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Distribution and biology of seagrass resources of Lakshadweep group of Islands, India

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Title Distribution and biology of seagrass resources of Lakshadweep group of Islands, India
 
Creator Nobi., E.P
Dilipan, E.
Sivakumar, K.
Thangaradjou, T.
 
Subject Seagrass biomass
Diversity
Productivity
Lagoon
Lakshadweep
 
Description 624-634
Present study explains the diversity,
distribution, biomass and productivity of seagrasses in the Lakshadweep group of
Islands. Seven seagrass species under five genera
were recorded from nine islands and no seagrass was found at Bitra island. Out
of seven seagrass species, Cymodocea
serrulata was found to be dominant in the Lakshadweep
group of islands whereas Halophila
decipiens was found only in Kalpeni island. Biomass varied widely from 72+9
to 944+99 gfr.wt.m‑2 among all the species of seagrasses.
Productivity also showed clear variation within the species and between the
species at different stations. Productivity of the species varied from 2.76+0.17
mgCm-2day-1 to 95.53+10.06 mgCm-2day-1
and it was in the following order of increase: H. decipiens
 
Date 2011-11-18T04:20:42Z
2011-11-18T04:20:42Z
2011-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13070
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.40(5) [October 2011]