Abundance pattern of wedge clam Donax cuneatus (L.) in different spatial scale in the vicinity of a coastal nuclear power plant

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Hussain, K Jahir ^a   Mohanty, A K ^a   Satpathy, K K ^a   Prasad, M V R ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Donax cuneatus; Nuclear power plant effluents; Sediment characteristics; Thermal pollution

Indexed keywords

COASTAL POWER; DONAX CUNEATUS; EAST COAST; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; IMPACT BOUNDARIES; MIXING POINT; MIXING ZONES; POPULATION SIZES; POWER STATION; SAMPLING LOCATION; SANDY BEACH; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SWASH ZONE; THERMAL DISCHARGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; EFFLUENTS; LOCATION; MIXING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EFFLUENT; MOLLUSC; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POPULATION SIZE; THERMAL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CLAM; DONAX CUNEATUS; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION SIZE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

INDIA; KALPAKKAM; TAMIL NADU;

BIVALVIA; DONAX CUNEATUS;

EID: 77952099651     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0826-8     Document Type: Article

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