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Primary productivity of some fringing reefs of south-east India

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Title Primary productivity of some fringing reefs of south-east India
 
Creator Balasubramanian, T
Wafar, M V M
 
Subject Primary Production
 
Description Primary productivity of two fringing reefs in south-east India was
studied from the diurnal curve method. The rate of production in the waters
around the reef was determined by 14C uptake and chlorophyll-a estimation.
The rates of production and consuinption in individual sea-grasses were
determined by the light and dark bottle oxygen method. Gross production
of the Palk Bay reef ranged from 4.86 gC/m2/day in March to 9.5 gC/m2/
day in May. In the Kurusadai island reef the rate of gross production was
2.39 gC/m2/day in November. Phytoplankton production in the Palk Bay
reef area ranged from 0.51 gC/m2/day to 1.62 gC/m2/day and chforophyll-a
values from 0.177 pg/l to 0.695 µg/l. In the Kurusadai reef the phytoplankton production was 0.17 gC/m2/day and the chlorophyll-a was 0.163 µg/l.
Oxygen production and consunlption in individual corals and sea grasses
indicate that the individual species is autotrophic with P/R ratios exceeding
 
Date 1974
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4468/1/407.pdf
Balasubramanian, T and Wafar, M V M (1974) Primary productivity of some fringing reefs of south-east India. Mahasagar, 7 (3&4). pp. 157-163.