CONSERVATION OF COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES (CMR)
- Ph.D Marine Biology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (2004)
- M.Sc Marine Biology & Oceanography, Annamalai University, CAS in Marine Biology (1999)
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
- Marine invertebrate taxonomy,
- Marine Ecology,
- Conservation Management Plans,
- Endangered species and Restoration Ecology
2020
Rocktim Ramen, Das., Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan, Sreeraj., Gopi, Mohan., Kottarathil Rajendran, Abhilash., Vijay Kumar, Deepak Samuel., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Ramesh, Ramachandran., 2020. Incursion of the killer sponge Terpios hoshinota Rützler & Muzik, 1993 on the coral reefs of the Lakshadweep archipelago, Arabian Sea. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(14), p. 17009–17013.
Emilin Renitta, R., Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., Prakash, P., Antony, V Samrot., 2020. Biochemical, Microbiological and Sensory Quality of Underutilized Marine Gastropod Smoked Products from Chicoreus ramosus and Volegalea cochlidium. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 11(1), 2021, p. 7605 – 7613.
Viswanathan, C., Goutham, S., Deepak Samuel, V., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2020. Symbiotic brachyuran crab Eumedonus zebra Alcock, 1895 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pilumnidae) – A first record from South east coast of India. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences, 49 (11), p. 1779-1781.
Vignesh Kumar, B., Anisha Shafni, J. V., Deepak Samuel, V., Abhilash, K.R., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2020. DNA barcoding of the protected horned helmet, Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus 1758). Current Science, 119 (12), p. 2014-2019.
Yambem, Tenjing., Pandian, Krishnan., Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Purvaja, Ramachandran., 2020. Truncatoflabellum madrasensis sp. nov. – a new ahermatypic coral species from India: a checklist of species under genus Truncatoflabellum from the Indian ocean. Vie et Milieu, 69(2-3), p. 89-93.
Amali, Infantina., Priya, Parasuram., Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Abhilash K.R, Purvaja, Ramachandran., and Ramesh, Ramachandran., 2020. Sustainability at a cost: An inceptive analysis of “extended” fishing ban on the livelihoods of fishers of Tamil Nadu. Fisheries Management and Ecology, pp 1-9.
Publications
Karthik, R., Robin, R.S., Anandavelu, I., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Gurmeet, Singh., Mugilarasan, M., Jayalakshmi, T., Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Ramesh, Ramachandran., 2020. Diatom bloom in the Amba River, west coast of India: A nutrient-enriched tropical river-fed estuary.
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 35, p.2020 – 101244.
Viswanathan, C., Purvaja, R., Joyson Joe Jeevamani, J., Deepak Samuel, V., Sankar, R., Abhilash, K.R., Gejo Anna, Geevargheese., Muruganandam, R., Gopi, M., Raja, S., Rocktim Ramen, Das., Shesdev, Patro., Krishnan, P., Ramesh, R., 2020. Salt marsh vegetation in India:
Species composition, distribution, zonation pattern and conservation implications. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Available online from 4 May 2020.
Joyson Joe Jeevamani, Priya, P., Amali Infantina, J., Abhilash, K.R., Durga Prasad, Behera., Deepak Samuel, V., Soundararajan, R., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2020. An integrated approach to assess coastal vulnerability versus fisheries livelihood sustainability: Strategies for climate change adaptation in Sindhudurg, west coast of India. Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability.
Mariasingarayan, Yosuva., Chinnathambi, Viswanathan., Vijay Kumar, Deepak Samuel., Kanagaraj, Chamundeeswari., Ramachandran, Purvaja., Ramachandran, Ramesh., 2020. New Distributional Record of Petal – Eyed Swimmer Crab, Vojmirophthalmus minabensis (Sakai 1961) (Portunidae: Podophthalminae) from Indian Waters. Thalassas.
2019
Ravinesh, R., Biju Kumar, A., Deepak Samuel, V., 2019. Status of marine molluscs in illegal wildlife trade in India. TRAFFIC POST – CITES (Invited article), p. 34-39.
