Seaweed resources off Tamil nadu coast, Sector - IV Kilakkarai - Rameswaram island (Dhanushkodi

Rao, K Rama and Rao, P V Subba and Thomas, P C and Zaidi, S H and Subbaramaiah, K and Kaliaperumal, N and Kalimuthu, S and Muniyandi, K and Ramalingam, J R and Najmuddin, N and Chennubhotla, V S Krishnamurthy (1993) Seaweed resources off Tamil nadu coast, Sector - IV Kilakkarai - Rameswaram island (Dhanushkodi. Seaweed Research and Utilisation, 16 (1&2). pp. 103-110.

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Abstract

Survey of the deep water area from Kilakkarai (Appa Tivu to Rameswaram Island (Dhanushkodi) was undertaken from December 1990 to January 1991 in the IV Sector survey of Deep water Seaweed Resources off Tamil Nadu coast, which formed the last phase of the survey from Rameswaram to Kanyakumari carried out during 1986-91. An area of 417 .5 sq.km. was surveyed yielding a total biomass of 18,162.5 tons (wet) seaweeds. Out of 167 stations surveyed in 13 transects, vegetation occurred only in 12 stations. Of the 29 species of marine algae recorded 8 belonged to Chlorophyta, 8 to Phaeophyta, 12 to Rhodophyta, and I to Cyanophyta, One species of seagrass Cymodocea serrulata was also recorded. Twenty species were found in estimable quantities, of which the following 8 species were abundant: Halimeda macr%ba, Spatog/ossum asperum, Zonaria crenata, Sargassum ilicijolium, Amphiroa jragilissima, Hypnea muscijormis, Botryocladia /eplOpoda and Lyngbya majuscula with a biomass of 1325, 9775, 650, 1550, 1925,300,862.5 and 1012.5 tons (wet) respectively. The species of Hypnea and Sargassum could be exploited for the manufacture of phytochemicals.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Seaweed resources; Tamil nadu coast; Kilakkarai; Rameswaram island; Dhanushkodi
Subjects:	Algae > Seaweed
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
Depositing User:	Dr. V Mohan
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2011 09:10
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 15:41
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/7066

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