Comparative study has been done to examine the biodiversity and ecological status of the intertidal region of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bandstand and National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) rocky beaches in Mumbai, West coast of India. A total of 50 species of intertidal organisms were recorded from these shores. Shannon and Simpson's diversity index, Margalefs richness ...

The small honeycomb barnacle Chamaesipho tasmanica occurs in patches at high levels on exposed rocky shores, but often carpets the substratum at mid-shore levels of sheltered shores in south-eastern Australia. Studies of larval supply from 1990 to 1993 and concurrent monitoring of settlement from 1991 to 1993 revealed that larval arrival and settlement were typified by trickles of larvae from l...

There is a clear bias in the literature on island ecology towards terrestrial rather than marine systems, which have remained comparatively poorly studied. Marine populations are typically open, and local production may have little impact on local recruitment, such that long-distance dispersal is an important determinant of population ecology. Since oceanic islands form discrete patches of habi...