Physico-chemical characteristics of the coastal water off Devi estuary, Orissa and evaluation of its seasonal changes using chemometric techniques

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1203-1209

  Pradhan, U K ^a   Shirodkar, P V ^a   Sahu, B K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal environment; Multivariate statistics; Physico chemical parameters; Principal component analysis; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349157951     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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