Biological indicators in relation to coastal pollution along Karnataka coast, India

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3304-3312

  Verlecar, Xivanand N ^a   Desai, Somshekhar R ^a   Sarkar, Anupam ^a   Dalal, S G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic organisms; Bio indicators; Coastal pollution; Nutrients; Petroleum hydrocarbon; Plankton; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; COASTAL POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PLANKTON;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERTILIZER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; OXIDIZING AGENT; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TRACE METAL; WATER;

BIOASSAY; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANKTON; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CHAETOCEROS; COSCINODISCUS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; INDIA; LEPTOCYLINDRICUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSOLENIA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; THALASSIOSIRA; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

BIVALVIA; CHAETOCEROS; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; COSCINODISCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; RHIZOSOLENIA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 33748324488     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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