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Studies on the Mysidacea of the Indian coasts

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Title Studies on the Mysidacea of the Indian coasts
 
Creator Naomi, T S
 
Subject Zooplanktons
 
Description The available literature on the mysidacea of the Indian waters
centred mainly around the taxonomic and systematic aspects
rather than or. the other facets of their biology or life history. A rich
and varied m:jsid fauna exist in the littoral and shallow areas of
the seas around India. Reports on the abundance of mysid population
of the Indian seas reveal a greater concentration (74%) in the
night-time collections indicating diel migrations, characteristic of
the fauna. Thi? population density was high during the postmonsoon
(October-January) in the shelf waters and during the premonsoon
(February-May) in the oceanic region in the northwestern Arabian
sea. In general, the oceanic area off Veraval, Cape Coniorin and
the northern neritic area off Cochin are delineated as densely populated
zones. Higher numbers (150-450/lOOm^) are reported to occur
in the inshore waters of Cochin during the south west monsoon.
In the Bay of Bengal the population of mysids occurred throughout
the year ever, in the deeper layers beyond 200m. The predominance
was prominent (63%) during the premonsoon and to lesser
extent (23%) \n the northeast monsoon seasons in the neritic area.
In the northwestern Bay of Bengal and the Andaman-Nicobar islands
ecosystem the mysidacea were present in larger numbers in
the depth zone of 50-100m and 100 - 200m in the southwesten region.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Contributor Pillai, V N
Menon, N G
 
Date 2000
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4207/1/8.pdf
Naomi, T S (2000) Studies on the Mysidacea of the Indian coasts. In: Marine Fisheries Research and Management. CMFRI; Kochi, pp. 99-108.