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16054
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University of Karachi. Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre
Publication Date:
2021-06-26
Description:
Zooplankton standing crop and proximate principals were estimated for 8 coastal and 13 oceanic stations of the northern Arabian Sea during March 1991. Biomass did not show any significant difference (p 〈 0.05) between coastal and oceanic waters. Protein was the principal biochemical component among proximate principals with an average value of 29.6% in coastal and 34.2% in the oceanic zone, suggesting that protein form a major metabolic reserve. Other components such as lipids and carbohydrate seem to be low in tropical zooplankton. The organic carbon and caloric density did not show significant correlation. Average caloric density was 2.5 k.cal super(-1). The average standing stock was 9.25 mg m super(-3) and 5.90 mg m super(-3) for coastal and oceanic water, respectively. Coastal region is more productive than oceanic region in terms of standing crop, as expected.
Keywords:
Biology
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Chemistry
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coastal waters
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biomass
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biochemical composition
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chemical composition
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zooplankton
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marine
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Arabian sea
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
article
Format:
application/pdf
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application/pdf
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