Dr. Abdul Jaleel KU ( CSIR-NIO )
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Dr. Abdul Jaleel KU 

Senior Scientist ( Regional centre, Kochi )

DepartmentRC NIO, Kochi (RCC)

Research Interests/SpecializationMarine Ecology. Benthos & Benthic Ecology

Career at CSIR

Date of Joining CSIR : 2016-09-16
Date of Joining Present Post : 2021-09-16
Date of Retirement : 2034-04-30

Contact Details
 Emailjaleel.nio@csir.res.in
  Mobile +91 9447852760
Work Details

Work Domain Scientific

Area of WorkEcology & Ecosystem Functioning, Productivity & Trophic Dynamics, Marine Biodiversity, Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Pollution

People Trained

Number of Ph.D. students supervised (Ongoing & Completed): 1
No of student(s) trained through Internship/Project Work/Dissertation :22

Consultancy/Sponsored Projects
Ongoing Completed
2 0

 Education
Degree Specialization University Graduation Year
BSc Zoology Calicut University, Kerala 1996
MSc Marine Biology Cochin University of Science and Technology 1999
Ph.D Marine Benthos Cochin University of Science and Technology 2013
 Experiences
Position Organization From To
Project Scientist Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology 2010 2016
  1. K.U. Abdul Jaleel, Usha V. Parameswaran, Aiswarya Gopal, Chippy Khader, V.N. Sanjeevan, Anil Kumar Vijayan, G.V.M. Gupta. 2021. Response of macrozoobenthic communities to summer monsoon upwelling and related hypoxia in the south eastern Arabian Sea shelf Marine Environmental Research Volume 166 DOI 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105278

  2. Abdulaziz Anas, Balu Tharakan E.M., Jasmin C., Chippy Chandran, Vipindas P.V., Saravanane Narayanan, Abdul Jaleel K.U. 2021. Microbial community shifts along an estuarine to open ocean continuum Regional Studies in Marine Science Volume 41

  3. Gopal Aiswarya, Abdul Jaleel K. U., Parameswaran Usha V., Sanjeevan V. N., Saramma A. V., Vijayan Anilkumar, Saravanane N., Gupta G. V. M., Sudhakar M. 2020. Distinctive Community Patterns with Exceptional Diversity of Polychaetes around a Tectonically Active Archipelago in the Tropical Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science Volume 7, Page 710-733

  4. Jacob Jini, Rayaroth Anilkumar P, Abdul Jaleel K. U., Philip Rosamma, Damodaran R. 2020. A novel species Spinonema gracilispiculum sp. n. (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) from the oxygen minimum zone of Eastern Arabian Sea margin. Zootaxa 4869(4):4869.4.6.10.11646

  5. Aiswarya Gopal, Usha Vaikom Parameswaran, Koovapurath Useph Abdul Jaleel & Narayanane Saravanane. 2020. Prionospio atrovitta (Annelida: Spionidae), a new species from Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, northern Indian Ocean Marine Biology Research 16:2, 134-140

  6. Usha V. Parameswaran, K.U. Abdul Jaleel, V.N. Sanjeevan, Aiswarya Gopal, Anil Kumar Vijayan, G.V.M. Gupta, M. Sudhakar. 2018. Diversity and distribution of echinoderms in the South Eastern Arabian Sea shelf under the influence of seasonal hypoxia Progress in Oceanography 165 189-204.

  7. Jasmin, C., Anas, A., Tharakan, B., Abdul Jaleel, Puthiyaveettil, V., Narayanane, S. & Nair, S. 2017. Diversity of sediment‐associated Planctomycetes in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone.Journal of basic microbiology 57 (12) 1010-1017.

  8. Parameswaran, U. V., Sanjeevan, V. N., Abdul Jaleel., Jacob, V., Gopal, A., Vijayan, A. K., & Sudhakar, M. 2017. An updated checklist of echinoderms of the southeastern Arabian Sea. Marine Biodiversity 1-23.

  9. Josia Jacob, Prosenjit Ghosh, Abdul Jaleel K.U., Smitha B.R., Abhilash K.R., Sanjeevan V.N. 2016. Influence of the upwelling events on the δ13C and δ18O of the benthic bivalve shells of the South Western Continental Margin of India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75:155 DOI 10.1007/s12665-015-4954-x.

