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Comparison of intertidal biodiversity associated with natural rocky shore and sea wall: A case study from the Kerala coast, India

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Title Comparison of intertidal biodiversity associated with natural rocky shore and sea wall: A case study from the Kerala coast, India
 
Creator Ravinesh, R
Bijukumar, A
 
Subject Sea wall
Rocky Shore
Marine biodiversity
Biodiversity indices
Intertidal biodiversity
 
Description 223-235
Intertidal biodiversity
associated with natural rocky shore at Kovalam and artificial sea wall at
Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, was compared during the
study. A total of 147 species, including 32 seaweeds,
11 sponges, 6 coelenterates, 2 bryozoans, 31 molluscs, 7 annelids, 2
sipunculids, 6 isopods, 12 amphipods, 1 hermit crab,
16 brachyuran crabs, 4 alpheid shrimps, 1 barnacle, 9 echinoderms and 7 species
of ascidians were recorded. While the intertidal biodiversity from the sea wall
was represented by 73 species, 128 species were recorded from the rocky shore.
The anomuran crab Clibanarius virescens
(Krauss), the brachyuran crabs Acetea
depressa (White), Micropanape
obtusidens (Sakai), Sargassocarcinus
cristatus (Balss) and Eurynome
orientalis (Sakai) and the alpheid shrimps, Synalpheus stimpsonii De Man and Alpheus lottini
 Guérin-Méneville are
reported for the first time in India. Shannon
and richness index values were higher for the rocky shore, while the species
dominance was higher in the sea wall.
 
Date 2013-04-13T11:53:56Z
2013-04-13T11:53:56Z
2013-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/16942
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(2) [April 2013]