0000-0002-6384-6404 About
Dr. P. A. Vikas is a Senior Scientist at ICAR Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, MRC, Tamil Nadu, India. He has over 15 years of research experience specializing in brine shrimp (Artemia) biology, live-feed aquaculture nutrition, molecular ecology, stress physiology, and selective breeding of live-feed organisms. His research program has systematically characterized the naturalization, nutritional quality, biochemical stress responses, microalgal enrichment, and genetic improvement of Artemia franciscana populations in India, generating a comprehensive scientific basis for the productive utilization of India's hypersaline habitats for blue-growth aquaculture.
Employment
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ICAR CMFRI MRC Senior Scientist2025 - Present
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ICAR KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA ERNAKULAM CMFRI SMS2011 - 2025
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Publications (11)
- Comparative evaluation of pond-based happa and indoor tank nursery systems for producing stockable cobia (Rachycentron canadum) juveniles Save
- Field-scale evaluation of a fourth-tier fattening model for Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) in open-water cage systems Save
- Seed production of Pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis) in natural ponds Save
- Invasive black mussel Mytella strigata biofouling in brackish water cage fish farms Save
- Evaluation of Farming in Natural Ponds Anabas testudineus and Impact on Subsequent Crop Save
- Wetland Conservation and Sustainable Development in Kerala, India Save
- Wetland Conservation and Sustainable Development in Kerala, India Save
- Effect of salinity stress on biochemical constituents and ArHsp22 gene expression in Artemia franciscana Save
- Quality of Six Indian Populations ofArtemia franciscanafor Larval Finfish Culture Save
- Aquaculture related invasion of the exotic Artemia franciscana and displacement of the autochthonous Artemia populations from the hypersaline habitats of India Save