Infaunal macrobenthos along the shelf waters of the west coast of India, Arabian Sea

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-204

  Joydas, T V ^a   Damodaran, R ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Ecological relationships; Infaunal macrobenthos; Polychaetes; Species diversity; Standing stock

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

CIRRATULIDAE; PARAONIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA;

EID: 69749099216     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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