Bulk organic matter characteristics in the Pichavaram mangrove - estuarine complex, south-eastern India

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1176-1186

  Ranjan, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Routh, Joyanto ^b   Ramanathan, A L ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; BULK PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; EASTERN INDIA; HUMIFICATION INDEX; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; MANGROVE FOREST; ORGANIC MATTER; PICHAVARAM; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; PORE WATERS; SALINITY LEVELS; SAND CONTENT; SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL CAROTENOIDS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIGMENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE; HUMIFICATION; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; MANGROVE; MIXING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CORE;

COLEROON ESTUARY; INDIA; PICHAVARAM; TAMIL NADU; VELLAR ESTUARY;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77954539723     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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