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Benthic Macrofauna of the Andaman Sea

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Title Benthic Macrofauna of the Andaman Sea
 
Creator Parulekar, A H
Ansari, Z A
 
Description 280-284
Macrobenthic fauna in the depth range 11 to 2150 m comprised 22 faunal taxa. Of these, the polychaetes were the most dominant group and contributed 76.8%. Distribution of macrofauna was substrate specific with maximum (410m-2) population on clayey deposits and minimum (266 m-2) in coralline sand areas. Mean standing stock was relatively low (6 gm-2) and varied from 0.3 to 74.4 gm -2. Biomass of infauna was considerably lower than those of the epifauna or onfauna and the production decreased rapidly with increasing depth. Qualitative and quantitative impoverishment of the benthic macrofauna in relation to oceanographic characteristics of the Andaman Sea are discussed.
 
Date 2016-12-22T09:16:06Z
2016-12-22T09:16:06Z
1981-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39095
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.10(3) [September 1981]