Acta Biologica (Jan 2018)

A REVIEW ON RESEARCH STUDIES OF MARINE AND BRACKISH WATER MEIOFAUNA FROM ODISHA, INDIA

  • TAPAS CHATTERJEE,
  • Chandrabhotla Annapurna,
  • Bhikari Charan Guru,
  • Baban Ingole

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18276/ab.2018.25-03
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25

Abstract

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In any marine system, meiofauna plays a key role in the functioning of the food web and sustain important ecological processes. Benthic research has long been carried out both in spatial and temporal scale on the distribution, species diversity, community structure and abundance. Very few works have been reported on meiofauna along Odisha coast during last few decades. The present work is aimed to review how much work has actually made along Odisha Coast, East Coast of India during last few decades.

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