Nature has bestowed Pakistan with plentiful resources including algae, which are being utilised for the extraction of metals, phycocolloids, oil, cholesterol free protein and fertilisers. Algae have attracted pharmaceutical and synthesis industries for their commercial exploitation. These organisms include essential fatty acids (EFAs) such as linoleic, arachidonic, linolenic, -linolenic acids etc. that must be in diet for healthy growth. These acids cannot be synthesized fast enough by body to meet needs. Present research work aimed at isolation and characterisation of saturated and...

One can forecast wave climate for availability of living treasures to avoid famines and for ship routing to avoid navigational disasters. Study of wave climate is helpful for planning and development of coastal areas, off-shore petroleum explorations, marine mining and marine engineering. Very little work has been done in the northern Arabian Sea. Availability of instrumentally measured waves around whole of the Arabian Sea is very limited. Neither such data are available in published literature nor can it be obtained elsewhere. Data for the analysis of wave pattern have been...