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Seagrasses - The forgotton marine habitat

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Title Seagrasses - The forgotton marine habitat
 
Creator Jagtap, T.G.
Rodrigues, R.S.
 
Subject Sea grass
Aquatic plants
Geographical distribution
Coastal zone
Environmental legislation
 
Description Seagrasses, a specialized group of flowering plants, submerged in the marine, estuarine, bay and backwater regions of the world. Though seagrass beds are of great ecological and socio economic importance, they are mostly unknown to Indians. Seagrass beds from India are mainly confined to southeast coast, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands. West coast of India is represented by four species, and patches are confined to estuarine and bay regions. Halophila beccarii and H. ovalis constitute the seagrass flora of Goa, and their patches occur in the lower intertidal and shallow littoral, polyhaline (18-30 ppt) zones. The prominent beds in Goa exist along Mandovi and Terekhol estuaries, and Chapora Bay. These habitats in the country have been categorized as ecologically sensitive habitats under Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ).
 
Date 2008-07-02T04:51:42Z
2008-07-02T04:51:42Z
2004
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Know our shore: Goa, ed. by: Untawale, A.G. 57-67p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1097
 
Language en
 
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Publisher WWF for Nature-India