Polychaete diversity and its relevance in the rapid environmental assessment of Mumbai Port

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1439-1444

  Sukumaran, Soniya ^a   Devi, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Indicator; Mumbai port; Paraprionospio pinnata; Pollution

Indexed keywords

PARAPRIONOSPIO PINNATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 72249096031     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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