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Title Settlement and community interrelations of fouling organisms in Cochin harbour, India
 
Names Meenakumari, B.
Balakrishnan Nair, N.
Date Issued 1994 (iso8601)
Abstract A qualitative and quantitative assessment of the fouling community on a sequential,
progressive and cumulative basis carried out at the Cochin Harbour is presented in this paper.
A total of 67 species were recorded in this study. The index of dominance of various animals
was found. Mud-tube worms dominated during the pre-monsoon, cirripedes during monsoon
and post-monsoon period. A comparison is attempted on the number of micro and macro
foulers recorded from various Indian and world harbours. In India, Cochin ranks second in
so far as the occurrence of macrofoulers are concerned. The correlation coefficient of the settled
organisms was found and the modulus values are presented in the form of a matrix diagram.
To separate out the groups of foulers with higher correlation coefficient, a dendrogram was
constructed using correlation matrices and based on the clustering of animal groups.
Genre Article
Identifier Fish Technol. 31(1):12-17