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dc.contributor.authorDesai, B.N.
dc.contributor.authorGajbhiye, S.N.
dc.contributor.authorJiyalalRam, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorNair, V.R.
dc.date.accessioned1995-05-11T10:00:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-29T13:48:35Z
dc.date.available1995-05-11T10:00:56Z
dc.date.available2017-09-29T13:48:35Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.identifier.citationMahasagar, vol.16(3); 1983; 281-291
dc.identifier.issn0542-0938
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6512
dc.description.abstractAn assessment of the zooplankton biomass and composition in Kolak Par, Damanganga and Auranga estuaries was made. Among these four rivers pollution is severe in the first two, moderate in Damanganga and good water quality prevailed in Auranga. The extent of variability in the distribution of zooplankton was in accordance with the intensity of pollution. In the unpolluted estuary zooplankton biomass varied from 1.8 to 10.06 ml/100 m@u3@@ and mean secondary production amounted to 80 mg C/100 m@u3@@/day. The intensely polluted estuaries are characterised by wide fluctuations in zooplankton biomass during the ebb and flood periods. The flood conditions sustained 1.8 to 4.4 times higher biomass than the ebb conditions. Mean rates of secondary production in these estuaries were 138 mg C/100 m@u3@@ /day (Par) and 265 mg C/100 m@u3@@ / day (Kolak). In the moderately polluted estuary the rate of secondary production was 109 mg C/100 m@u3@@ /day. Dominance of zooplankton groups varied with level of pollution in the unpolluted estuary invariably copepods were predominant. In the polluted estuaries during ebb tide gastropods, mysids and polychaetes formed the major part of the zooplankton. Diversity of different groups of zooplankton was relatively low in polluted estuaries
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIndian Association for Limnology and Oceanography
dc.relation.ispartofMahasagar
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNON-SCI
dc.subjectAquatic Communities
dc.subjectAquatic Pollution
dc.subject.otherzooplankton
dc.subject.otherbiomass
dc.subject.othercheck lists
dc.subject.othercommunity composition
dc.subject.otherdominant species
dc.subject.otherbrackishwater pollution
dc.subject.othercomparative studies
dc.subject.otherseasonal distribution
dc.subject.otherseasonal variations
dc.subject.otherISW, India, Gujarat
dc.titleComparative account on zooplankton in polluted and unpolluted estuaries of Gujarat
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Bombay, Maharastra, India


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