Sources of organic matter and microbial community structure in the sediments of the Visakhapatnam harbour, east coast of India

Chemical Geology

Volumn 276, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Harji, Ranjita R ^a   Bhosle, Narayan B ^a   Garg, Anita ^a   Sawant, Subhash S ^a   Venkat, Krishnamurthy ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

13Coc; East coast of India; OC; PLFA; Sediment; Visakhapatnam harbour

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; CYNOBACTERIAS; EAST COAST; ENDMEMBERS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HARBOUR SEDIMENTS; MARINE SOURCES; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; OC; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PLFA; SAMPLING SITE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL VARIANCE; VISAKHAPATNAM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SULFUR;

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; VISAKHAPATNAM;

EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77956179488     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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