Phytoplankton community structure and its variability during southwest to northeast monsoon transition in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam, East coast of India

International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-74

  Satpathy, K K ^a   Sahu, Gouri ^a   Mohanty, A K ^b   Prasad, M V R ^a   Panigrahy, R C ^c  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Coastal waters; Monsoon transition; Physicochemical properties; Phytoplankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MONSOON; PHOSPHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; WATER MASS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KALPAKKAM; TAMIL NADU;

CHAETOCEROS CURVISETUS; EUCAMPIA CORNUTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA DELICATISSIMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 77952721139     PISSN: 09732667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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