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Zooplankton composition and diversity in western Bay of Bengal

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Title Zooplankton composition and diversity in western Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Nair, S.R.S.
Nair, V.R.
Achuthankutty, C.T.
Madhupratap, M.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
upwelling
biomass
species diversity
check lists
zooplankton
Chaetognatha
Decapoda
Copepoda
ISW, Bengal Bay
 
Description The biomass of zooplankton ranged from 1-90 ml/100 m3 in the western Bay of Bengal from off Sri Lanka to south of Calcutta in June 1978. The coastal belt between Madras and Visakhapatnam where upwelling is known to occur during the season showed higher standing stock. Copepoda formed the dominant group followed by Decapoda and Chaetognatha. Species composition of various groups and their distribution is discussed. A general inverse relationship between biomass and species diversity was the trend. Diversity was higher in the oceanic realm
 
Date 1995-05-07T09:57:14Z
2017-09-29T13:48:46Z
1995-05-07T09:57:14Z
2017-09-29T13:48:46Z
1981
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Plankton Research, vol.3; 1981; 493-508
0142-7873
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6783
 
Language en
 
Relation J Plankton Res
SCI
 
Publisher Cambridge University Press