Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Varadharajan D

Publications

• Research Article
  Distribution and Diversity of Macrobenthos in Different Mangrove Ecosystems of Tamil Nadu Coast, India
  Author(s): Thilagavathi B *,Varadharajan D ,Babu A ,Manoharan J ,Vijayalakshmi S ,Balasubramanian T Thilagavathi B *,Varadharajan D ,Babu A ,Manoharan J ,Vijayalakshmi S ,Balasubramanian T
  
  This paper deals with the spatial distribution and diversity of macrobenthos and their relationships between physico-chemical parameters of the water and sediment in different mangrove habitats of Tamil Nadu, India during different seasons of the year-2011. Among the different ecosystems of mangrove benthic faunal assemblages, macrofauna density, richness, evenness and Shannon-wiener index were the highest and the Simpson dominance index was medial at riverine mangrove community. However, the Pielou Evenness index of riverine mangrove community was slightly lower than other communities. The similarities among the macrobenthic communities at different sampling sites were determined using Bray-Curtis similarity coefficient and ordinations of non-metric multidimensional scaling (MDS). One hundred fifty six species were recorded in developing (102 polychaetes, 10 bivalves.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9546.1000199

  Abstract PDF