Marine benthos - A future perspective

dc.contributor.author	Govindan, K.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-08-04T04:45:37Z
dc.date.available	2008-08-04T04:45:37Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the National Seminar on Creeks, Estuaries and Mangroves - Pollution and Conservation, 28th to 30th November, 2002, Thane. Ed. by: Quadros, G. 28-30p.
dc.identifier.uri	http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1357
dc.description.abstract	Benthic organisms are reported from different kinds of substrate like hard bottom, soft bottom, coarse bottom and also from organic matter and other macrodebris. Benthos are in general, sessile and slow moving in nature. 75% of benthic animals live on firm substrates (rocks, corals etc), 20% on sandy/muddy bottoms and only 5% of the total are planktonic. Many benthic animals within the sediment perform periodic vertical migration. Benthos are mostly either filter feeder or browsers or deposit feeders. Their feeding depends on particle size, quantity abundance and choice preference. Their species diversity and abundance vary widely with geographical area, climate, spatial and temporal difference, physico-chemical factors and other biological interactions.
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Vidya Prasarak Mandal's B.N. Bandodkar College of Science; Thane (India)
dc.subject	Benthos
dc.subject	Physicochemical properties
dc.subject	Species diversity
dc.subject	Abundance; Check lists; Development projects
dc.title	Marine benthos - A future perspective
dc.type	Conference Article