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