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Productivity of the Indian Seas

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Title Productivity of the Indian Seas
 
Creator Nair, P V Ramachandran
Pillai, V K
 
Subject Marine Environment
 
Description The productivity of the Indian Seas and adjacent ecosystems such as estuaries, mangrove swamps, coastal
environment and also the upwelling areas have been discussed in the light of data collected over the years by
different expeditions and also by the studies conducted intensively in localised regions. The general level
of productivity shows much variation both in space and time. The estuarine areas and upwelling regions
are found to have a higher production rate. There is also a seaward decrease in the production. The regionwise
annual production for west and east coasts of India and the Indian Ocean in general have been
quantitatively estimated from the carbon production tracing through the yield ratio based on the
ratio obtainable in the intensively exploited waters. The possible exploitable yield from the Exclusive
Economic Zone comprising an area of about 2 million sq. km has also been estimated both in terms of
carbon production and potential resources. The productivity of special ecosystems such as mangrove
swamps and coral reefs have also been discussed in general.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1983
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1288/1/Nair_41-50.pdf
Nair, P V Ramachandran and Pillai, V K (1983) Productivity of the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 25 (1&2). pp. 41-50.