On the occurrence of Trichodesmium erythraeum (Ehr.) bloom in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam, east coast of India

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Satpathy, K K ^a   Mohanty, A K ^b   Sahu, G ^c   Prasad, M V R ^a   Venkatesan, R ^c   Natesan, U ^b   Rajan, M ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Algae; Bloom; East coast; India; Marine cyanobacterium; Trichodesmium erythraeum

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649583235     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2008/v1i2/7     Document Type: Article

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