Ganesh, S.R., Nandhini, T., V. Deepak. Samuel, Sreeraj, C.R., Abhilash, K.R., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2019. Marine snakes of Indian coasts: historical resume, sys-tematic checklist, toxinology, status, and identification key. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(1), p. 13132–13150.
Abhilash K. R., Sankar, R., Purvaja, R., Samuel V. Deepak, Sreeraj, C.R., Krishnan, P., Sekar, V., Amit K. Biswas., Kumarapandiyan, G., Ramesh, R., 2019. Impact of long-term seaweed farming on water quality: a case study from Palk Bay, India. Journal of Coastal Conservation, p. 1-15.
Chamundeeswari, Kanagaraj., Rich, Mooi., Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Hrishikesh, Premachandran., Abhilash, Kottarathil Rajendran., Sankar, Rethinavelu., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Ramesh, Ramachandran., 2019. First record of the heart urchin Metalia persica (Mortensen,
1940) from the Chennai coast, India. Zootaxa, 4624(2), p. 296-300.
Viswanathan, C., Sampath, Goutham, Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Ramesh, Ramachandran., 2019. First record of two rare brachyuran crabs: Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the Tamil Nadu coast, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(10), p. 14358–14362.
Warwick H. Sauer, Ian G. Gleadall, Nicola Downey-Breedt, Zöe Doubleday, Graham Gillespie, Manuel Haimovici, Christian M. Ibáñez, Oleg N.
Katugin, Stephen Leporati, Marek Lipinski, Unai Markaida, Jorge E. Ramos, Rui Rosa, Roger Villanueva, Juan Arguelles, Felipe A. Briceño, Sergio A. Carrasco, Leo J. Che, Chih-Shin Chen, Rosario Cisneros, Elizabeth Conners, Augusto C. Crespi-Abril, Vladimir V. Kulik, Evgenyi N.
Drobyazin, Timothy Emery, Fernando A. Fernández-Álvarez, Hidetaka Furuya, Leo W. González, Charlie Gough, Krishnan, P., Biju Kumar, Tatiana Leite, Chung-Cheng Lu, Kolliyil S. Mohamed, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata, Kyosei Noro, Jinda Petchkamnerd, Delta Putra, Steve Rocliffe, K.K.
Sajikumar, Hideo Sakaguchi, Deepak Samuel, Geetha Sasikumar, Toshifumi Wada, Xiaodong Zheng, Yongjun Tian, Yumeng Pang & Anyanee Yamrungrueng (2019): World Octopus Fisheries, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture.
Yambem Tenjing, Singh., Rocktim Ramen, Das., Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Pandian, Krishnan., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Ramesh, Ramachandran. 2019. Rapid Assessment of Coastal Biodiversity Post-2015 Chennai Flood, India. Environment Asia, 12(3), p. 91-103.
Deepak Samuel, V., 2019. Ecosystem based conservation management: A case study from Bhitarkanika. Technical Workshop on “Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation initiatives in Kerala. Forest Headquarters, Thiruvanathapuram, p.18-20.
Gopi, M., Pravin Kumar, M., Joyson Joe Jeevamani, J., Raja, S., Muruganandam, R., Deepak Samuel, V., Nina Tabitha, Simon., Viswanathan, C., Abhilash, K.R., Krishnan, P., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2019. Distribution and biodiversity of tropical saltmarshes: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Southeast coast of India. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 229, p. 106393.
2018
Deepak Samuel, V., Krishnan, P., Abhilash, K.R., Sreeraj, C.R., Patro, S., Sankar, R., Margi-Purohit, Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2018. Diversity of marine molluscs in the by-catch from lobster nets in Erwadi, Gulf of Mannar. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 47 (1), p. 170 – 175.
Sreeraj, C.R., Abhilash, K.R., Deepak Samuel, V., Krishnan, P., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R. 2018. Occurrence of live rhodolith bed of Lithophyllum kotschyanum Unger (Corallinaceae: Lithophylloideae) in Palk Bay: first record from India. Current Science, 114 (3), p. 445 – 446.
