Ecology of Interstitial Faunal Assemblage from the Beaches along the Coast of Kerala, India

Table 2

Major groups of meiofauna from the study area (density/100 cc).

Season	Station	Nem	Poly	Oligo	Turb	Hrpc	Gastro	Kinor	Isop	Cnid
Pre-monsoon	Cherai	343	4	9	116	46	7	3	0	0
	F. Kochi	600	348	0	114	950	695	0	0	0
	Arthungal	238	120	0	6	153	0	0	0	2
	Sakthi	28	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	Veli	19	2	0	18	48	2	0	3	0
Monsoon	Cherai	212	222	92	61	21	0	0	0	0
	F. Kochi	16	0	0	118	0	0	0	0	0
	Arthungal	146	43	0	70	4	0	0	0	0
	Sakthi	1006	74	0	123	9	0	0	0	0
	Veli	69	0	0	50	14	0	0	0	0
Post-monsoon	Cherai	1191	17	19	233	160	586	290	246	20
	F. Kochi	40	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	0
	Arthungal	483	27	22	66	910	5	366	996	0
	Sakthi	139	50	0	38	14	0	0	0	0
	Veli	70	0	0	56	139	78	0	0	0

Sakthi: Sakthikulangara; Nem: nematode; Poly: polychaete; Oligo: oligochaete; Turb: turbellarian; Hrpc: harpacticoid copepod; Gastro: gastrotrich; Kinor: Kinorhyncha; Isop: isopod; Cnid: cnidarian.