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Swarming of Pelagic Tunicates Associated with Phytoplankton Bloom in the Bay of Bengal

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Title Swarming of Pelagic Tunicates Associated with Phytoplankton Bloom in the Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Madhupratap, M
Devassy, V P
Nair, S R Sreekumaran
Rao, T S S
 
Description 69-71
During the 40th cruise of R V Gaveshani, a large swarm pelagic tunicates associated with a bloom of diatoms and blue green algae was observed off Nagapattinam. The doliolid Dolioletta gegenbauri, Uljanin, the salp Thalia democratica Forskal and the appendicularian Oikopleura rufescens Fol were the main species. The phytoplankton consisted mainly of Chaetoceros spp. C. lorenzianus, Nitzschia seriata, Rhizosolenia spp. R. styliformis, Navicula spp. Thalassiothrix spp and Trichodesmium erythraeum.
 
Date 2016-12-23T09:17:57Z
2016-12-23T09:17:57Z
1980-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39129
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.09(1) [March 1980]