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Seasonal abundance and breeding cycles of meiobenthic copepods at Parikud island in Chilka lagoon (Bay of Bengal)

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Title Seasonal abundance and breeding cycles of meiobenthic copepods at Parikud island in Chilka lagoon (Bay of Bengal)
 
Creator Rao, D G
Sarma, A L N
 
Description 217-220
Seasonal abundance and breeding cycles of 15 dominant species of meiobenthic harpacticoid copepods inclusive of ovigerous females inhabiting the littoral sediments of Parikud island in Chilka lagoon (Bay of Bengal) are presented here. Copepoda constituted on an average 22% of the total meiofauna. The minimum and maximum densities (nos. cm(-2)) ranged from 152(November 1978) to 368 (March 1979). The correlation coefficient values determined for most of the species, in relation to ambient salinity and temperature, suggest the lagoonal copepods are highly euryocious and independent of ambient salinity and temperature. The ,dominant species were noted to be in reproductive state throughout the year whereas the less dominant had restricted breeding periods and are well spaced.
 
Date 2016-11-28T05:22:31Z
2016-11-28T05:22:31Z
1994-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/37675
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.23(4) [December 1994]