Seasonal variations of plankton diversity in the Kaduviyar estuary, Nagapattinam, southeast coast of India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1035-1046

  Vengadesh Perumal, N ^a   Rajkumar, M ^a   Perumal, P ^a   Thillai Rajasekar, K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Kaduviyar estuary; Nagapattinam; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE;

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NAGAPATTINAM; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70549093936     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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