Environmental geochemistry of the Pichavaram mangrove ecosystem (tropical), southeast coast of India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-233

  Ramanathan, A L ^a   Subramanian, V ^b   Ramesh, R ^c   Chidambaram, S ^a   James, A ^c  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Biological productivity; Geochemistry; Heavy metal sink; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

INDIA;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGROVE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA;

CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SAND; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032586183     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050380     Document Type: Article

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