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Seasonal distribution of Copepods in the Hooghly Estuary, Northern Bay of Bengal

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Title Seasonal distribution of Copepods in the Hooghly Estuary, Northern Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Sarkar, S K
Singh, B N
Choudhury, A
 
Description 177-180
Copepods which constitute the major component of zooplankton in the Hooghly estuary were represented by 53 species. Based on salinity tolerance, they were categorised into 3 different groups - perennial, seasonal and casual migrants, Higher abundance of copepods were recorded during the summer period having high salinity values (20.81 to 31.33 x 10 -3). Six major families of copepods(Paracalanidae, Pontellidae, Acartiidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Oithonidae and Ectinosomidae) exhibited varying degrees of coexistence among themselves in the environment.
 
Date 2016-12-15T05:40:01Z
2016-12-15T05:40:01Z
1986-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38683
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.15(3) [September 1986]