Tropical ecosystems sustain higher biodiversity and face faster species extinction. However,
baseline information of these areas is either inadequate or scattered due to various reasons …

Whilst seven species of magelonids have been originally described from the North-Western
Pacific Ocean, only two have been from Japanese waters. Given the often high diversity of …

The diversity and composition of macrofaunal communities are important components to
understand the mangrove ecosystem structures and functions. To understand the seasonal …

Estuaries experience incessant modifications due to various stressors causing shifts in the
benthic species community structure and ecosystem functioning. Two tropical estuaries …

Identifying the drivers that shape the biodiversity of a region is important to predict the
response of ecosystems to environmental changes. Macrofaunal distribution pattern in the …

An important requirement towards formulating appropriate management and conservation
measures for biological diversity is to devise efficient and cost-effective monitoring protocols …

Ecological assessments are currently being conducted by traditional morpho-taxonomical
identification techniques that are time-consuming and often inaccurate. Biomonitoring …

Coastal upwelling that occurs in the eastern Arabian Sea (EAS) drive the complex dynamics
of the food chain. Macrofauna plays a key role in the functioning of coastal ecosystems, but …

The preservation of ecosystem functioning of coastal zones, in face of increasing
environmental stressors and species extinctions, relies on the functional redundancy and …

The movement of animals and materials among habitats can affect community structure.
Subtidal rocky reefs are important in the productivity, food web, recruitment, and behavior of …