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Unusual Congregation of Salps Off Veraval and Bombay, West Coast of India

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Title Unusual Congregation of Salps Off Veraval and Bombay, West Coast of India
 
Creator Lodh, Neelam M
Gajbhiye, S N
Nair, Vijayalakshmi R
 
Description 128-130
During September to October swarming of salps occur along the coasts off Veraval and Bombay. These congregations off Veraval are contributed by the single species Pegea confoederata recording an unusual biomass as high as 7.3 ml.m-3. Off Bombay the species contributing to the swarms are Ritteriella ambonensis and Salpa maxima recording relatively low biomass (2.95 ml.m-3). This appears to be a recurring phenomenon coinciding with the peak fishing season, particularly that of pomfret fishery. Importance of such congregation on environmental impact assessment studies has been emphasised.
 
Date 2016-12-13T06:17:13Z
2016-12-13T06:17:13Z
1988-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38497
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.17(2) [June 1988]