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<p>Spatiotemporal variations in the population dynamics of a few prominent brittle star species (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the intertidal flat of the Veraval coast, Gujarat, India</p>

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Title Statement <p>Spatiotemporal variations in the population dynamics of a few prominent brittle star species (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the intertidal flat of the Veraval coast, Gujarat, India</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Baroliya, H I ; Ph.D Scholar Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra university, Gujarat, India
Kundu, R S ; Professor Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra university, Gujarat, India
SHODH research fellowship awarded to the author by Gujarat government.
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Intertidal, Ophiuroidea, Population status, Veraval
 
Summary, etc. <p>The present communication reports the spatiotemporal variation in the population dynamics of three prominent Ophiuroidea species: <em>Amphipholis squamata</em>, <em>Ophiactis savignyi</em> and <em>Ophiocomella sexradia</em> at the rocky intertidal zone at Veraval (21°35’ N, 69°36’ E) Gujarat, off the Arabian Sea. The two sampling areas with different substratum and community structures were investigated from April 2019 to March 2020. Brittle stars were found inhabited in the coralline bed, zoanthid bed, algal holdfast, rock pool crevices and underneath rocks in the studied coastal areas. <em>A. squamata </em>was the most abundant species followed by <em>O. savignyi</em> and <em>O. sexradia </em>at the Veraval coast. The current study described a few remarkable revelations between the patches of coralline algae and Ophiuroidea abundance. Brittle star population revealed major spatial variations between both sampling sites. Cluster analysis and nMDS support population abundance in a seasonal pattern distribution.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)
2022-08-31 01:24:23
 
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJMS/article/view/42393
 
Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS); ##issue.vol## 51, ##issue.no## 06 (2022)
 
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