Zooplankton composition in a bar-built estuary, Southwest coast of India


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  • K Vareethiah Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai -627 002, India

Abstract

Zooplankton composition and abundance was studied during 1994 inThengapattanam estuary, a bar-built system in the southwest coast of India.Fifty four representatives of zooplankton were recorded in the estuary of whichcopepods constituted 38 %. A clear pattern of species succession was generallyabsent. The cyclopoid Mesocyclops leuckartii and the rotifers Brachionusplicatilis, Brachionus sp. and Keratella sp. occurred perennially. Salinityappeared to influence the occurrence of plankton fauna in the estuary

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  • K Vareethiah, Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai -627 002, India
    Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension, St. Xavier's College,Palayamkottai -627 002, India

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Vol. 46 No. 2 (1999)

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Vareethiah, K. (2011). Zooplankton composition in a bar-built estuary, Southwest coast of India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 46(2), 179-183. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/8648