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Studies on the Leptocephali of Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) of the south west coast of India (TH 125)

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Title Studies on the Leptocephali of Deep Scattering
Layer (DSL) of the south west coast of India (TH 125)
 
Creator Balu, S
 
Subject Eels
Theses
Deep Scattering Layer
 
Description The Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) is very rich 10 the quantitative abundance
of micro and macro nekton. Leptocephali formed one of the major groups in the total
nektolllc biomass of the samples collected from the Arabian Sea. It constituted to
about 7.5% of the total fish biomass in the DSL of the EEZ of India (Menon, 1990).
The leptocephali were represented mainly by 8 genera viz. Urocollger, Ariosollla.
OphislIrlis. Ophichthus. Phaellolllollas, GYlIlliolhorax. UropterygillS. Allarchias. 2
species (Urocollger leptllnts and COligrelllls allago) and some unidentified types
bclongmg to five families VIZ. Congridae. Ophichthidae, Muraenidae,
Nenllchthyidae, and Synaphobranchidae.
 
Date 2004
 
Type Thesis
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7218/1/TH-125.pdf
Balu, S (2004) Studies on the Leptocephali of Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) of the south west coast of India (TH 125). ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, Karnataka University PG & Research Centre, Karwar.