| Origin and composition of seawater. Chlorophyll and algal pigments, anoxic and oxic environments. Ecosystem-level fluxes of nutrients in marine and freshwater environments. C, N, P cycles in aquatic systems. Oceanic industrial products, and marine natural product chemistry of secondary metabolites derived from marine flora and fauna e.g. alginate, carrageenan, alkaloids, prostaglandins, marine peptides, terpenes, pharmaceuticals, and commercially exploited biopolymers from seaweeds/ algae. Fertilisers and pesticides from aquatic plant and animal species. |
Administrative assistant: Kajol Jogarah
Telephone: 4037400
Email: k.jogarah@uom.ac.mu |
