Meiofauna of the western continental shelf of India, Arabian Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 665-674

  Sajan, S ^a   Joydas, T V ^a   Damodaran, R ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; community structure; depth variation; free living marine nematodes; India; Meiofauna; West coast

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOMINANCE; MEIOFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

COPEPODA; DESMODORA; DORYLAIMOPSIS; HALALAIMUS; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA; THERISTUS; TRICOMA;

EID: 74749102302     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.034     Document Type: Article

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