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Authors
Affiliations
1 National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403004, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 36, No 6 (1990), Pagination: 654-660
Abstract
Examination of 39 vertical zooplankton hauls from the southeastern Arabian Sea for living planktonic foraminifera showed the presence of 28 species indicating highest diversity during summer of the year 1985. The maximum recorded abundance off Cape Comorin was 3100/1000 m
3. while the highest abundance of 1320 specimensl 1000m
3was encountered off the coast of Kerala.
Based on the planktonic foraminifera, two assemblages of summer tropical Arabian Sea and summer Arabian Sea upwelling were encountered off Kerala coast and south of Cape Comorin respectively. Foraminiferal diversity observed was quite high in this region. The standing crop of planktonic foraminifera encountered was highest off Cape Comorin coast.
Keywords
Oceanography, Palaeontology, Foraminifera, Kerala Coast, Arabian Sea.
