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Diversity of intertidal macrobenthic fauna around Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra, west coast of India

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Title Diversity of intertidal macrobenthic fauna around Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra, west coast of India
 
Creator Sivaperumal, P
Khot, M
Chakraborty, S K
Pawase, A
Jaiswar, A K
 
Subject Environmental parameters
Macrobenthos
Margalef’s species richness index
Shannon and Wiener diversity index
 
Description 56-66
Diversity of intertidal macrobenthic community and environmental parameters namely temperature, salinity, pH and
DO were assessed near the proposed nuclear power plant site Jaitapur from 2012 to 2014. Analysis of macrobenthic samples
revealed the presence of 54 species belonging to 19 different groups. Highest diversity (14 groups) was observed during the
post-monsoon (2014) season. At sandy and rocky shores, polychaetes were dominant followed by crustaceans like
amphipod, isopod, penaeid shrimps and decapod larvae. Among all inshore stations, diversity was found to be maximum at
Ganeshgule (N SW30 kms). Shannon-Weiner diversity index (2.259) and Margalef’s species richness index (2.502)
indicated rich diversity at rocky habitats (N SW30 kms). The present study suggests the stable environmental parameters
around the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) sites and is responsible for the rich benthic community. The outcome of the
present study may be useful as baseline information on macrobenthos around the proposed Jaitapur NPP site.
 
Date 2022-06-17T07:00:19Z
2022-06-17T07:00:19Z
2022-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59890
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.51(01) [January 2022]