Ecology and seasonal variation of microalgal community in an oil refinery effluent holding pond: Monitoring and assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-185

  Joseph, Valsamma ^a   Joseph, Ammini ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Community respiration; Gross primary productivity; Microalgal community; Refinery effluent holding pond

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MICROORGANISMS;

ABIOTIC INTERACTIONS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; MICROALGA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POND; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTYPE; HABITAT SELECTION; OIL INDUSTRY; POND; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PETROLEUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036889122     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020616311378     Document Type: Article

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