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Miscellaneous<br />

Transects Nematodes Copepods group Total<br />

30m<br />

OfT Mormugao 0.53 0.00 0.13 0.66<br />

Off Ratnagiri 0.46 0.06 0.33 0.85<br />

OfT Mumbai 2.04 0.16 0.00 2.20<br />

OffVeraval 2.42 1.15 0.52 4.09<br />

OtT Porb<strong>and</strong>ar 1.43 0.12 0.20 1.75<br />

Average 1.38 0.30 0.23 1.91<br />

% 72.0 15.6 12.3<br />

50m<br />

OtT Mormugao 0.44 0.06 0.13 0.63<br />

OfT Ratnagiri 0.94 0.12 0.33 1.39<br />

OfT Mumbai 0.84 0.09 0.20 1.13<br />

OffVeraval 0.47 0.09 0.65 1.21<br />

OfT Porb<strong>and</strong>ar 0.29 0.06 0.20 0.55<br />

Average 0.60 0.09 0.30 0.98<br />

0/0 60.9 8.9 30.5<br />

75m<br />

OfT Mormugao 0.52 0.19 0.85 1.55<br />

OfT Ratnagiri 0.31 0.34 0.20 0.85<br />

Off Mumbai 0.12 0.09 0.13 0.34<br />

OffVeraval 0.08 0.37 0.20 0.65<br />

Off Porb<strong>and</strong>ar 0.26 0.09 0.00 0.35<br />

Average 0.26 0.22 0.27 0.75<br />

0/0 34.5 28.9 36.4<br />

lOOm<br />

Off Mormugao 0.40 0.16 0.20 0.75<br />

Off Ratnagiri 0.08 0.22 0.20 0.49<br />

Off Mumbai 0.11 0.09 0.65 0.85<br />

OffVeraval 0.03 1.12 0.46 1.60<br />

Off Dwaraka 0.16 0.22 0.20 0.57<br />

Average 0.16 0.36 0.34 0.85<br />

% 18.4 42.3 39.8<br />

150m<br />

Off Ratnagiri 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.05<br />

Off Porb<strong>and</strong>ar 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03<br />

Off Dwaraka 0.02 0.00 0.13 0.15<br />

Average 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.08<br />

0/0 46.8 0.0 54.2<br />

Table 9- Meiobenthic biomass (mg/l0cm 2 ) distribution during pos-monsoon season<br />

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