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Zooplankton Abundance of the Andaman Sea

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Title Zooplankton Abundance of the Andaman Sea
 
Creator Madhupratap, M
Achuthankutty, C T
Nair, S R Sreekumaran
Nair, Vijayalakshmi R
 
Description 258-261
Zooplankton biomass and abundance of major groups from the Andaman Sea in February 1979 are presented. Average zooplankton biomass is 5.6 ml/100 m3 and is generally poor compared to reported values from east and west coasts of India. Copepoda forms the dominant component followed by Chaetognatha and Tunicata Estimates of zooplankton biomass to dry weight and to organic carbon content are made. The average standing crop of zooplankton is 288.8 mg Cm2 for the upper 200 m column.
 
Date 2016-12-22T09:03:24Z
2016-12-22T09:03:24Z
1981-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39089
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.10(3) [September 1981]