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Seasonal changes in the zooplankton population in the Cochin backwater (A south Indian estuary)
Wellershaus, S. (1974). Seasonal changes in the zooplankton population in the Cochin backwater (A south Indian estuary). Hydrobiol. Bull. 8(1-2): 213-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02254921
In: Hydrobiological Bulletin. Netherlands Hydrobiological Society: Amsterdam. ISSN 0165-1404; e-ISSN 2214-708X, more
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(1974). Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ecology and Physiology of the Brackish Environment, Amsterdam, September 4-7, 1973. Organized by the Netherlands Hydrobiological Society in honour of the Dutch hydrobiologist Dr. H.C. Redeke (1873-1945). Hydrobiological Bulletin, 8(1-2). Netherlands Hydrobiological Society: Amsterdam. 252 pp., more
Peer reviewed article  
Keywords
    Aquatic communities > Plankton > Zooplankton
    Temporal variations > Periodic variations > Seasonal variations
    Brackish water
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  • Wellershaus, S.
Abstract
    (1) The seaward part of the Cochin Backwater accommodates different types of zooplankton communities. (2) Some copepods and meroplanktonic larvae pre-dominante in the plankton. (3) Abundance and diversity of the micro-zooplankton are positively correlated to salinity which indicates the type of water: mixture of fresh with seawater and the origin of the water: river, estuarine or marine. (4) The rain-dependent oligohaline water-community is poor and cannot develop due to short duration of this condition. The 'true estuarine' community is the richest and the most diverse containing estuarine and marine and euryhaline marine species. (5) The types of community present at a given point in the Backwater are transported to this point along with their original water.
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