IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Diversity Of Seaweed And Seagrass In Arokkiyapuram, Kanyakumari Coast, Tamil Nadu, India

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R. SARAVANAVEL AND Dr. M. MATHEVAN PILLAI

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Study on the distribution of seaweed and seagrases resources in Kanyakumari region was carried out for a period of one year from December 2020 to December 2021 by making monthly collection of Seaweeds and seagrass from intertidal and subtidal regions at one stations (Arockiapuram) along the south east coast of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. Totally 39 genera and 84 seaweed species belonging to Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta were recorded. The following six seaweed species namely Ulva faciata, cheatomorpha antenna Ceramium spp, Sargassum whgiti, Gracialaria carticata, Padina tetrastomatica and are commonly distributed in entire study period. Three species of seagrasses Cymodocea serrulata. Halophila ovails and H. ovalis were also recorded.

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