Edwin Prabakaran, T Jeyasingh Thompson, R., Deepak Samuel, V., 2018. A comparative study on morphometric and meristic characters ofNemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791) in the coasts of India. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 17 (1), p. 107 – 117.
Rocktim R, Das., Jeyapaul Joyson Joe, Jeevamani., Rethinavelu, Sankar., Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Pandian, Krishnan., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Ramesh, Ramachandran., 2018. Limited distribution of devil snail Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) in a tropical mangrove habitat of India. Indian Journal of geo-Marine Sciences, 47(10), p. 2002-2007.
2017
Brindhadevi, Basker, Jayapradha, Bommusamy, Rajendar Kumar, Rupavath, Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., 2017. Record of the rare triseriate auger Triplostephanus triseriatus (Gray, 1834) with notes on its distribution along the Indian coast. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 5(3), p. 609-610.
Tenjing, S. Y., Meenakshi, V. K., D. P. Behera, Deepak Samuel, V., Nandhini, T., 2017. Occurrence of ascidian species, Polyclinum saturnium (Savigny, 1816) from intertidal regions along south-west and south-east coasts of India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 47(12), p. 2504-2507.
Rocktim R. Das, G. Kantharajan, S. Goutham, Deepak Samuel, V., Krishnan, P., Rajkumar, R., Purvaja, R. 2017. First report of Antigona somwangi M. Huber, 2010 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) from India. Journal of Conchology, 42(5), p. 379-380.
Kantharajan, P.K. Pandey, Krishnan, P., Deepak Samuel, V., Bhartia, V.S., Purvaja, R., 2017. Molluscan diversity in the mangrove ecosystem of Mumbai, west coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 14, P. 102–111.
Vijay Kumar, Deepak Samuel., Pandian, Krishnan., Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan, Sreeraj., Kanagaraj Chamundeeswari, Chermapandi Parthiban, Veeramuthu Sekar, Shesdev, Patro., Raju Saravanan, Kottarathil Rajendran, Abhilash., Purvaja, Ramachandran., Ramachandran Ramesh. 2017. An updated checklist of Echinoderms from Indian waters. ZOOTAXA, 4354 (1), p. 1 – 63. Monograph.
2016
Edwin, Prabakaran., Jeyasingh Thompson, T., Deepak Samuel, V., 2016. A Study on length -weight relationships and morphometric characteristics of fish species belonging to three different families in Chennai waters, India. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 6(8), p. 268-271.
Deepak Samuel, V., Sreeraj, C.R., Krishnan, P., C. Parthiban, Sekar, V., K. Chamundeeswari, Immanuel, T., Shesdev, P., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R., 2016. An updated checklist of shrimps on the Indian coast. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8(7), p. 8977–8988.
Raveen, R., Deepak Samuel, V., Samuel, T., 2016. Disappearance of Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas)from Pulicat lake area, Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies, 3(1), p. 55-57.
2015
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2014. Embryonic development of the Pharaoh’s Cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis, Ehrenberg 1831) under laboratory conditions. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 44 (4), p. 519-527.
Harikumar, V.S., Blaszkowski, J. Medhanie, G., Kanagaraj, M.K., Deepak Samuel, V., 2015. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing the plant communities in Eritrea, northeast Africa. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 13(1), p. 193-203.
2014
Deepak Samuel V., 2014. Killing for pleasure – Illegal trade in marine life. PANDA, WWF INDIA Special Issue 2014, pp. 15-17.
Edwin Prabakaran, T., Jeyasingh Thompson, R., Deepak Samuel, V., 2014. A Study on the Morphometric and Meristic Characters of the Threadfin Bream (Nemipterus japonicus, Bloch 1791) off Chennai Coast. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 4(1), p. 521-524.
2013
Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar., Thangaiyan, Anbalagan., Manickam, Nithyanandan., Naveen, Namboothri., 2013. Watering Pot shell, Brechites penis (Linnaeus, 1758), A new record to India (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5(12), p. 4679-4681.
