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Productivity of grass Porteresia coarctata in mangrove forest of Sunderbans

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Title Productivity of grass Porteresia coarctata in mangrove forest of Sunderbans
 
Creator Ghosh, P B
Chakraborty, C
Saha, A
Singh, B N
Choudhury, A
 
Description 280-282
Average total biomass production of the grass P. coarctata in a tidal creek was estimated as 260 g.m-2.y-1 (dry wt). Of the total production, leaves, stems, understems and roots contributed 29.6, 40, 23.9 and 6.4% respectively. Throughout the season, maximum rate of production was obtained during monsoon (0.86 g.m-2.d-1) and minimum in postmonsoon season (0.44 g.m-2.d-1). Above ground plant production (181.6 g.m-2.y-1) was higher than the below ground production (79 m-2.y-1). About 666 kcal.m-2.y-1 solar energy was utilised by the plant to produce 177 g.m-2.y-1 glucose and 70.8 g.m-2.y-1 organic carbon.
 
Date 2016-12-08T10:11:04Z
2016-12-08T10:11:04Z
1991-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38321
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.20(4) [December 1991]