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Ecology of benthic production in the coastal zone of Goa

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Ecology of benthic production in the coastal zone of Goa
 
Creator Harkantra, S.N.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject Aquatic Ecology, Productivity
demersal fisheries
fishery resources
environmental factors
monsoons
zoobenthos
temporal distribution
geographical distribution
quantitative distribution
benthos
ISW, India, Goa
 
Description Qualitative and quantitative differences in the spatial temporal distribution and production of benthic macrofauna in pre- and post-monsoon were observed and the differences are discussed in relation to the environmental factors The fauna was comprised of Polychaeta (58.5%), Mollusca (18.1%), Crustacea (9.1%), Echinodermata (7.1%) and other minor taxa (7.3%) Population count and biomass varied from 25 to 7823 m-2 (X- = 1256 m-2) and 0.2 to 2251.25 g m-2 (X- = 67.07 g m-2) respectively The higher biomass was mainly contributed by the brown mussel Perna indica It is deduced that the benthic standing crop could possibly sustain a high yield of demersal fish catch than what is being exploited at present
 
Date 1995-05-07T09:57:13Z
2017-09-29T13:48:43Z
1995-05-07T09:57:13Z
2017-09-29T13:48:43Z
1981
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mahasagar, vol.14; 1981; 135-139
0542-0938
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6712
 
Language en
 
Relation Mahasagar
NON-SCI
 
Publisher Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography