Recent Foraminifera from the coast of Mumbai, India: distribution and ecology
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Foraminifera have been used in biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental research. They are useful environmental indicators for monitoring the marine environment. Intertidal sediment samples were analysed for their diversity in relation to physicochemical parameters and sediment characteristics along the Mumbai coast of India. Thirty-five species were found, divided into five orders and 18 families. The orders Rotaliida and Miliolida were identified to be dominant. Foraminifera were observed to be inversely related to sand particle size in relation to sediment and physicochemical parameters of water. Canonical correlation analysis explained the relationship between species abundance and water physicochemical parameters.
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