Meiofauna of some sandy beaches of Andaman Islands

dc.contributor.author	Ansari, Z.A.
dc.contributor.author	Ingole, B.S.
dc.date.accessioned	1995-05-11T10:00:56Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-29T13:48:36Z
dc.date.available	1995-05-11T10:00:56Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-29T13:48:36Z
dc.date.issued	1983
dc.identifier.citation	Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.12; 1983; 245-246
dc.identifier.issn	0379-5136
dc.identifier.uri	http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6537
dc.description.abstract	Comparatively high meiofauna numbers were recorded from beaches having fine sand particles than those having coarse to medium sand particles The fauna was dominated mainly by nematodes (53.7%), harpacticoids (13.7%) and polychaetes (12.8%) On all the beaches, meiofauna concentrated in the upper 4 cm layer of the sediment Nematodes, polychaetes and oligochaetes were present throughout the column of 10 cm core
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	CSIR-NISCAIR
dc.relation.ispartof	Indian J Mar Sci
dc.relation.isreferencedby	SCI
dc.subject	Aquatic Communities
dc.subject.other	beaches
dc.subject.other	vertical distribution
dc.subject.other	abundance
dc.subject.other	meiobenthos
dc.subject.other	ISW, India, Andaman I.
dc.title	Meiofauna of some sandy beaches of Andaman Islands
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.affiliation.author	CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India