  10. Aiswarya Gopal, Abdul Jaleel K. U., Usha V. Parameswaran, Anil Kumar Vijayan. 2015. Armandia sampadae, a new species of polychaete (Opheliidae) from Andaman Sea, Northern Indian Ocean. J. M B A U K DOI: 10.1017/S002531541500199X.

  11. Abdul Jaleel K. U., Usha V. Parameswaran, Aiswarya Gopal, Chippy Khader, Shunmugaraj T., Sanjeevan, V. N., Anil Kumar Vijayan & G. V. M. Gupta. 2015. An evaluation of changes in benthic standing stock and community structure off the south eastern coast Arabian Sea during the monsoon trawl-ban. Continental Shelf Research 102: 9-18.

  12. Jini Jacob, Abdul Jaleel K. U. & Anil Kumar Viayan. 2015. A new species of the rare nematode genus Paramicrolaimus Wieser, 1954 (Chromadorida: Paramicrolaimidae) from the south eastern Arabian Sea Zootaxa 3904 (4) 563–571.

  13. Parameswaran, Usha V., Abdul Jaleel, K. U., Gopal, A., Sanjeevan, V. N. & Anil Kumar, V. 2015. On an unusual shallow occurrence of the deep-sea brittle star Ophiomyces delata in the Duncan Passage, Andaman Islands (Northern Indian Ocean) Marine Biodiversity DOI 0.1007/s12526-015-0344-6.

  14. Jini Jacob, Abdul Jaleel K. U., Rosamma Philip & R. Damodaran 2015. A new species of Scaptrella (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from the continental margin of the south eastern Arabian Sea Marine Biology Research DOI:10.1080/17451000.2015.1009468 2015

  15. Aiswarya Gopal, Abdul Jaleel K. U., Saramma A. V. & Sanjeevan V. N. 2015 A new species of polychaete, Pettibonella shompens (Orbiniidae) from the Nicobar Islands, North Indian Ocean Marine Biology Research 10:10 1033-1037.

  16. Parameswaran, U. V., Abdul Jaleel K. U., Sanjeevan V. N., Antony P. J., & John E. 2014. Benthic polychaetes off Edward VIII Plateau in the continental shelf of East Antarctica Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences 43 (6) 915-919.

  17. Abdul Jaleel K. U., Anilkumar P. R., Nousher Khan K., Correya N. S., Jacob J., Philip R., Sanjeevan, V. N., Damodaran R. 2014. Polychaete community structure in the South Eastern Arabian Sea continental margin (200-1000m) Deep-Sea Research Part I 93, 60-71.

  18. Parameswaran, Usha V., Abdul Jaleel, K. U. & Sanjeevan, V. N. 2013. Ophiodaphne scripta (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae), a brittle star exhibiting sexual dimorphism and epibiosis: first record from India, with notes on adaptations, systematics and distribution Marine Biodiversity 43(4) 333-339.

  19. Parameswaran, Usha V. and Abdul Jaleel K. U. 2012. Asteroschema sampadae (Ophiuroidea: Asteroschematinae), A new deep-sea brittle star from the continental slope off the southern tip of India. Zootaxa 3269 47–56.

  20. K. K. Bineesh, V. N. Sanjeevan, K. U. Abdul Jaleel and Rosamma Philip.2011. Distribution of Heterotrophic Bacterioplankton in the Indian Sector of Southern Ocean. JMBAI 53 (2) 225-229.

Book chapters

Abdul Jaleel K. U., Anil Kumar P. R., Rosamma Philip. 2019. Impact of OMZ on standing stock and composition of macrofauna along the Eastern Arabian Sea margin. Directorate of Public Relations and Publications CUSAT, Kochi, India.

Abdulaziz Anas, Jasmin C., Abdul Jaleel K.U. 2019.Host-microbe interactions in the benthic ecosystems; Directorate of Public Relations and Publications CUSAT, Kochi, India.

Publications in Conference Proceedings / Reports:

  Papers presented in conferences   :  19
  Technical reports     :  9
 Professional Interests
Marine Biology, Benthos and Benthic ecology, Systematics, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Monitoring, Trophodynamics
 Professional Membership
Life time Member : Society of Marine Biologists
Life time Member: Ocean Society of India
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