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Swarming of pelagic tunicates associated with phytoplankton bloom in the Bay of Bengal

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Title Swarming of pelagic tunicates associated with phytoplankton bloom in the Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Madhupratap, M.
Devassy, V.P.
Nair, S.R.S.
Rao, T.S.S.
 
Subject Fisheries
eutrophication
algal blooms
primary production
phytoplankton
zooplankton
associated species
Chaetoceros
Oikopleura rufescence
Thalia democratica
Dolioletta gegenbouri
ISW, Bengal Bay
 
Description During the 40th cruise of R V Gaveshani, a large swarm pelagic tunicates associated with a bloom of diatoms and blue green algae was observed off Nagapattinam. The doliolid Dolioletta gegenbauri, Uljanin, the salp Thalia democratica Forskal and the appendicularian Oikopleura rufescens Fol were the main species. The phytoplankton consisted mainly of Chaetoceros spp. C. lorenzianus, Nitzschia seriata, Rhizosolenia spp. R. styliformis, Navicula spp. Thalassiothrix spp and Trichodesmium erythraeum
 
Date 1995-04-26T09:57:06Z
2017-09-29T13:48:52Z
1995-04-26T09:57:06Z
2017-09-29T13:48:52Z
1980
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.9; 1980; 69-71
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6877
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR