Benthos in the nearshore waters off Visakhapatnam

Vijayakumaran, K (2003) Benthos in the nearshore waters off Visakhapatnam. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 50 (3). pp. 297-311.

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Abstract

The faunal composition, population density, biomass, volume of benthos in relation to sediment, depth range and lat.-long squares off Visakhapatnam were studied. The population density varied from 112 m-2 to 6656 m-2 with an average of 1712 m-2 (1311.88). Biomass ranged between 0.72g m-2 and 42.84g m-2 with an average of 13.43g m-2 ( 9.85). Volume, on the other hand, ranged from 2.81 ml m-2 to 54.77 ml m-2 with an average of 19.76 ml m-2 (13.55). Polychaeta (63 %) was the dominant group of fauna followed by Amphipoda (17 %). Various indices of spatial pattern, richness, diversity, association etc. have been worked out.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	marine benthos;Visakhapatnam
Subjects:	Marine Environment > Marine Benthos
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division
Depositing User:	Dr. V Mohan
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2010 09:26
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 15:05
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/108

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