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The fauna of brackish ponds at Port Canning, Lower Bengal Part 1 - Introduction and Preliminary Account of the Fauna

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Title The fauna of brackish ponds at Port Canning, Lower Bengal Part 1 - Introduction and Preliminary Account of the Fauna
 
Creator Annandale, N.
 
Subject Biology
biological surveys
brackishwater environment
environmental factors
chemical properties
aquatic animals
aquatic plants
new species
ISW, India, West Bengal, Port Canning
 
Description A general survey the fauna of brackishwater ponds at Port Canning, Lower Bengal, India, was carried out The Port Canning is situated on the Matla river having numerous creeks which runup into the delta of the Ganges about sixty miles from the open sea The environmental factors, and chemical composition of the water are studied A general description of the fauna of these ponds, with notes on some particularly striking species are given Specimens of several important groups of aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates are discussed with many representative species In this survey many species are recorded as new to science The flora of the ponds consists chiefly of filamentous and unicellular algae
 
Date 2000-01-23T10:59:12Z
2017-09-29T13:47:26Z
2000-01-23T10:59:12Z
2017-09-29T13:47:26Z
1907
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Records of the Indian Museum, vol.1(1); 1907; 35-43
0375-099X
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6021
 
Language en
 
Relation Rec Indian Mus
 
Publisher Trustees of the Indian Museum