333-338<span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-gb;mso-fareast-language:="" en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-GB">Present study consists the effect of substrate
deposit (silt, clay, sand, gravel and shards of shells) on the characteristic
of an intertidal rocky shore macroalgae. Macroalgal assemblage was segregated from substrate
deposit in two stages. Substrate deposit
was subsequently quantified. Silt and sand-shell combine were the major
constituent of the substrate deposit. Subsequent
results showed that the characteristic of the intertidal macroalgal assemblages
are influenced both positively and negatively. Species richness was high in a
station with high clay substrate deposit. Substrate deposit as a whole, thus, has a
functional role and has an influencing role which can cause a characteristic
change on the macroalgal diversity of intertidal rocky shore ecosystem. </span