Diatom community dynamics in a tropical, monsoon-influenced environment: West coast of India

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1324-1337

  D'Costa, Priya M ^a   Anil, Arga Chandrashekar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ecological mechanisms; Monsoon; Skeletonema costatum; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; MONSOON; PERTURBATION; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA; JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCUS; CYCLOTELLA; PLEUROSIGMA; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SURIRELLA; THALASSIONEMA; THALASSIOSIRA; TRICERATIUM;

EID: 77955558832     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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