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Macrobenthos from littoral areas off Visakhapatnam, east coast of India

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Title Macrobenthos from littoral areas off Visakhapatnam, east coast of India
 
Creator Raman, A V
Adiseshasai, K
 
Description 265-269
Littoral macrobenthos (September 1986-May 1988) at 5 selected stations off Visakhapatnam showed 201 species of benthic organisms belonging to 19 groups. Polychaetes followed by bivalves, gastropods and echinoids were numerically most important groups. Based on faunal distribution and abundance, 3 distinct bottom communities could be recognised in the study area. They were Clypeaster-Nassarius-Charybdis-Oliva community characterising silty sediments; Mactra-Macoma community of the sandy sediments and the transitional Mactra-Charybdis community. The study revealed characteristic response gradients of fauna in relation to sediment texture and depth.
 
Date 2016-12-09T10:28:58Z
2016-12-09T10:28:58Z
1989-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38425
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.18(4) [December 1989]