Seasonal variations in the sediment biogenic properties of a tropical mangrove environment, southwest coast of India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Nair, M ^a   Jacob, J ^a   Nisha, P A ^a   Martin, G D ^a   Srinivas, K ^a   Sheeba, P ^a   Laluraj, C M ^b   Joseph, T ^a   Balachandran, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cochin estuary; Mangrove; Organic matter; Proteins; Southwest coast of India

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; MANGROVE; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

ACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBOHYDRATE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER; MANGROVE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COCHIN; INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 77953879886     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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