Impact of the changing ecology on intertidal polychaetes in an anthropogenically stressed tropical creek, India

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 977-985

  Quadros, G ^a   Sukumaran, Soniya ^b   Athalye, R P ^c  

^a WWF India ^*  (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c BN Bandodkar College of Science   (India)

Author keywords

BIO ENV; Coastal pollution; Creek; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POLYCHAETE; SOLID WASTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CERATONEREIS; NAMALYCASTIS; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA TENTACULATA;

EID: 72149092398     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9229-8     Document Type: Article

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