Macrobenthic community structure of the northeast Indian shelf, Bay of Bengal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-73

  Ganesh, T ^a   Raman, A V ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Canonical correspondence analysis; Epifauna; Infauna; Macrobenthic assemblages; Marine ecosystems; Shelf sediments

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GASTROPOD; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

AMPELISCA; AMPHIPODA; AMYGDALUM; BIVALVIA; COSSURA COASTA; DIOPATRA NEAPOLITANA; EUNICE INDICA; GASTROPODA; LIAGORE; NEPHTYS; PISTA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34547588333     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341059     Document Type: Article

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