Changes in the abundance and composition of zooplankton from the ports of Mumbai, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 179-194

  Gaonkar, Chetan A ^a   Krishnamurthy, Venkat ^a   Anil, Arga Chandrashekar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Community structure; Copepods; Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Mumbai port; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COPEPOD SPECIES; FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS; MUMBAI , INDIA;

ALGAE CONTROL; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANTHOCALANUS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; COSMOCALANUS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTERPINA ACUTIFRONS; FOOD WEB; INDIA; NANNOCALANUS MINOR; NONHUMAN; PARACALANUS ARABIENSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TEMORA DISCAUDATA; TORTANUS; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; POPULATION DENSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CANTHOCALANUS; COPEPODA; COSMOCALANUS; DINOPHYCEAE; EUTERPINA ACUTIFRONS; NANNOCALANUS MINOR; PARACALANUS; TEMORA DISCAUDATA; TORTANUS;

EID: 77955424548     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1102-7     Document Type: Article

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