Seasonal variations in the water quality, diversity and population ecology of intertidal macrofauna at an industrially influenced coast

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1505-1514

  Vaghela, A ^a   Bhadja, P ^a   Ramoliya, J ^a   Patel, N ^b   Kundu, R ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kotak Science College   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity of benthos; Ecological status; India; Industrial influence; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ARTHROPODA; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; COASTAL AREA; CORAL COLONIES; DIVERSITY OF BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERTIDAL ZONES; LITTORAL ZONE; MACROFAUNA; MOLLUSCA; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PORIFERA; POST-MONSOON; SAMPLING SITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUBEWORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; INDUSTRY; LANDFORMS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SEA WATER; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ROCKY SHORE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CRAB; DENSITY; DESTRUCTION; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LITTORAL; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASON; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

GULF; INDIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANTHOZOA; ARTHROPODA; COELENTERATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; PORIFERA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; INVERTEBRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 77952317778     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.503     Document Type: Article

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