Bacterial standing stock, meiofauna and sediment-nutrient characteristics: Indicators of benthic disturbance in the Central Indian Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3381-3399

  Raghukumar, Chandralata ^a   Bharathi, P A Loka ^a   Ansari, Z A ^a   Nair, Shanta ^a   Ingole, B ^a   Sheelu, G ^a   Mohandass, C ^a   Nagender Nath, B ^a   Rodrigues, Nimi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; ORGANIC MATTER; SIMULATION; WATER DEPTH;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRAULICS; MINING; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC DISTURBANCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034802835     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(01)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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