Zooplankton Abundance of the Andaman Sea
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Zooplankton Abundance of the Andaman Sea
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Creator |
Madhupratap, M
Achuthankutty, C T Nair, S R Sreekumaran Nair, Vijayalakshmi R |
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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. |
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2016-12-22T09:03:24Z
2016-12-22T09:03:24Z 1981-09 |
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Article
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0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39089 |
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en_US
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Rights |
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
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Publisher |
NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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Source |
IJMS Vol.10(3) [September 1981]
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