Numerical analyses of soft bottom macroinvertebrates to diagnose the pollution in tropical coastal waters

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 251-275

  Harkantra, Sadanand N ^a   Rodrigues, Nimi R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthos; Coastal zone of India; Diagnosis of industrial wastes; Numerical analyses

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CLUSTER CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BENTHOS; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOMETRY; INDIA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLOTS AND CURVES; POLYCHAETA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 1842435223     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000016800.86679.62     Document Type: Article

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