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Title	Zonation of chaetognath species along the south-west coast of India

Creator	Nair, Vijayalakshmi

Description	142-146 Zonation of chaetognaths in the pelagic realm was attempted by studying zooplankton samples collected along 3 sections off the south-west coast of India. Fifteen species were encountered in the samples. From inshore waters towards the offshore region species diversity increased from 8 to 14 per station in the oceanic region, even though abundance in terms of total number was more towards the inner shelf region. Concomitant with this, species composition also changed and based on the spatial preference shown by different species, 3 zoogeographic zones could be distinguished within the area under investigation: an inner shelf region of 6 species, an outer shelf region of 3 species and a slope region of 6 species. It is suggested that the prevailing environmental conditions resulted in characteristic association of chaetognath species. Effect of thermocline on the stratification of chaetognaths was studied. The results indicated that thermocline did not affect vertical disposition of most of the species.

Date	2016-12-30T06:26:08Z 2016-12-30T06:26:08Z 1977-12

Type	Article

Identifier	0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39367

Language	en_US

Rights	CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India

Publisher	NISCAIR-CSIR, India

Source	IJMS Vol.06(2) [December 1977]

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