Mudskipper fishing in the coast of Bhavnagar, Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat, India

Coastal areas of Bhavnagar district harbors wide range of ichthyofaunal diversity and diverse fisheries resources. The fishermen in this area use wide range of fishing methods and gears, which evolved traditionally and being adept extensively in Bhavnagar coastline. Livelihood of these fishermen is almost entirely depends on mudskipper fishing and they employ three types of fishing methods to catch them i.e. direct catch through digging the burrow, stick traps around mudskipper holes, and by nylon net. Fishing by using nylon net is the most commonly used method compared to others

Ecological status of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">cerethium caeruleum </span></i>at dwarka coast, Gujarat (India)

481-486The present investigation was carried out to study the present ecological status of Cerethium caeruleum at Dwarka coast, Gujarat, India. C. caeruleum is a dominating mollusc species that are found mostly on the upper middle littoral zone as well as lower middle littoral zone of the intertidal substratum. As they are covered with a very hard and solid shell, fluctuation in physical condition hardly brings any change on their distribution. It was observed from the present investigation that the frequency values did not show any definite trend at the sites. It is evident that there is no significant difference of the population abundance existed between the sites as well as among the seasons

New records of two Leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Leucosiidae) from Gujarat coast, India

2132-2136Present study reports the occurrence of two leucosiid crabs species, Leucisca squalina (MacLeay, 1838) and Ryphila cancellus (Herbst, 1783) from Gujarat, west coast of India for the first time. Previously five species of leucosiid crabs were recorded from Gujarat coast. L. squalina was reported only from Karwar coast of Karnataka while R. cancellus was reported from entire Indian coastline except Gujarat coast.  Taxonomic description and distribution of reported leucosiid crabs are given here

INVESTIGATION FOR OPTIMIZATION OF THE GROWTH MEDIUM FOR ADIPOSE-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS

In the current investigation, we wanted to see whether we could accomplish the separation of mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue using a straightforward method. In order to accomplish this goal, mesenchymal stem cells were extracted from the adipose tissue of rats via the main explants culture method. When the cells reached confluence, they were triedpsinized four times using the normal procedure with trypsin/EDTA solution and passed through the passage process each time. Cells at the second passage were characterized by using immune fluorescence staining against CD 73 and CD90, CD 105 markers. These cultivated cells tested positive for CD73 and CD90, as well as CD105, according to the findings of the study. Using flow cytometry, the researchers were able to determine that these cells were in fact mesenchymal stem cells. At each stage, cryopreservation was performed on one-half of the cells for use in later applications. In the not-too-distant future, it is speculated that these mesenchymal stem cells may provide a viable alternative treatment option for a variety of conditions that now need medical attention

Mudskipper fishing in the coast of Bhavnagar, Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat, India

Coastal areas of Bhavnagar district harbors wide range of ichthyofaunal diversity and diverse fisheries resources. The fishermen in this area use wide range of fishing methods and gears, which evolved traditionally and being adept extensively in Bhavnagar coastline. Livelihood of these fishermen is almost entirely depends on mudskipper fishing and they employ three types of fishing methods to catch them i.e. direct catch through digging the burrow, stick traps around mudskipper holes, and by nylon net. Fishing by using nylon net is the most commonly used method compared to others