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et al., (2000) studied the trophic structure <strong>of</strong> Macrobenthos <strong>of</strong> Gulf <strong>of</strong> St. Lawrence<br />
<strong>and</strong> Scotian shelf using multivariate analysis <strong>and</strong> Martin et al., (2000) investigated<br />
the polychaetes <strong>and</strong> its spatial distribution <strong>and</strong> trophic structure <strong>of</strong> Alfacs Bay.<br />
Pioneering works on benthos in India were by Ann<strong>and</strong>ale (1907) on the<br />
macrobenthos <strong>and</strong> their ecology <strong>of</strong> Gangetic delta followed by Ann<strong>and</strong>ale <strong>and</strong> Kemp<br />
(1915) on the fauna <strong>of</strong> the Chilka Lake. Panikar <strong>and</strong> Aiyar (1937) studied the bottom<br />
fauna <strong>of</strong> the brackish waters <strong>of</strong> Madras <strong>and</strong> Samuel (1944) studied the animal<br />
communities <strong>of</strong> the Madras coast. Kurian (1953) <strong>and</strong> Seshappa (1953) studied the<br />
benthos <strong>of</strong> Triv<strong>and</strong>rum <strong>and</strong> Malabar coasts respectively while, Ganapati <strong>and</strong> Rao<br />
(1959) studied the benthos <strong>of</strong> the continental shelf <strong>of</strong> the north east coast <strong>of</strong> India.<br />
The Soviet research vessel 'Vityaz' collected samples during the Indian Ocean<br />
Expedition <strong>and</strong> the results has published by Beljaev <strong>and</strong> Vinogradova (1961) <strong>and</strong><br />
Sokolova <strong>and</strong> Pasternak (1962). Later, Kurian (1967 & 1971) made an extensive<br />
study on the bottom fauna <strong>of</strong> the south west coast <strong>of</strong> India. A comparative study <strong>of</strong><br />
marine <strong>and</strong> estuarine fauna <strong>of</strong> near shore regions <strong>of</strong> the Arabian Sea has done by<br />
Desai <strong>and</strong> Krishnankutty (1967) <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>ers (1968) studied the bottom fauna <strong>and</strong><br />
species diversity along the east <strong>and</strong> west coast <strong>of</strong> India. Neyman (1969) made an<br />
extensive study on the benthos <strong>of</strong> northern Indian shelf <strong>and</strong> was the first study, which<br />
covered the entire length <strong>of</strong> northern Indian coast. The work on benthos <strong>of</strong> mud<br />
banks <strong>of</strong> Kerala coast was done by Damodaran (1973) <strong>and</strong> correlated the benthos<br />
with prawn fishery. He also included seasonal variations <strong>of</strong> macro <strong>and</strong> meiobenthos<br />
in his study, which was the first quantitative study on meiobenthos along the Indian<br />
coast. Ganapati <strong>and</strong> Raman (1973) investigated the role <strong>of</strong> Capitella capitata as an<br />
indicator species <strong>of</strong> Vis aka pat an m harbour. Parulekar <strong>and</strong> Wagh (1975) made studies<br />
on the quantitative distribution <strong>of</strong> benthic macr<strong>of</strong>uana <strong>of</strong> northeastern Arabian shelf<br />
<strong>and</strong> noticed a gradual decrease <strong>of</strong> biomass with depth <strong>and</strong> also in north-south<br />
direction. Parulekar et aI., (1976) have worked on the distribution <strong>and</strong> abundance <strong>of</strong><br />
macro <strong>and</strong> mei<strong>of</strong>auna <strong>of</strong>f Bombay in relation to the environmental characteristics.
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