1319 Founded: 1972 ISSN: 2582-6506 CODEN: IJMNBF INDIAN JOURNAL OF GEO MARINE SCIENCES Volume 49 Number 08 AUGUST 2020 CONTENTS Research Articles Characterization of underwater acoustic communication channel 1323 A Malarkodi, G Latha & S Srinivasan Predicting wave force on vertically submerged rectangular thin plate in intermediate depth of water 1330 using second-order perturbation equation P Deb Roy Albedo variations in relation with solar altitude and transmission factor over Arabian Sea at different 1341 weather conditions M V Subrahmanyam Improving numerical current prediction with Model Tree 1350 S Dauji & M C Deo Trend analysis of climatic variables for the subtropical region of Assam and its neighbouring states 1359 in NE India S Deb & B S Sil Assessment of bioaccumulation potential of mangroves along the coast of Maharashtra, India using 1372 statistical indices A B Telave, S R Chandankar, A S Jagtap & G P Pawar Diversity and occurrence of seaweeds from the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh 1379 Md M Islam, Md E Hoq, Md Z Ali, S J Hasan, A S M Sharif & Md S Bhuyan Understanding the dietary relationship between extensive Noctiluca bloom outbreaks and Jellyfish 1389 swarms along the eastern Arabian Sea (West coast of India) L C Thomas, S B Nandan & K B Padmakumar Trophic status and nutrient regime of Cochin estuarine system, India 1395 N R Hershey, S B Nandan & K N Vasu Karamadi - A waning practice of shore seine operation along Kerala, Southwest coast of India 1405 N M Lekshmi, P H D Das & L Edwin 1320 Stock identification of Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal, 1775) (Order: Perciformes and Family: 1411 Priacanthidae) from Indian waters based on morphometric, meristic and otolith traits A Mallik, P Chakraborty, Vikas, S Bhushan & A K Jaiswar Accessing the risk of overfishing faced by mullet fisheries and its ongoing economics in Pakistan 1416 Md Mohsin, Y Hengbin & U Nisar Economic analysis of Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) (Bloch 1790), in Pakistan and opportunities for 1425 its aquaculture development S B H Shah, M Yongtong, N T Narejo, A Jarwar, S Oad, M Ali, Y Li & U Nisar First report on the occurrence of nine ornamental fish species from Odisha 1435 S R Mohanty, S Roy, S Fullonton, D Ray, Anil Mohapatra & S S Mishra Morphometric and meristic characteristics of Spotted snakehead Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793) in a 1442 wetland ecosystem (NW Bangladesh) using multi-linear dimensions M A Islam, Z Mawa, M Y Hossain, M A Rahman, M R Hasan, D Khatun, A A Chowdhury, O Rahman, M A Rahman, S Tanjin, Habib-Ul-Hassan & J Ohtomi New host records of Nerocila poruvae (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from the Northern part of the east coast of 1447 India and first report of a fish - Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) from West Bengal coast D Ray, S Mitra, S Balakrishnan & Anil Mohapatra A taxonomic note on Truncatella guerinii A. Villa & J. B. Villa, 1841 in India (Mollusca: 1452 Littorinimorpha: Truncatellidae) S K Sajan & B Tripathy Protective responses of antioxidant enzymes against bisphenol-A induced oxidative stress in Asian 1458 Seabass Lates calcarifer P Revathi, P Iyapparaj, R A Vasanthi, P Srinivasan, N Munuswamy & A Palavesam Zoo-chemical profile analysis and cytotoxicity screening of five marine sponge species collected 1464 from Andaman and Nicobar Islands R Muthiyan, P Perumal, K Muniswamy, D Bhattacharya, A Kundu, J Sunder & A K De Tribological behaviour of RuO2 in diesel: Benthic-diatom Navicula sp. algae biodiesel 1473 J Arunprasad & T Elango Application of remote sensing and GIS for identifying suitable sites for solid waste disposal in 1479 Erode Corporation, Tamil Nadu, India K Vishnuvardhan & K Elangovan Physicochemical assessment of groundwater quality at Kashipur (Uttarakhand) industrial areas 1486 S Nandi, A Sharma, S Ahmed & D Teotia Short Communications Range extension of Jaydia novaeguineae (Apogoninae; Apogonidae) to the northern part of the 1495 East coast of India S R Mohanty, L Patnaik & Anil Mohapatra 1321 Extension of host range for Anilocra dimidiata, Nerocila sigani and first record of Nerocila depressa 1498 (Isopod: Cymothiod) from Odisha coast, India J K Seth, A K Behera, S R Mohanty & Anil Mohapatra New host record of Joryma malabaricus, Joryma hilsae and first record of Joryma sawayah 1501 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Odisha coast, India J K Seth, S Chakraborty, S Roy & Anil Mohapatra INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS 1505 .