Lunar rhythm in the planktonic biomass of the Nicco Park lake, Bhubaneswar

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 739-744

  Dhua, Tanushree ^a,b   Patra, A K ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Lunar rhythm; Nicco Park lake; Planktonic components

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMASS; LUNAR CYCLE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PLANKTON; SWARMING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMASS; MOON; PLANKTON; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; BHUBANESWAR; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

LORICA;

EID: 33749341761     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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