Biodiversity and seasonal variation of macro-benthic infaunal community in the inshore waters of Parangipettai Coast

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 67-79

  Kundu, Sourav ^a   Mondal, Nityananda ^a   Lyla, P S ^a   Ajmal Khan, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Biodiversity; Macro benthos; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INSHORE WATERS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PRE-MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROBENTHOS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROPOD; INDIA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLYCHAETA; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INDIA; SEASONS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PARANGIPETTAI; TAMIL NADU;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77952095688     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0817-9     Document Type: Article

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