Methane and nitrous oxide fluxes in the polluted Adyar River and estuary, SE India

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2043-2051

  Nirmal Rajkumar, A ^a   Barnes, J ^b   Ramesh, R ^a   Purvaja, R ^a   Upstill Goddard, R C ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Emissions fluxes; Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O); Methane ebullition; Nutrients; Tropical and subtropical coasts

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; FLUXES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; VAPORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EMISSIONS FLUXES; GAS EXCHANGES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS; LOWER CATCHMENTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NITROUS OXIDES; TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL COASTS; UNDER SATURATIONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITRITE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDIA; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLLUTION; RIVER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADYAR ESTUARY; ADYAR RIVER; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 56949099988     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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