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Response of meiofauna to immediate benthic disturbance in the Central Indian Ocean Basin

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Title Response of meiofauna to immediate benthic disturbance in the Central Indian Ocean Basin
 
Creator Ingole, B.S.
Ansari, Z.A.
Rathod, V.
Rodrigues, N.
 
Subject meiobenthos
aquatic communities
deep water
geographical distribution
abundance
indicator species
colonization
 
Description Twenty-four stations (12 each, during pre- and postdisturbance studies) 5300 to 5330 m deep between 10 degrees 01 and 10 degrees 03'S latitude and between 75 degrees 59' and 76 degrees 02'E longitude were sampled to study the effect of benthic disturbance on the distribution of meiofauna in the Central Indian Ocean. Bottom-sampling was conducted with a box corer. Total meiofauna density ranged from 35 to 45 organisms per 10 cm sup(2) of bottom area during the predisturbance period and 21 to 32 organisms per 10 cm sup(2) during the postdisturbance period in the test and reference sites.
 
Date 2009-01-09T07:48:56Z
2009-01-09T07:48:56Z
2000
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, Vol.18; 263-272p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1628
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [2000]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Taylor and Francis