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Validity of zooplankton biomass estimates and energy equivalent in the Indian Ocean

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Title Validity of zooplankton biomass estimates and energy equivalent in the Indian Ocean
 
Creator Dalal, S.G.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
organic carbon
biochemical composition
biological production
neritic province
energy
approximation
biomass
zooplankton
ISW, Indian Ocean
 
Description Analysis of the published data on zooplankton biomass in the Indian Ocean reveals that due to omission of data from highly productive neritic Waters, the projected values of 519 x 10 6 tons become underestimated by 91 x 10 6 tons. Similarly, as deduced from the data on biochemical composition and energy content, it is evident that zooplankton of the Indian Ocean contains on an average 2.7% organic carbon, rather than the widely quoted value of 6.5%. The biomass production in terms of organic carbon estimated to be 3.5 and 12.9 x 106tons for shelf and offshore regions respectively in the Indian Ocean thus stands corrected
 
Date 1995-06-10T10:01:15Z
2017-09-29T13:48:23Z
1995-06-10T10:01:15Z
2017-09-29T13:48:23Z
1986
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.15; 1986; 264-266
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6275
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR