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| Title: | Distribution and biology of seagrass resources of Lakshadweep group of Islands, India |
| Authors: | Nobi., E.P
Dilipan, E.
Sivakumar, K.
Thangaradjou, T. |
| Keywords: | Seagrass biomass
Diversity
Productivity
Lagoon
Lakshadweep |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Present study explains the diversity,
distribution, biomass and productivity of seagrasses in the Lakshadweep group of
Islands. Seven seagrass species under five genera
were recorded from nine islands and no seagrass was found at Bitra island. Out
of seven seagrass species, Cymodocea
serrulata was found to be dominant in the Lakshadweep
group of islands whereas Halophila
decipiens was found only in Kalpeni island. Biomass varied widely from 72+9
to 944+99 gfr.wt.m‑2 among all the species of seagrasses.
Productivity also showed clear variation within the species and between the
species at different stations. Productivity of the species varied from 2.76+0.17
mgCm-2day-1 to 95.53+10.06 mgCm-2day-1
and it was in the following order of increase: H. decipiens< H. pinifolia< H. uninervis< T. hemprichii< C. rotundata< S. isoetifolium
< C. serrulata. The spatial cover
of seagrasses in Lakshadweep
Island is more and are healthy
in almost all the islands. |
| Page(s): | 624-634 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJMS Vol.40(5) [October 2011]
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