A comparative study of the biomass of animals and seaweeds of the rocky shore of Buleji near Karachi, Pakistan
1999
Ahmad, M. | Hameed, S. (Karachi Unvi. (Pakistan). Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology)
The studies on the rocky shore of Buleji during the period August 1993 to July 1994 revealed that the highest biomass (60%) of animals was in the mid-tide zone and the seaweeds in the low-tide zone (47%), with 56 percent animals and 44 percent seaweeds constituting the standing crop of macro-organisms. Totally 81 species of animals, comprising of; coelenterates, polychaetes, crustaceans, gastropods, bivalves, amphineurans, cephalopods, echinoderms, fish and protochordates and 39 species of red, brown and green seaweeds were collected from this coast. The highest numbers of seaweeds (69.81 and 69.42%) occurred in July and March and those of animals (98.17 and 91.99%) in August and May.
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