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Organisation of commercially supporting meroplankton in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve areas, southeast coast of India

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Title Organisation of commercially supporting meroplankton in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve areas, southeast coast of India
 
Creator Krishnamoorthy, P
Subramanian, P
 
Description 211-215
The samples
were collected along the southeast coast of India
at three different stations -st 1 is nearer to Mandapam in Palk Bay, st
2 nearer to Mandapam, the head of Gulf of Mannar and st 3 nearer to Kudankulam,
the foot of Gulf of Mannar. The Palk Bay and
Gulf of Mannar (near Mandapam) are coral
dominated, partially closed shallow seas, harbour rich flora and fauna.
Kudankulam is directly exposed to open sea with rocky patches of sandy bottom.
The highest species diversity was encountered in st 2 followed by st 3 and st 1
(2.18 > 2.1 > 1.9) indicates the high fertility and optimal environmental

conditions of Gulf of Mannar. It was also underscored by high species
evenness at st 2 followed st 3 and st 1 (1.5 > 1.4 >1.3). The influence
of west coast current, and conglomeration of open ocean species causes the
maximum of species
richness
at st 3, which is followed by st 2 and st 1 (3.26 >.3.13 > 3.0).
Dominance index (79.3 > 74.6 > 71.6) was found maximum at st 2 followed
by st 1 and st 3 denote protective nature of coral beds for these young ones at
Gulf of Mannar and Palk
Bay.
 
Date 2014-01-15T09:04:37Z
2014-01-15T09:04:37Z
1999-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25693
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.28(2) [June 1999]