Spatiotemporal variation in benthic polychaetes (Annelida) and relationships with environmental variables in a tropical estuary

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-67

  Sarkar, Santosh Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Asokkumar ^a   Giri, Sankar ^b   Bhattacharya, Badal ^b   Sarkar, Dipak ^c   Nayak, Dulal Chandra ^c   Chattopadhaya, Asish Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning   (India)

Author keywords

Ecology; Heavy metals; Mangrove forest; Pollution; Polychaetous annelids; Sundarban Biosphere Reserve

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ANNELIDA; GLYCERA TESSELATA; LUMBRINERIS; MASTOBRANCHUS INDICUS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 18144424440     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-003-5067-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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