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dc.contributor.authorMadhupratap, M.
dc.contributor.authorHaridas, P.
dc.contributor.authorRamaiah, Neelam
dc.contributor.authorAchuthankutty, C.T.
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-08T08:58:52Z
dc.date.available2009-05-08T08:58:52Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.identifier.citationOceanography of the Indian Ocean. Ed. by: Desai, B.N., 99-112p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2959
dc.description.abstractDuring early southwest and northeast monsoon periods of 1967, zooplankton standing stocks and abundances were high all along the west coast of India. Swarms of zooplankton were common in the shelf areas resulting in a low diversity-high biomass community. Paradoxically, this happened when nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton biomass were low. The zooplankton `high` might have arose from an earlier nutrient enrichment through land run-off and increased phytoplankton or through the microbial loop. Distinct coastal and offshore communities among copepods were discernible. Their distributions did not show much change among seasons indicating an ability to maintain their positions in the preferred niches. Niche-partitioning among congeners was indicated
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford and IBH, New Delhi
dc.rightsCopyright [1992]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.titleZooplankton of the southwest coast of India: abundance, composition, temporal and spatial variability in 1987
dc.typeConference Article


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