The Biology of the Indian Ocean

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
The Unique Situation in the Environment of the Indian Ocean....Pages 1-6
Recent Satellite Studies....Pages 7-17
Physical Oceanography of the Indian Ocean....Pages 18-36
Arabian Sea Upwelling....Pages 37-52
Light and Nutrients in the Indian Ocean....Pages 53-102
Biogenic Sedimentation of the Persian Gulf....Pages 103-114
Primary Production in the Indian Ocean I....Pages 115-126
Primary Production in the Indian Ocean II....Pages 127-130
Phytoplankton Production in the Southeastern Indian Ocean....Pages 131-142
Productivity of Backwaters and Estuaries....Pages 143-154
General Features of Dinoflagellate Material Collected by the “Anton Bruun” during the International Indian Ocean Expedition....Pages 155-169
The Formation of the Chlorophyll Maximum in the Indian Ocean....Pages 171-173
Seasonal Variation of Phytoplankton Pigments and Some of the Associated Oceanographic Parameters in the Laccadive Sea off Cochin....Pages 175-185
Bacteriological Investigations in the Arabian Sea....Pages 187-188
Agulhas Bank Plankton....Pages 189-219
Plankton Relations of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea....Pages 221-232
Microbiomass and Detritus in the Upper 50 m of the Arabian Sea along the Coast of Africa and India during the NE Monsoon 1964/65....Pages 233-237
Zooplankton Biomass and its Relation to Particulate Matter in the Upper 200 m of the Arabian Sea during the NE Monsoon....Pages 239-241
Zooplankton Studies in the Indian Ocean....Pages 243-255
The Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton along the Coast of Pakistan during Postmonsoon and Premonsoon Periods....Pages 257-272
Distribution of Hydromedusae in the Indian Ocean....Pages 273-281
Biogeographical Problems of the Red Sea Area Exemplified by Hydroids....Pages 283-287
Meroplanktonic Stages of Anthozoa in the Indian Ocean....Pages 289-292
Chaetognaths of the Arabian Sea....Pages 293-317
Chaetognaths from the Laccadives with the New Record of Spadella angulata ( Tokioka , 1951)....Pages 319-327
Cumacea of the Indian Ocean....Pages 329-330
Distribution of Copepoda in the Indian Ocean....Pages 331-333
Distribution of Gaussia (Copepoda, Metridiidae) in the Upper 200 m in the Indian Ocean....Pages 335-338
Relationship of Indian Ocean Epiplanktonic Calanoids to the World Oceans....Pages 339-347
Distribution and Abundance of Planktonic Amphipods in the Indian Ocean....Pages 349-356
The Distribution of Indian Ocean Euphausiids....Pages 357-382
Studies on Limacina inflata d’Orbigny (Thecosomata, Gastropoda) in the Indian Ocean....Pages 383-397
Distribution and Ecology of Pterotrachea coronata ( Forskål )....Pages 399-400
Biogeographical Change in the Latitudinal Boundary of a Bisubtropical Pteropod Styliola subula ( Quoy et Gaimard ) in the Indian Ocean....Pages 401-404
Species of the Genus Parasmittina Osburn (Bryozoa, Ascophora) from Indian Waters....Pages 405-406
Species of the Sub-Order Ctenostomata (Bryozoa) from Indian Waters....Pages 407-408
Appendicularia from the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf....Pages 409-414
Kinds and Abundance of Fish Larvae in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf....Pages 415-430
Tuna Fisheries and their Resources in the Indian Ocean....Pages 431-449
Zoogeography of the Fishes of the Indian Ocean....Pages 451-463
Fish Ecology of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf....Pages 465-466
Some Patterns of the Distribution of Bottom Fauna in the Indian Ocean....Pages 467-473
Production in the Indian Ocean and the Transfer from the Primary to the Secondary Level....Pages 475-486
Seasonal Studies of a Pelagic Ecosystem (Meridian 110° E)....Pages 487-520
Back Matter....Pages 521-552