Zooplankton composition and diversity in western Bay of Bengal |
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| Authors: | Nair SRSreekumaran; Nair Vijayalakshmi R; Achuthankutty CT; Madhupratap M |
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| Institution: | National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula Goa 403 004, India |
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| Abstract: | The biomass of zooplankton ranged from 1 – 90 ml/100 m3in the western Bay of Bengal from off Sri Lanka to south ofCalcutta in June 1978. The coastal belt between Madras and Visakhapatnamwhere upwdling is known to occur during the season showed higherstanding stock. Copepoda formed the dominant group followedby Decapod a and Chaetognatha. Species composition of variousgroups and their distribution is discussed. A general inverserelationship between biomass and species diversity was the trend.Diversity was higher in the oceanic realm. |
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