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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.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
population number
biogeography
vertical distribution
biomass
benthos
checklists
hyfrozoa
porifera
ISW, Andaman Sea
 
Description Macrobenthic fauna in the depth range 11 to 2150m 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 1995-05-05T09:57:12Z
2017-09-29T13:48:42Z
1995-05-05T09:57:12Z
2017-09-29T13:48:42Z
1981
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.10; 1981; 280-284
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6679
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR