Fluxes of nutrients from the tropical River Hooghly at the land-ocean boundary of Sundarbans, NE Coast of Bay of Bengal, India

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-21

  Mukhopadhyay, S K ^a   Biswas, H ^a   De, T K ^a   Jana, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

India; Mangrove dominated estuary; Nutrient flux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; RUNOFF; SILICATE MINERALS;

ESTUARINE TRANSPORT; INDIA; MANGROVE DOMINATED ESTUARY; NUTRIENT FLUXES;

SEDIMENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LITTER; MANGROVE; MONSOON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; SILICATE; TROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; GANGES RIVER; HOOGHLY; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33747174633     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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