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Marine sponges as biological indicator of oligotrophic Andaman waters

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Title Marine sponges as biological indicator of oligotrophic Andaman waters
 
Creator Kiruba-Sankar, R.
Chadha, N.K.
Dam-Roy, S.
Sawant, Paramita Banerjee
Saharan, Neelam
Krishnan, P.
 
Subject Porifera
Pollution
Depth
Phototrophic
Oligotrophy
 
Description 338-341
Surveys on marine sponges conducted vide SCUBA at South Andaman (North Bay, Chidiyatapu, Havelock and Neil Island) at three different depth zones (5, 10 and 15m) using randomly placed quadrants(1x1m2). Marine sponge recorded in the surveys showed Carteriospongia foliascens, a phototrophic species, which mainly relies on the translocation of nutrients from their symbiotic cyanobacteria was observed in all depths and is well known as biological indicator of oligotrophic waters.
 
Date 2016-07-22T08:32:15Z
2016-07-22T08:32:15Z
2016-02
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/35062
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Source IJMS Vol.45(02) [February 2016]