Impact of Anthropogenic Stressors on Marine Benthos : Anthropogenic Stress on Macrobenthic Invertebrate Assemblages along the Southern Coast of Kerala, India

ISBN-13: 9786139891054 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 552 str.

Mumthas Yahiya; Mary Miranda; Don Dcruz

Opis

The study investigates new measurements of hydro-geochemical variables and a baseline survey of macrobenthic faunal distribution along the coast of Kerala, Southwest coast of India. The study confirms a significant level of organic, inorganic, industrial and natural disturbances along this coast. Significant load of heavy metals and PAHs found at the study sites pose a serious threat to human health via trophic dynamics. The effects of pollution and degradation in habitat quality cause a decrease in the number of species and a change in the number of individuals of benthic macrofaunal assemblages at all the study sites. The importance of macrobenthic invertebrates as bioindicators in pollution monitoring surveys is also highlighted.

O autorze

Yahiya, MumthasMumthas Yahiya, PhD in Zoology from University of Kerala, India, works on Toxicology & Taxonomy of Marine Benthos. Mary Miranda, PhD in Zoology, Fatima Mata National College, Kerala, India, specializes in Coastal Ecology, Conservation and Management. Don Dcruz, Research scholar, University of Hyderabad, India, specializes in Philosophy of Science.