Sivaramakrishnan. T., Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2013. Push net fishing at Motta Gopuram and Siluvaipatti in Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar, south-east coast of India. African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 5(2), p. 91-94.
Sivaleela, G., Deepak Samuel, V., Anbalagan, T., Shrinivaasu, S., 2013. Seagrass associated marine sponges in Palk Bay. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 113 (Part-3), p. 01-07.
2012
Deepak Samuel, V., Anbalagan, T., 2012. Note on a freak cleft foot, bi-operculate truncate spider conch from Gulf of Mannar. South Indian Coastal and Marine Bulletin, 4 (1&2), p. 14.
2011
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2011. Experimental culture of the Pharaoh’s cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis, Ehrenberg 1831, under closed circulation systems. Indian Jounal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 40(6), p. 841-846.
2010
Deepak Samuel, V., 2010. Shells of everyday life, Crosscurrents. Down to Earth, p. 52.
2009
Deepak Samuel, V., 2009. The world of corals In: Information Guide; Workshop on Eco-restoration of Coastal Wetlands, pp 117 – 122.
(INFORMATION GUIDE – CHAPTER).
Deepak Samuel, V., 2009. Artificial Reefs (AR’s) and Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD’s) In: Information Guide; Workshop on Ecorestoration of Coastal Wetlands, p. 44- 51. (INFORMATION GUIDE – CHAPTER).
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2009. Knowing cephalopods – Octopus macropus Risso, 1826. South Indian Coastal and Marine Bulletin, 1(1&2), p.22.
2006
Vijayavel, K., Anbuselvam, C., Balasubramanian, M. P., Deepak Samuel, V., Gopalakrishnan, S., 2006. Assessment of biochemical components and enzyme activities in the estuarine crab Scylla tranquebarica from naphthalene contaminated habitants. Ecotoxicology, 15, p. 469–476.
2005
Jamila, Patterson., Deepak Samuel, V., 2005. Participatory approach of fisherwomen in crab fattening for alternative income generation in Tuticorin, Southeast coast of India. Asian Fisheries Science, 18(2005), p. 153-159.
2004
Ditty Chacko., Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2004. Effect of salinity and fly – ash on the embryonic development of the big fin squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana. J. mar. biol. Assn. India, 46(2), p.162-168.
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2004. A comparative study on the radula of three coleoid cephalopods. Journal of South Pacific Study, 24 (1), p. 34-38.
2002
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2002. Intercapsular embryonic development in the big fin squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Loliginidae), Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 31(2), p. 150-152.
2001
Prem Anand, T., Deepak Samuel, V., Patterson Edward, J.K., 2001. Gastropoda shells attached to the surface of Xenophora pallidula (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication, 25(2), p. 363 – 365.
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2001. Gastropods and bivalves exploited at Koswari Island, Gulf of Mannar, India, Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication, 25(1), p. 241 – 242.
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2001. Chemoreception in spider conch Lambis lambis (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication, 25(1), p. 111 – 112.
Training manuals
2007
Deepak Samuel, V., 2007. Marine mammals of the Indian waters – “Capacity building in Identification of Marine Scheduled animals” – Training cum information manual – organized by the GOMBRT and SDMRI, Tuticorin October, 2007. GOMBRT Publn., No. 8, p. 74 – 82.
(CHAPTER IN TRAINING MANUAL).
Deepak Samuel, V., 2007. Identification of scheduled marine molluscs – “Capacity building in Identification of Marine Scheduled animals” – Training cum information manual – organized by the GOMBRT and SDMRI, Tuticorin October, 2007. GOMBRT Publn. No. 8, p. 54 – 59.
(CHAPTER IN TRAINING MANUAL).
Deepak Samuel, V., 2007. Marine mammals of the Indian waters – “Capacity building in Identification of Marine Scheduled animals” – Training cum information manual – organized by the GOMBRT and SDMRI, Tuticorin October, 2007. GOMBRT Publn. No. 9, p. 51 – 54.
