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Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, | 10.56343/STET.116.010.002.006
Year : 2017 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 2 | Pages : 75-81

Anti-diabetic potential of the fruits of the members of Solanaceae
collected from Gedamalai, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract :

Abundance and diversity of benthic organism are the good ecological indicators. Benthic organisms are vital prey for predators especially shorebirds in the coastal ecosystem. Salt pans are providing suitable habitat for benthic organisms. The present study was carried out at Kodikkarai salt pans, east coast of Tamil Nadu, India from 2012-2015. Five different salt pans of the four different seasons for the entire study period and the assessment of benthic organisms was made and the samples were collected. Totally 11 types of benthic organisms (micro and macroinvertebrates) were identified. The benthic organisms included Chromomid larva, Dipolydoracoeca, Artemia salina, Cosmopoliton beetle, Hasriusa dansoni, Amphinomidea, Penaeus, Epihydridea, Hemiptera, unidendified Hydrophilidea and Coleoptera. Among the four seasons the monsoon period showed the highest density of benthic species among the eleven species the Chironomid larvae showed the maximum turn over when compared to the other species of benthic organisms recorded in the salt pans. But in summer except Artemia salina no species were recorded from the salt pans. The density of benthic organisms varied significantly among the seasons (P<0.001). The overall results of the study showed that the saltpans are supported diversity of benthic organism, which also showed variation seasonally.

Keywords:

Benthic diversity, coastal wetlands, conservation, saltpans shorebirds

Citation: *,

( 2017), Anti-diabetic potential of the fruits of the members of Solanaceae
collected from Gedamalai, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India.. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, 10(2): 75-81

Mr.Veerapathiran K

Correspondence: R. Rajeswari and S. Murugesh


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