Phytoplankton species assemblages and their relationship to hydrographic factors-a study at the old port in Mangalore, coastal Arabian Sea

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-234

  Härnström, Karolina ^a,b   Karunasagar, Indrani ^a   Godhe, Anna ^a,b  

^a University   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrography; Monsoon; Phytoplankton; Salinity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROGRAPHY; MICROALGA; MONSOON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORT; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TAXONOMY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KARNATAKA; MANGALORE; SOUTH ASIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 69749096446     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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