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Effect of grazers on seaweeds along the Shrivardhan and Alibag Coast, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India and College of Fisheries, Junagadh Agricultural University, Veraval - 362 265, Gujarat, India

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 6, Issue (7), Pages 33-39, June,2 (2017)

Abstract

Intertidal communities, at Shrivardhan and Alibag were studied to understand their inter-dependence and co-existence as well as food preferences of the grazer communities. The present study was conducted at rocky and sandy shore of Shrivardhan (18°02&

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