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Bottom fauna of the Malacca Strait

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Title Bottom fauna of the Malacca Strait
 
Creator Parulekar, A.H.
Ansari, Z.A.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
environmental factors
abundance
population density
meiobenthos
zoobenthos
benthos
ISEW, Malacca Strait
ISW, Indian Ocean
 
Description Bottom fauna of Malacca Strait (connecting the Indian Ocean with Pacific) in the depth range of 80 to 1350 m, is dominated by meiofauna which exceeds macrofauna by 12.5 times in weight and by more than 780 times in population density. Standing crop of bottom fauna in high (11.79 g m-2) and is dominated by Indo-Pacific species. Distribution and abundance of fauna is discussed in relation to environmental conditions
 
Date 1995-05-08T09:57:15Z
2017-09-29T13:48:42Z
1995-05-08T09:57:15Z
2017-09-29T13:48:42Z
1981
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mahasagar, vol.14; 1981; 155-158
0542-0938
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6687
 
Language en
 
Relation Mahasagar
NON-SCI
 
Publisher Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography