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The marine environment is an essential component of the global life-support system. Marine environment is different from the terrestrial and freshwater aquatic environment having high salt concentration. Its water covers approximately 71% of the earth’s surface. This is equivalent to 361 million sq. kilometers (139 million sq. miles). Average depth of …

Biodiversity is an unique feature of our biosphere,sustainability of which is directly related with the existence of human civilization. As we do recognize ‘biodiversity’ in the terrestrial and marine ecosystems we also do recognize the same in inland aquatic ecosystems, a domain of the subject of Limnology. Limnology is a …