Author:
Ganapati Ramesh Naik ,Manisha Nitin Kulkarni ,Indap Madhavi Manohar
Abstract
Foraminifera have been used in biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental research. They are useful environmental indicators for monitoring the marine environment. Intertidal sediment samples were analysed for their diversity in relation to physicochemical parameters and sediment characteristics along the Mumbai coast of India. Thirty-five species were found, divided into five orders and 18 families. The orders Rotaliida and Miliolida were identified to be dominant. Foraminifera were observed to be inversely related to sand particle size in relation to sediment and physicochemical parameters of water. Canonical correlation analysis explained the relationship between species abundance and water physicochemical parameters.
Publisher
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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