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Meiofauna of the Andaman Sea

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Title Meiofauna of the Andaman Sea
 
Creator Ansari, Z.A.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
quantitative distribution
sediments
biomass
distribution
benthos
foraminiferans
nematoda
ISW, India
 
Description Total meiofauna of the Andaman Sea, in the depth range 30-2150m was between 68 and 438/10cm2 (X-bar = 247.8). The biomass was within the range 3.57 and 32.8mg/10cm 2 (X-bar = 14.46). faunal components were maximum in sandy sediments which contained little silt and clay. The fauna diminished in coarse coralline sand and clayey sediments. Faunal density showed unusually low values at intermediate depths(200-500m). At all the depths fauna was mostly present in the upper 2 cm of the sediments and only nematodes and foraminifera were found below 4cm of the sediments. Differences in the population density appear to be related to changes in hydrographic condition and sediment characteristics
 
Date 1995-05-05T09:57:12Z
2017-09-29T13:48:44Z
1995-05-05T09:57:12Z
2017-09-29T13:48:44Z
1981
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.10; 1981; 285-288
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6725
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR