Eprints@CMFRI Open Access Institutional Repository (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute) · 1973 · 17 citations · 0 references
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Life SciencesMarine SciencesOceanographyEstuarine BiologyMarine EcologyMarine ZoologyCoastal Marine EcologyEstuariesMarine InvertebratesPlankton DiversityPlanktonic ZoologyZooplankton EcologyCopepod DiversityCopepod EcologyZooplankton AbundanceZooplankton BiomassZooplankton Community StructureZooplankton Population DynamicsZooplankton Seasonal DynamicsZooplankton Species Composition
Copepods constitute the most predominant portion of zooplankton biomass in the Cochin \nBackwater throughout the year. Their population largely includes omnivores, although carnivores \nbecome abundant during the premonsoon months and herbivores during the monsoon \nmonths. Seasonal differences in temperature of the estuary are of the order of PC, while the \nchanges in salinity are considerable.