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Zooplankton ecology of the Bahuda estuary (Orissa), east coast of India

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Title Zooplankton ecology of the Bahuda estuary (Orissa), east coast of India
 
Creator Mishra, Sujata
Panigrahy, R C
 
Description 297-301
Ecology of
zooplankton in Bahuda estuary, a shallow tidal estuary situated along the south
Orissa coast, was investigated during December 1990-November 1992. Zooplankton
volume, density, species composition and the relative abundance of major
constituents showed well marked seasonal variations. The annual cycle showed
bimodal oscillations with a major

peak during
May/June and secondary peak in November. The distribution of zooplankton was
significantly influenced by variations in salinity. A total of 100 species of
holoplankton and 7 meroplankton were encountered. Copepods constituted the most
dominant group. They were represented by 58 species belonging to 32 genera of
25 families. Tintinnids formed the second richest group comprising 23 species.
The other major holoplankters were ostracods. lucifers, amphipods, decapods, cladocerans,
siphonophores, chaetognaths, dolioloids and salps. The monsoon season crop was
represented by a mixture of

some oligo-stenohaline,
limnetic and euryhaline forms.
 
Date 2014-01-13T10:49:04Z
2014-01-13T10:49:04Z
1999-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25600
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.28(3) [September 1999]