Vishnu Perumthuruthil Suseelan

Publications:

• Suseelan, V.P., Costa, Maycira (2021). Dynamics of Phytoplankton Biomass in the Gulf of Alaska Derived from Sentinel 3 OLCI Imagery. Submitted an extended abstract to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Report. Conference on the Winter Ecology of Pacific Salmon: Results from the 2019 and 2020 Gulf of Alaska Expedition.
• Shaju S.S, Sreekutty C. Prasad, Vishnu P.S., Amir Kumar Samal, Nandini Menon, Nashad M, K.A Mathew, A.K Abdul Nazar and Grinson George (2019). Effect of Mariculture on bio-optical properties and water quality of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 29 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100618
• S. Vishnu, S.S. Shaju, S.P. Tiwari, Nandini Menon, M. Nashad, C. Ajith Joseph, Mini Raman, Mohamed Hatha, M.P. Prabhakaran, A. Mohandas (2018). Seasonal Variability in Bio-optical Properties along the Coastal Waters off Cochin. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 66. 184-195 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.12.002.
• Soumya Krishnankutty, Ajith Joseph, C., Vincent, P.D., Jabir, T., Vishnu, P.S., Saramma, A.V. and A.A. Mohamed Hatha (2017).  Hydrography, Seasonal Diversity, Distribution and Abundance of Phytoplankton in Coastal Waters off Cochin - Southeastern Arabian Sea. 48 (03). 319-326.

Presentations:

• Vishnu P S, Hongyan Xi, Justin Del Belluz, Midhun Sha Hussain, Astrid Bracher, Maycira Costa. “Retrieval of dominant phytoplankton groups in the west coast of Canada using OLCI Sentinel 3 data”. Abstract submitted to the 2022 Ocean Science Meeting.
• Vishnu P S, Hongyan Xi, Justin Del Belluz, Midhun Sha Hussain, Astrid Bracher, Maycira Costa. “Phytoplankton community composition in the Gulf of Alaska determined using CHEMTAX and OLCI Sentinel 3 satellite data”. Delivered a talk at the 2021-PICES virtual meeting.
• Vishnu P S, Hongyan Xi, Justin Del Belluz, Midhun Sha Hussain, Astrid Bracher, Maycira Costa. “Phytoplankton Dynamics from the 2019 and 2020 Gulf of Alaska Expedition”. Delivered a virtual presentation at the conference on the winter ecology of pacific salmon on the April 20^th
• Vishnu P S, Hongyan Xi, Justin Del Belluz, Astrid Bracher, Maycira Costa. “Retrieving Phytoplankton Groups and accessory Pigments in the Strait of Georgia Using Empirical Orthogonal Functional Analysis of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Reflectance. Delivered a virtual presentation at the third national NetCOLOR meeting on the 10^th of March 2021.
• Maycira Costa, Ziwei Wang, Fernanda Giannini, Vishnu P S. 2020. “Sentinel 3a and 3b performance in the northeast Pacific Ocean: Gulf of Alaska and coastal British Columbia”. The 6th S3VT meeting was held virtually from 15-17 December 2020.
• Vishnu P S, Maycira Costa., Fernanda Giannini. 2019. “Winter Dynamics of Phytoplankton Biomass in the Gulf of Alaska Derived from Sentinel 3 Imagery”. Delivered a talk PICES-2019 annual meeting held between October 16-27, 2019, at the Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada.
• S. Vishnu, S.P. Tiwari, S.S. Shaju, Mohamed Hatha, Nandini Menon, A. Mohandas. “Evaluation of Empirical and Semi-Analytical Downwelling Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient Models along the Coastal Waters off Cochin”. Presented a poster at the second International Symposium ‘SAFARI 2’ on Remote Sensing for Ecosystems Analysis and Fisheries held between January 15-17 2018 at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kerala, India.
• Vishnu P S., Shaju S S., Nashad M., Ajith Joseph C., Mini Raman., Nandini Menon., Mohamed Hatha., Mohandas A. Seasonal variability in Bio-optical properties along the Coastal Waters off Cochin. Presented a poster at the “International Ocean Color Science (IOCS) 2017, Meeting” in Lisbon, Portugal, from 15-18th May 2017.
• Vishnu P S., Shaju S S., Nashad M., Nandini Menon., Mohamed Hatha., Ajith Joseph c., Mini Raman. Study of light absorption coefficient of phytoplankton and other optically active components in the coastal waters off Cochin. Presented a poster at the International conference “Towards a sustainable Blue Economy” in Kochi from 4-6 February 2016.
• Chithra Chandran., Nashad M., Vishnu P S., Nandini Menon. Bloom of Fragilariopsis sp. in the coastal waters off Cochin, Kerala, South west coast of India – Presented a poster at the World Ocean Science Congress, Kochi from 5-8th February 2015.

Awards:

• Received the 2020 MEOPAR internship/visiting Scholar award to spend three months at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
• Received University of Victoria Graduate Award of $3400 from the faculty of graduate studies for 2021.
• Received University of Victoria Graduate Award of $6884 from the faculty of graduate studies for 2020.
• Received University of Victoria Graduate Award of $5220 from the faculty of graduate studies for 2019.
• Received University of Victoria Graduate Award of $3500 from the faculty of graduate studies for 2018.
• Selected for the 2020 IOCCG summer lecture series held at Villefranche, France.
• Received the International Ocean Colour Coordination Group (IOCCG) travel award to attend the International Ocean Colour Science Meeting (IOCS 2017) in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2017.