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Zooplankton abundance in the continental shelf waters of the northeast coast of India

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Title Zooplankton abundance in the continental shelf waters of the northeast coast of India
 
Creator Mathew, K J
Kurup, K N
Naomi, T S
Antony, Geetha
Solomon, K
 
Subject Zooplanktons
Seawater study
 
Description Higher concentrations of zooplankton standing stock and population occurred
in the region off Chilka lake and Paradip (19° 10'N-19° 55'N and 85°09'E-86° 50'E)
during January and off Visakhapatnam (17°30'N- 18°28'N and 83°14'E- 84°29*E)
during November and April. The most productive period along the northwestern part
of the Bay of Bengal was the northeast monsoon season (October-January) followed
by the premonsoon season (February-May). High abundance of copepods, chaetognaths,
siphonophores, cladocerans, fish larvae, planktonic molluscs, amphipods,
foraminifers and larval polychaetes constituted the northeast monsoon maximum.
Very low biomass values were recorded during the southwest monsoon season
(June-September). The neretic zone up to 50 m depth was rich in zooplankton
population during northeast monsoon and further to a lesser extent up to 100 m during
the premonsoon season. However, a steady decline was evident with increasing depth
zones. The less saline northern part exhibited remarkable differences in the abundance
of the population and standing stock in such a way that 63% of the total was
confined to the northern region. Fish eggs were predominant during February-May
and larvae in July and January-February. The peak period of the zooplankton
population coincided with the maximum landings of the pelagic and demersal fishery
resources of the northwestern coast of the Bay of Bengal.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5157/1/29.pdf
Mathew, K J and Kurup, K N and Naomi, T S and Antony, Geetha and Solomon, K (1996) Zooplankton abundance in the continental shelf waters of the northeast coast of India. In: Second workshop on scientific results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 15-17 February 1994, Kochi.