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Distribution and diversity assessment of the marine macroalgae at four southern districts of Tamil Nadu, India

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Title Distribution and diversity assessment of the marine macroalgae at four southern districts of Tamil Nadu, India
 
Creator Sahayaraj, K.
Rajesh, S.
Asha, A.
Rathi, J. M.
Raja, Patric
 
Subject Seaweeds– Distribution
Peninsular Indian coast
 
Description 607-617
Present
paper consists study on macroalgae seaweeds from Southern districts of Tamil
Nadu viz., Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram. In
total 57 taxa belonging to 37 genera representing Chlorophyta (18 taxa),
Ochrophyta (14 taxa) and Rhodophyta (25 taxa) were recorded from 19 sampling
sites during our study period (June 2009 to June 2010). Species wise, higher
number of algae was recorded from Idinthakarai (84.21%). Gracilaria
corticata has been distributed in 10 localities (= 52.63%). Among various
localities, maximum (59%) and minimum (1%) species were recorded from
Idinthakarai (Tirunelveli district) and Keelvaipaar (Tuticorin), respectively
which situated in Bay of Bengal. Higher number
of algae was recorded from the Bay of Bengal (67.7%) followed by Indian Ocean
(25%) and Arabian Sea coasts (8%). Caulerpa
cupressoides, Caulerpa veravalensis, Chaetomorpha crassa, Galoxaura marginata,
Hormophysa triquetra and Spyridia asperum were recorded for first
time from Tamil Nadu. This study contributes to the inshore marine macroalgae
knowledge of these four coastal districts situated in Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea
coasts and Bay of Bengal.
 
Date 2014-04-23T10:39:13Z
2014-04-23T10:39:13Z
2014-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28651
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(4) [April 2014]