Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species

Santhanam H

Publications

• Research Article
  Influence of Sediment Composition, Total Organic Carbon on Benthic Organisms at Pulicat Lagoon: A Case Study
  Author(s): Sivaranjani V, Santhanam H and Natesan USivaranjani V, Santhanam H and Natesan U
  
  Benthic environments are dynamic habitats where the sediments, the functional building blocks of the habitat, are continually structured by both the organisms living in and on the seabed as well as by the local physical regime. Benthic animals are an important component of the marine ecological realm and play a large part in marine food chains, organic production and the turnover of sediments and nutrients on the ocean floor. Because the sub-littoral seabed is less subject to variations in tides, swell and wind driven surface currents, the soft sediments of this environment are relatively stable (i.e., unchanging) compared to intertidal and shallow near shore substrates. Similarly, their populations are also more stable and diverse. These biological processes are also inextri.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-2543.1000182

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