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Macrofauna and meiofauna of two sandy beaches at Mombasa, Kenya

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Title Macrofauna and meiofauna of two sandy beaches at Mombasa, Kenya
 
Creator Ansari, Z.A.
Ingole, B.S.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
beaches
sand
quantitative distribution
population density
meiobenthos
ISW, Kenya, Mombasa
 
Description Macrofauna and meiofauna of 2 sandy beaches having medium and fine sand particles, respectively, were investigated, quantitatively Macrofauna density was highest around high water mark and progressively decreased towards low water mark Meiofauna density was maximum around high water mark at the English point, a more sheltered beach On the more exposed Nyali Beach the meiofauna was aggregated downshore and highest numbers were recorded between mid and low water mark On both the beaches the meiofauna was dominated by nematodes followed by harpacticoids
 
Date 1995-05-15T10:01:00Z
2017-09-29T13:48:31Z
1995-05-15T10:01:00Z
2017-09-29T13:48:31Z
1984
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.13; 1984; 187-189
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6443
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR