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Secondary production and zooplankton abundance in the coastal waters from Vengurla to Malpe, west coast of India

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Title Secondary production and zooplankton abundance in the coastal waters from Vengurla to Malpe, west coast of India
 
Creator Goswami, S.C.
 
Subject Aquatic Ecology, Productivity
pelagic fisheries
correlation
secondary production
vertical distribution
abundance
zooplankton
ISW, India, Maharashtra
 
Description Secondary production and zooplankton abundance in surface and vertical hauls at different stations along 7 transects from Vengurla to Malpe, Maharashtra, India were studied. Zooplankton production varied with the depth of sampling station and type of haul taken. Secondary production values were slightly higher for the vertical (av. 26.17 mg C m/2 d/1) than for the surface samples (av. 24.5 mg C m/2 d/1). Highest (47.83 mg C m/2 d/1) and lowest (14.97 mg C m/2 d/1) values were obtained at 20 and 5 m depth stations. Copepods constituted the major component of zooplankton community (77.6 to 89.92%). Cladocerans, chaetognaths and decapod larvae were abundant between 20 to 30 m depths which are the traditional fishing grounds. Relationship between zooplankton abundance and pelagic fishery in the studied area is discussed
 
Date 1995-05-19T10:01:08Z
2017-09-29T13:48:27Z
1995-05-19T10:01:08Z
2017-09-29T13:48:27Z
1985
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.14; 1985; 85-92
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6364
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR