Document of bibliographic reference 312918

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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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Title

Characterization of benthic habitat settings in a lagoonal ecosystem using free-living nematodes as proxy

Abstract

Free-living nematodes are sensitive to most of the disturbances and therefore have ability to reflect direct structural and functional changes in an ecosystem. We studied nematode assemblages of Chilika Lagoon, the largest lagoon of Asia, across spatio-temporal scales in link with environmental variables and evaluated nematode assemblages as a proxy to characterize lagoonal benthic habitat settings. Our results revealed that nematode communities showed significant variation spatially and temporally in terms of mean density (16–854/10 cm²) and mean number of species (7–74). Salinity is the key factor that controls nematode community structure across this lagoon and was strongly supported by statistical analyses. The observed nematode assemblages were further used as a proxy to assign benthic habitats of Chilika into distinct biological, topographical and hydrological settings. This study showed that nematode assemblages could be effectively used for long term ecological monitoring of dynamic sedimentary environment of lagoons globally.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000432331300005

Bibliographic citation

Ansari, K.G.M.T.; Pattnaik, A.K.; Rastogi, G.; Bhadury, P. (2018). Characterization of benthic habitat settings in a lagoonal ecosystem using free-living nematodes as proxy. Wetlands Ecol. Manag. 26(2): 175-194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-017-9564-9

Topic

Marine

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true