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

Table 5

Diversity indices (annual mean) of total interstitial fauna of the five beaches.

Beach	Margaleff; richness; 𝑑	Pielou’s; evenness; 𝐽^′	Shannon Wiener’s; diversity index; 𝐻^′ (log2)
Cherai	0.988	0.695	2.027
Fort Kochi	0.619	0.672	1.375
Arthungal	0.786	0.681	1.751
Sakthikulangara	0.599	0.567	1.144
Veli	0.821	0.799	1.874