Filamentous fungal population and species diversity from the continental slope of Bay of Bengal, India

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-279

  Das, Surajit ^a,b   Lyla, Parameswari Somasundharan ^a   Khan, Syed Ajmal ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Biodiversity; Continental slope; Diversity indices; Marine fungi; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; FUNGUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI;

EID: 60149090349     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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