National Centre for Earth Science Studies

This lab is engaged in estimation of primary productivity, chlorophyll a and phaeophytin and in identification and qualitative and quantitative estimation of phytoplankton, zoo plankton and benthic organisms

The database of primary production and total chlorophyll concentration (chlorophyll a & phaeophytin) are used for Ocean Colour Monitoring (OCM) along with OCEANSAT-2 data.

1. Binocular microscope – Olympus (CX 41)
2. Binocular microscope – Olympus (CH 20)
3. Dissection microscope – Olympus (SZ 60)
4. Binocular microscope – CETI

Achievements: Biomonitoring of major hotspot areas of pollution (industrial and domestic) along Kerala and Karnataka coast