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dc.contributor.authorRao, K.K.
dc.contributor.authorPaulinose, V.T.
dc.contributor.authorJayalakshmy, K.V.
dc.contributor.authorPanikkar, B.M.
dc.contributor.authorKutty, M.K.
dc.date.accessioned1998-08-06T10:01:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-30T01:29:45Z
dc.date.available1998-08-06T10:01:45Z
dc.date.available2017-09-30T01:29:45Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.identifier.citationIndian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.17(2); 1988; 121-127
dc.identifier.issn0379-5136
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7002
dc.description.abstractSeventeen planktonic foraminiferal species have been encountered in the plankton samples collected off the Kenya coast; the most abundant species are Globigerinella aequilateralis, Globigerinoides ruber, G. sacculifer, Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, Globorotalia tumida and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei and rare species being Globigerina quinqueloba and Hastigerina pelagica. The fauna has a close similarity with that of the Gulf Stream in north Atlantic besides showing affinities with foraminiferal assemblages met with in waters near the equator. The faunal characteristics as related to hydrology and the role of some ecological parameters like temperature and salinity have been delineated.The evidence obtained from statistical analysis of the data of most sensitive species proves that temperature is the most important of the two factors in controlling distribution patterns of planktonic Foraminifera
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSIR-NISCAIR
dc.relation.ispartofIndian J Mar Sci
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.subject.othercoastal upwelling
dc.subject.otherabiotic factors
dc.subject.otherhydrology
dc.subject.otherrare species
dc.subject.otherabundance
dc.subject.othergeographical distribution
dc.subject.otherzooplankton
dc.subject.otherForaminifera
dc.subject.otherISW, Kenya
dc.titleDistribution of living planktonic foraminifera in the coastal upwelling region of Kenya, Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, Kerala, India


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