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Benthos of the shelf region along the west coast of India

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Title Benthos of the shelf region along the west coast of India
 
Creator Harkantra, S.N.
Nair, A.
Ansari, Z.A.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject Aquatic Communities
demersal fisheries
continental shelves
coastal zone
correlation
check lists
biomass
abundance
benthos
ISW, India, West Coast
 
Description Distribution and abundance of benthos in the depth range of 10-70 m were studied. A definite relationship was observed between benthic biomass, organic carbon, nature of substrata and demersal fish catch. Benthic biomass varied from 0.12 to 190.5 g/m2 (mean 11.5 g/m2). Polychaetes formed the dominant group followed by crustaceans, molluscs, sipunculids and echinoderms. The fauna was rich in the nearshore region and decreased towards deeper waters. Quantitative distribution of benthic fauna showed a direct relationship to the exploited demersal fisheries, especially the shrimps
 
Date 1995-04-28T09:57:07Z
2017-09-29T13:48:47Z
1995-04-28T09:57:07Z
2017-09-29T13:48:47Z
1980
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.9; 1980; 106-110
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6797
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR