WATER-QUALITY AND BENTHIC FAUNA OF THE KAYAMKULAM BACKWATERS AND ARATTUPUZHA COAST ALONG SOUTH-WEST COAST OF INDIA

Authors
DEVI LP NATARAJAN P AMMAL GS AZIS PKA
Citation
Lp. Devi et al., WATER-QUALITY AND BENTHIC FAUNA OF THE KAYAMKULAM BACKWATERS AND ARATTUPUZHA COAST ALONG SOUTH-WEST COAST OF INDIA, Indian journal of marine sciences, 25(3), 1996, pp. 264-267
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Indian journal of marine sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03795136
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
264 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-5136(1996)25:3<264:WABFOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The benthic fauna of the Kayamkulam backwater and adjacent sea compose d mainly of foraminiferans, polychaetes, nematodes, amphipods. isopods and bivalves. The population density varied between 900-76000/m(2) in October and 1020-60000/m(2) in May. Foraminiferans were the predomina nt group in the sea and in the marine zone of the backwater. Polychaet es ranked second in terms of the species composition followed by bival ves. Amphipods were the predominant group in the upper reaches of the backwater.