  • Potentially toxic cyanobacterial species of freshwater ecosystems of South-West coast of India. , International Online Conference on Environmental Status of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems in India (ECEI 2022), , 2022

  • Temporal variation in the community structure of microphytobenthos in a riverine mangrove ecosystem of southwest coast of India., International conference on Frontiers in Marine Science Challenges and Prospects (MARICON 2019), , 2022

  • Microphytobenthic community of Cochin backwaters-a tropical estuarine complex along the southwest coast of India: an ephemeral analysis, International Webinar on Conservation of Life below water: Perspectives on systematics, Sustainable livelihoods and citizen science (COLIBA 2021), 2022

  • Pennate Diatoms of intertidal Mangrove ecosystems of the Southwest Coast Of India: A New Record of Psammodictyon Panduriforme (W.Gregory) D.G. Mann 1990, International Webinar on CONSERVATION OF LIFE BELOW WATER Perspectives on Systematics, Sustainable Livelihoods and Citizen Science (COLIBA-2021) , 2021

  • Occurrences of epibiotic and endobiotic associations in marine plankton along the west coast of India, Annual National Conference on SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS, AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND FISHERFOLK [ANCOSEAFF 2021], 2021

  • Benthic cyanobacteria of mangrove ecosystems along the southwest coast of India, International conference on Impact of Climate Change on Hydrological cycle, Ecosystem, Fisheries and Food security (ClinFishCon 2020), 2020

  • Seasonality in the distribution of dinoflagellates with special reference to Harmful algal species along the tropical Cochin estuary (SW Coast of India, International conference on Frontiers in Marine Science Challenges and Prospects (MARICON 2019), 2019

  • BOOKS PUBLISHED
  • Dr. K B PADMAKUMAR, N. R. Menon , Harmful Algal Blooms and Zooplankton community- a field study from South west coast of India, LAP LAMBERT Academic publishing, 2016 , ISBN : ISBN No. 978-3-659-84853-7

  • Dr. K B PADMAKUMAR, Lathika Cicily Thomas, S. Bijoy Nandan , Microphytoplankton of North Eastern Arabian Sea- A winter monsoon analysis. , LAP LAMBERT Academic publishing, 2016 , ISBN : ISBN No. 978-3-659-82153-0

  • RESEARCH PROJECTS
  • "Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (BHABs) and distribution of harmful benthic dinoflagellates along the coastal waters of South Eastern Arabian Sea" (University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi- 2017 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.10)

  • "Life cycle, growth characteristics and bloom dynamics of “Red and Green tide” forming dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans along the eastern Arabian sea" (State Plan Grant 2017-18 CUSAT 2020 - 2017 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.4.5)