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Benthic fauna of Kakinada bay and backwaters, east coast of India

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Title Benthic fauna of Kakinada bay and backwaters, east coast of India
 
Creator Vijayakumar, R
Ansari, Z A
Parulekar, A H
 
Description 195-199
Quantitative distribution of macro and meiofauna fromKakinada bay and backwaters was studied. Total macrofauna abundance (no.m-2) ranged from 67 to 116 and 94 to 186 in the backwaters and near-shore environment respectively. Polychaetes and crustaceans constituted the bulk of macrofauna in the backwaters while polychaetes and molluscs in the near-shore bottom deposits. Meiofaunal density (no. 10 cm-2) ranged from 346 to 603 and 674 to 1099 in the backwaters and near-shore region respectively. Nematodes, polychaetes, foraminiferans and turbellarians were the major groups constituting the bulk of meiofauna, both in the backwaters and near-shore region. Macrofaunal diversity was higher in the near-shore region. Impoverishment of fauna in the backwaters was related to lowering in salinity and poor oxygenation.
 
Date 2016-12-08T06:13:51Z
2016-12-08T06:13:51Z
1991-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38289
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.20(3) [September 1991]