The detection of annual hypoxia in a low latitude freshwater reservoir in Kerala, India, using the small AUV Maya

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 60-70

  Desa, Elgar ^a   Madhan, R ^a   Maurya, P ^a   Navelkar, G ^a   Mascarenhas, A ^a   Prabhudesai, S ^a   Afzulpurkar, S ^a   Desa, Ehrlich ^b   Pascoal, A ^c   Nambiar, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNESCO ^*  (India)

^c Institute of Systems and Robotics (IST)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicles; Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Freshwater lakes; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COASTAL WATERS; CONFINED SPACE; FRESHWATER LAKES; FRESHWATER RESERVOIRS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HYPOXIA; KERALA , INDIA; LAKE SAND RESERVOIRS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; ON-BOARD SENSORS; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; TROPICAL FOREST; WEST COAST;

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; LAKES; PORPHYRINS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SUBMERSIBLES; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYPOXIA; RESERVOIR; TROPICAL FOREST; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYLLS; DISSOLVING; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; LAKES; OXYGEN; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IDUKKI RESERVOIR; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349335849     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.43.3.5     Document Type: Article

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