Bottom Fauna of the Malacca Strait

dc.contributor.author	Parulekar, A.H.
dc.contributor.author	Ansari, Z.A.
dc.date.accessioned	1995-05-08T09:57:15Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-29T13:48:42Z
dc.date.available	1995-05-08T09:57:15Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-29T13:48:42Z
dc.date.issued	1981
dc.identifier.citation	Mahasagar, vol.14; 1981; 155-158
dc.identifier.issn	0542-0938
dc.identifier.uri	http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6687
dc.description.abstract	Bottom fauna of Malacca Strait (connecting the Indian Ocean with Pacific) in the depth range of 80 to 1350 m, is dominated by meiofauna which exceeds macrofauna by 12.5 times in weight and by more than 780 times in population density. Standing crop of bottom fauna in high (11.79 g m-2) and is dominated by Indo-Pacific species. Distribution and abundance of fauna is discussed in relation to environmental conditions
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography
dc.relation.ispartof	Mahasagar
dc.relation.isreferencedby	NON-SCI
dc.subject	Aquatic Communities
dc.subject.other	environmental factors
dc.subject.other	abundance
dc.subject.other	population density
dc.subject.other	meiobenthos
dc.subject.other	zoobenthos
dc.subject.other	benthos
dc.subject.other	ISEW, Malacca Strait
dc.subject.other	ISW, Indian Ocean
dc.title	Bottom Fauna of the Malacca Strait
dc.type	Journal Article