Introduction to coastal and marine environment, coastal geomorphology, wetlands, biological, chemical and physical oceanography, coastal and marine water quality, spectral studies, sensors and platforms, remote sensing of ocean color, sea surface temperature, ocean productivity, shoreline changes and coastal erosion, marine pollution, wetland mapping, beach sands and minerals, coastal and marine ecology, mangroves, mudflats, coral reefs, saline water ingression, integrated coastal management, coastal regulation zones, potential fisheries zones .

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