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STUDIES ON MEIOBENTHOS IN RELATION TO SELECTED SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS IN GURUPUR ESTUARY, MANGALORE
(Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 2007) AYYAN KUMAR. V., B.F.Sc
The world oceans and the inland waters occupy 71% and 0.5% of the earthâ s surface respectively. The transition zone between these two distinctly different water bodies is known as estuaries, whose characteristics are influenced by the freshwater drainage from the land and the incursion of salt water from the adjoining sea. Thus, an estuary is defined as a semi-enclosed coastal body of water, which has a free connection with the open sea and within which the sea water is measurably diluted with freshwater derived from land drainage (Pritchard, 1967).