Please wait...

Publish Book and Book Chapter

Cover All Subjects


Surveillance of Environmental Impact Assessment through Study of Meiofauna from Paradeep, A Major Industrially Influenced Coastal Ecosystem of Odisha, Bay of Bengal


Satyabrata Das Sharma, Sangeeta Mishra, Rajaram Behera, Debasish Mahapatro, Subhasmita Pati, Sharada Shrinivas Pati, Sumitra Nayak, S.K. Mohanty, N. Mallick, K. Murugesan
Pages: 77 - 92
ISBN: 978-93-5834-823-1


Advances in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology (Volume -4)

Advances in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
(Volume - 4)

Abstract

The present study is aimed to assess the present status of the meiofaunal community structure in some industrially influenced areas of Paradeep coast, East Coast of India. The seasonal and inter annual variation of meiofauna was considered in order to evaluate the coastal health of the ecosystem. The sampling locations were covered the near shore area from 0.5 km. to maximum of 10 km. in and around of Mahanadi and Paradeep coast (including port). Coastal monitoring Vessel “Sagar Utkal” of State Pollution Control Board, Odisha, was used for monitoring coastal locations. The sediment samples were collected seasonally (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post monsoon) for the period 2018-2020.The meiofaunal abundance along Paradeep and Mahanadi coastal transects varied from 40 to 3020 nos./10cm2. Among the 9 faunal groups, nematodes were found to be most dominant by compiling the data over a period of 3 years. Seasonal trends of faunal density showed in the order of post monsoon > pre-monsoon > monsoon. The result of the survey revealed that there were nine families of nematodes Siphonolaimidae, Xyalidae, Desmodoridae, Desmosolecidae, Desmoscolecidae, Linhomoeidae, Ceramonematidae, Oncholaimidae and Leptolaimidae, five families from benthic Foraminiferans i.e. Rotaliidae, Discorbidae, Spirillinidae, Textulariidae and Bolivinitidae and one from Ostracods groups namely Halocyprididae were predominated along different transects of Paradeep and Mahanadi coast.

Access This Chapter
Chapter
₹ 100
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever