A reconnaissance of species-environment relationships in pond phytoplankton at Varanasi (India)

Biologia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Prasad, K V Rajendra ^a   Ghosh, Mita ^a   Gaur, J P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biovolume; Chlorella; Community structure; India; Microcystis; Nutrients; Ph; Phytoplaukton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010869403     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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