Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: Survey of seaweed resources in deep water was carried out in the area between Valinokkam and Kilakkarai during January 1989 and March,l990 respectively. In the survey from Valinokkam to Kilakkarai 33 species of marine algae were recorded of which 8 species belong to Chlorophyta, 8 to Phaeophyta and 17 to Rhodophyta. Only one species of seagrass Halophila ovalis was recorded. Among the 200 sq Icm area surveyed, vegetation occurred only in 27.5 sq.km with a total standing crop of 2962.5 tonnes (wet wt).
Authors: N Kaliaperumal, S Kalimuthu, K Muniyandi, J R Ramalingam, V S Krishnamurthy Chennubhotla, K Rama Rao, P V Subba Rao, P C Thomas, S H Zaidi, Kotha Subbaramaiah
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W960379746