Abundance and seasonal variations of phytoplankton in the creek waters of western mangrove of Kachchh-Gujarat

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-274

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

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

Author keywords

Gulf of Kachchh; Mangroves; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; MANGROVE; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CYANOPHYCEAE; DINOFLAGELLATE; MANGROVE; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF KUTCH; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 41349117397     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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