Organic production in Indian waters

Studies on the quantitative and qualitative distribution of the standing crop of plankton in the Indian coastal waters have been fairly extensive. But investigations on the production of organic matter which enable us to assess the relative fertility of the various regions of the sea are of recent development. Systematic measurements on the production of matter in the southeast coast of India and recent measurements from the west coast together with the information already available on the nutrient salts enable us to draw a general picture of the productivity of the Indian waters