Abundance and seasonal variations of zooplankton in the arid zone mangroves of gulf of Kachchh-Gujarat, westcoast of India

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3525-3532

  Saravanakumar, A ^a   Rajkumar, M ^a   Sesh Serebiah, J ^b   Thivakaran, G A ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

Author keywords

Gulf of Kachchh; Mangroves; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 36048959260     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3525.3532     Document Type: Article

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