Monitoring of heavy metal partitioning in reef corals of Lakshadweep Archipelago, Indian Ocean

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 195-208

  Anu, G ^a   Kumar, N C ^b   Jayalakshmi, K J ^c   Nair, S M ^b  

^a St Teresa's College   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Archipelago; Bioaccumulation; Coral reefs; Indicator species; Lakshadweep; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CORAL REEFS; INDICATOR SPECIES;

ECOLOGY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; MORPHOLOGY; PARTITIONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDIAN OCEAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LAKSHADWEEP; SOUTH ASIA;

ACROPORA FORMOSA; ANTHOZOA; LOBOPHYLLIA CORYMBOSA; MONTIPORA DIGITATA; PORITES CYLINDRICA; PSAMMOCORA CONTIGUA;

EID: 34247859094     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9305-7     Document Type: Article

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