Microbial status in seawater and coastal sediments during pre- and post-tsunami periods in the Bay of Bengal, India

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-203

  Ramesh, Subramani ^a   Jayaprakashvel, Mani ^a   Mathivanan, Narayanasamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes bacteria; Bay of Bengal; Chennai coast; Marine fungi; Microbial population; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 33749351755     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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