Impact of December 26, 2004 tsunami on the hydrobiology of Kudankulam coast, Gulf of Mannar, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 131-139

  Satheesh, S ^a   Godwin Wesley, S ^a  

^a SCOTT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal water quality; Hydrobiology; Kudankulam; Nutrients; Plankton; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL WATER QUALITY; CONCENTRATION OF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTENTS; HYDROBIOLOGY; KUDANKULAM; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHYTOPLANKTON DENSITIES; PLANKTON;

DISASTERS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

TSUNAMIS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE;

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TSUNAMI; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; TSUNAMI; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; PLANKTON; TIDAL WAVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF MANNAR; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUDANKULAM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 68649105055     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0469-1     Document Type: Article

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