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Certificate I hereby certify that t
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Contents Page No. Chapter 1. Introd
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the bottom. Ekman (1935) described
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wonns are the most abundant group a
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leadership of Sir James Clark Ross,
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Ansari et al., (1977b) carried out
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Gopalakrishnan and Nair (1998) cond
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Major objectives:- 1. To understand
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CMFRI (Central Marine Fisheries Res
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Joydas, T.V., Damodaran, R., 2001.
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monitoring committee (Atlantic Mari
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Vizakat Lathika, I-Iarkantra, S. N.
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analysed after acidification by tit
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used as stain prior to sorting and
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space. Therefore, it is very essent
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polychaetes, crustaceans contribute
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'abundant', 'moderately abundant' a
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constricta (920/m2), Prionospio pin
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etween 0.68 and 5.85 and in norther
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H2./.l.4. Dominance (Pie/ou's index
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uansects stations it varied from 0.
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transect stations. At 75 m zone als
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Average values of northern and sout
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Table 17. contd .. ._---_. P.ehlers
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Taxa 30m 50m 75m lOO m 150m CRUSTAC
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Table 20. Contd .. Pectinariidae --
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Depths Margalef Evenness Shanon Sim
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a) b) c) d) e ) f) g) h) Plate 6 a)
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a) c) e) Plate 8 a) Atys sp. d) Gra
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(Gupta and Naqvi, 1984). It is also
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Many workers have suggested that sa
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Decrease of benthos with DO agrees
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crustaceans. This indicated that du
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(1987) also found high population d
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uue to the accumulation of OM (6%)
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important parameters were graded as
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Macrobenthos, by feeding on meioben
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a life span of about 3 months (Saja
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7.7. References Ahlstrom, E. H., 19
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Harkantra, S. N., Ayyappan Nair, An
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Parulekar. A. H., Ansari, Z. A., 19
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Polychaetes Crustaceans Molluscs M.
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Chapter 8. Summary and conclusion T
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zones. Low biomass and density obse
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production will be more than that o