(CHAPTER IN TRAINING MANUAL). (IN TAMIL).
Deepak Samuel, V., 2007. Identification of scheduled marine molluscs – “Capacity building in Identification of Marine Scheduled animals” – Training cum information manual – organized by the GOMBRT and SDMRI, Tuticorin November, 2007. GOMBRT Publn. No. 9, p. 31 – 33.
(CHAPTER IN TRAINING MANUAL). (IN TAMIL).
Book chapters
2018
Ramesh, R., Dharmaraj, M., Varun Kumar, Muruganandam., Mary Divya Suganya, G., Sathishkumar, Raghuraman, R., Badarees, KO., Manik, Mahapatra., Deepak Samuel, V., Purvaja, R., 2018. Hazard line for the coast of India and its implications in coastal management.
Deepak Samuel, V., Purvaja, R., Subbareddy, Bonthu., Abhilash, K.R., Viswanathan, C., Mary Divya Suganya, G., Deepika, B., Muruganandam, R., Rajakumari, S., Ramesh R., 2018. Vulnerability of coastal ecosystems and habitats due to erosion.
2017
Krishnan, P., Deepak Samuel, V., Sreeraj, C.R., Abhilash, K.R., Patro, S., Sankar, R., Margi Purohit, G. Dharani, Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R. 2017.
Digital repositories for coastal wetland biodiversity in South Asia: A conceptual framework from India. In: Prusty, B. Anjan Kumar, Chandra, Rachna, Azeez, P. A.Wetland Science: Perspectives from South Asia, Springer, p. 51 – 65.
Patro, S., Krishnan, P., Deepak Samuel, V., Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R. 2017. Seagrass and salt marsh ecosystems in South Asia –An overview of diversity, distribution, threats and conservation status. In: Prusty, B. Anjan Kumar, Chandra, Rachna, Azeez, P. A.Wetland Science:Perspectives from South Asia, Springer, p. 87 – 104.
2016
Deepak Samuel, V., 2016. Biodiversity of the marine molluscs in Gulf of Mannar, south east coast of India. Editors: Shanmugam.A, M.
Natarajan, S.T. Somasundaram, D. Annadurai, S. Arularasan and S. Vairamani In: MHRD sponsored training programme on the “Diversity of Marine Molluscs” Published by CAS in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai on the 15th February,2016.
2008
Jamila, Patterson., Patterson, J. K., Deepak Samuel, V., Dan Wilhelmsson, Jerker Tamelander and Olof Linden., 2008. The Role of Alternate Livelihoods and Awareness Creation in the Gulf of Mannar, southeastern India – In: Obura, D.O., Tamelander,J., & Linden.O. (Eds) (2008). Ten years after bleaching – facing the consequences of climate change in the Indian Ocean. CORDIO Status report 2008. PP. 387 – 396.
2006
Deepak Samuel, V., Ditty, Chacko., Jamila, Patterson., 2006. Identification of Marine Molluscs In: National training workshop on marine and coastal biodiversity assessment for conservation and sustainable utilization (Eds: J. K. Patterson Edward, A. Murugan and Jamila, Patterson.), SDMRI special publication No 10, p. 175 – 213.
Deepak Samuel, V., Ramkumar, R., Patterson Edward, J.K., 2006. Collection, preservation and identification of plankton and estimation of productivity – In: National training workshop on marine and coastal biodiversity assessment for conservation and sustainable utilization (Eds: J. K. Patterson Edward, A. Murugan and Jamila, Patterson.), SDMRI special publication No 10, p. 83 – 109.
Jamila, Patterson., Deepak Samuel, V., Dan Wilhelmson., 2006. Role of fisherwomen in coral conservation and management – A report from reef – dependent fishing village (Tharuvaikulam) of Gulf of Mannar, South east coast of India In: Proceedings of the X th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, p:1416-1420
2005
Jamila, Patterson., Deepak Samuel, V., Patterson Edward, J. K., Dan, Wilhelmsson., 2005. Improving living conditions for reef dependent fisher families In: Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean, Status report 2005 (Ed: D. Souter and O. Linden) pp 252.
