Diversity of phytoplankton of a sewage polluted brackishwater tidal ecosystem

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Saha, Shyamalendu Bikash ^a   Bhattacharyya, S B ^b   Choudhury, Amalesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b SD Mar Biol Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Brackishwater; Phytoplankton; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIA; JAGANNATH CANAL; WEST BENGAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034069755     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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