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Production and zooplankton community structure in the lagoon and surrounding sea at Kavaratti atoll (Lakshadweep)

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Title Production and zooplankton community structure in the lagoon and surrounding sea at Kavaratti atoll (Lakshadweep)
 
Creator Goswami, S.C.
 
Subject Aquatic Ecology, Productivity
physicochemical properties
community composition
secondary production
zooplankton
ISW, India, Laccadive I., Kavaratti Atoll
 
Description Higher values for the environmental parameters were generally obtained for the lagoon stations. Average values of pH, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and phosphate-phosphorus, nitrate-nitrogen, silicate and silicon in the lagoon were 7.5, 31.6 degrees C, 35.7 x 10/3, ml.l/1 and 0.8, 1.5 and 3.6 mu g-at.l/1 respectively. Fluctuations in the secondary production were greater in the surrounding sea (19.9 to 44.8 mgC.m/2.d/1) than at lagoon (6.6 to 15.7 mgC.m/2 d/1). Zooplankton community structure was more diverse in the former. The lagoon fauna was characterised by epibenthic forms and zooplankton population was much less compared to the surrounding sea. This depletion in zooplankton may be due to their consumption by the coral reef community when water passes from surrounding sea to lagoon
 
Date 1995-05-11T10:00:56Z
2017-09-29T13:48:37Z
1995-05-11T10:00:56Z
2017-09-29T13:48:37Z
1983
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.12; 1983; 31-35
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6555
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR