Studies on the succession of marine algae on a fresh substratum in Palk Bay

Despite the; numerous investigations on the ecology of marine plants, the subject has not advanced as much as the ecology of terrestrial plants, because, unlike the study of land vegetation, field experiments are more difficult in marine environments. In this connection, the studies of Gail (1918, 1922), of Hatton (1938) and of Rees (1940) indicate the possibility and essentiality of such experimental studie