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Ecology of mudbanks - The current system at Alleppey mudbank

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Title Ecology of mudbanks - The current system at Alleppey mudbank
 
Creator Mathew, K J
Regunathan, A
Gopinathan, C P
Rao, D S
Murty, A V S
 
Subject Marine Environment
 
Description The knowledge of the water currents in the locality
being essential for understanding the causes of forma
tion, maintenance, movement and dissipation of
mudbanks, the current system over two tidal cycles,
one in May, before the formation, and the other in
August, toward the end of the mudbank period, in
1975, at Alleppey mudbank was studied. Marked
difference in the direction and velocity of the
current was noticed between the two occasions. In
May the effect of the tides was not noticeable on the
direction of the current, which was southerly,
whereas in August, though the major current con
tinued to be southerly, the speed was considerably
reduced due to tidal influence. Introducing thereby
a northerly component. Along with the current
observations, the diurnal changes in the hydrologica!
and biological aspects observed in the mudbank are
reported.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1984
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/775/1/Bull_31-10.pdf
Mathew, K J and Regunathan, A and Gopinathan, C P and Rao, D S and Murty, A V S (1984) Ecology of mudbanks - The current system at Alleppey mudbank. CMFRI Bulletin, 31. pp. 46-59.