Assessment of seagrass biomass and coastal land forms along palk strait

作者：Gokulakrishnan Ramasamy; Ravikumar Sundaram^*

来源：Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 2016, 45(8): 1035-1041.

• Coastal Landforms
• Seagrass biomass
• Seagrass deposition
• Cymodocea serrulata
• Syringodium isoetifolium
• Palk Strait

Present study was made an attempt to assess the onshore seagrass biomass and off shore seagrass deposition. Maximum total biomass of Cymodocea serrulata (571.2+/-78.94 g.dry wt/m(2)) and Syringodium isoetifolium (240 +/- 24.92 g.dry wt/m(2)) were recorded in Thondi during the month of December-2011. Maximum total biomass of Halodule pthifblia (145.6 +/- 57.41 g.dry wt/m(2)) and Halophila ovalis (142.4 +/- 21.83 g.dry wt/m(2)) were recorded in Manamelkudi during the month of December-2011. Several seagrass parameters viz., above ground biomass, below ground biomass, canopy height, percentage coverage, above and below ground biomass ratio were also examined in this study. Maximum deposition of Cymodocea serrulata (10.73 +/- 0.08 Kg.drywt/m(2)) and Syringodium isoetifoliwn (7.93 +/- 0.03 Kg.drywt/m(2)) were recorded at Thondi coastal area during the month of May-2012. The survey provides enormous information on the seagrass biomass and seagrass deposition along the Palk Strait coast.

• 出版日期2016-8