Biomass, Organic Carbon & Calorific Content of Zooplankton from the Arabian Sea Off Central West Coast of India

78-80Organic carbon content and calorific values of zooplankton varied from 18.35 to 32.49U+0025 (av. 27.8U+0025) and from 2.56 to 4.71 k cal. g-1 dry wt (av. 3.99) respectively. Areawise off Gujarat sustained higher standing stock of zooplankton (77.18 mg m-3) than off Goa and Maharashtra. Zooplankton production in terms of dry weight and carbon equivalent suggested comparable pattern of distributio