Muddy waters: As mud banks along the southwest coast of India dwindle, several concerns and societal implications have been articulated regarding this unique oceanographic phenomenon

Kumar, P.K. Dinesh (2017) Muddy waters: As mud banks along the southwest coast of India dwindle, several concerns and societal implications have been articulated regarding this unique oceanographic phenomenon. Samudra Report (75). pp. 30-32. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Decades back, at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C, there used to be a regular show in wide screen on ‘Mud Banks of Kerala’—an awe-inspiring event which was given equal importance to the launch of a space mission or an expedition to the rain forests of the Amazon! Mud banks (locally called Chakara) appear in the south Indian state of Kerala in the littoral zones of the Arabian Sea during the summer southwest monsoon and remain calm with exceptional biological production and represent a unique oceanographic phenomenon.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1003
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, India, Fish Production, Monsoon, Livelihoods, Sustainable Fisheries
Subjects:	Disasters and Climate Change
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2021 08:04
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2022 09:06
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1569

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