National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The aim of the present investigation focused on a different group of seaweeds observed from Veraval and Sikka coasts, Gujarat from September 2019 to February 2020, to understand their seaweeds diversity. Seaweed diversity at Veraval and Sikka coasts has been studied for six months the using belt transect random sampling method. It was observed that seaweeds were not found permanently during the study period but some species were observed only for short periods while other species occurred for a particular season. A total of 50 species of seaweeds were recorded in the present study, of which 17 species belong to green algae, 14 species belong to brown algae and 19 species of red algae at Veraval and Sikka coasts. Rhodophyceae group was dominant among all the classes. There were variations in species of marine macroalgae between sites and seasons.During the diversity survey, economically important species like Ulva lactuca, U. fasciata, Sargassum sp., and Caulerpa sp., were reported. Among them, Sargassum spp. was highly dominated followed by Gracilaria spp. The comparative study at two different locations that is Veraval and Sikka coasts gives an idea about the availability of seaweed resource diversity variation from both the sites.
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