Ditty Chacko, Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson. (2005) – Comparative study on the hatchling behaviour and growth of cuttlefish Sepiella inermis and Sepia pharaonis – In; National seminar on Reef ecosystem remediation, SDMRI research publication 9: 158-162.
P. Ashok Kumar, Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson. (2005) – Role of palm leaves as FADs in shrimp fishery – In; National seminar on Reef ecosystem remediation, SDMRI research publication 9: 154-157.
Deepak Samuel V and Jamila, Patterson. (2005) – Catch effectiveness and role of FADs in cephalopod fishery – In; National seminar on Reef ecosystem remediation, SDMRI research publication 9: 148-153.
Deepak Samuel . V, Ditty Chacko and Patterson Edward, J.K. (2005) – Preliminary survey on the molluscan diversity of the “Lost world” – Dhanushkodi, East coast of India – In; National seminar on Reef ecosystem remediation, SDMRI research publication 9: 54-58.
2003
Chellaram, C., Deepak Samuel, V., Patterson Edward, J. K., 2003. Status of echinoderm fishery in the Gulf of Mannar In: National seminar on Marine Biodiversity as a source of food and medicine, SDMRI research publication No.3, p.173-176.
Deepak Samuel, V., S. Senthil Kumar and Jamila, Patterson. (2003) – Antagonistic activity of gastropod egg mass associated epibacteria in fish pathogens – a possible probiotic role In: National seminar on Marine Biodiversity as a source of food and medicine, SDMRI research publication No.3, p.168-172.
2002
Deepak Samuel, V., Jamila, Patterson., 2002. Reproductive behaviour and larval development of Sepiella inermis (Ferrusac and D’Orbingy, 1848) Proc.XXVI.Symp.Reprod.Comp.Endocrinol, p. 25-26.
Deepak Samuel, V.and Jamila, Patterson. (2002) – Destructive fishing in reef and mangrove areas of Tuticorin coastal region of Gulf of Mannar In: National Seminar on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems: Corals and Mangroves – Problems and Management strategies, SDMRI research publication No.2, p. 98-103.
Patterson Edward, J.K., Deepak Samuel, V., T. Prem Anand (2002) – Awareness about corals and mangroves among fisher folk – a survey from Tuticorin region of Gulf of Mannar In: National Seminar on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems: Corals and Mangroves – Problems and Management strategies, SDMRI research publication No.2, pp.73-78.
Books/ Field guides
2012
Anbalagan, T., Deepak Samuel, V., 2012.Common molluscs of Gulf of Mannar – a pictorial field guide. Pp. 75. GoMBRT Publication No.23.
Balaji (Jr.), S., Patterson Edward, J.K., Deepak Samuel, V., Editors: 2012: Coastal and Marine Biodiversity of Gulf of Mannar, southeastern India – A Comprehensive updated Checklist. Pp. 128. GoMBRT Publication No.22.
Mathews, G., Deepak Samuel, V., Patterson Edward, J.K., 2012. Status of ornamental reef fishes of the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Southeastern India In: Coral reefs in India – status, threats and conservation measures / ed. by Bhatt, J.R., Patterson Edward, J.K., Macintosh D.J., Nilaratna, B.P., IUCN India, p .265-271. Pp. 155-163.
Deepak Samuel, V., Sivaramakrishnan, T., Mathews, G., Patterson Edward, J.K., 2012. Threats to coral reefs of Gulf of Mannar Marine National ParkIn: Coral reefs in India – status, threats and conservation measures / ed. by Bhatt, J.R., Patterson Edward, J.K., Macintosh D.J., Nilaratna, B.P., IUCN India, p.265-271.
2011
Deepak Samuel, V., 2011. Compilation Author: Identification manual for important wildlife under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Published by Forest Dept. Chennai by the PCCF & CWLW, R. Sundararaju, IFS. 2011. p. 83.
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