Bloom of Trichodesmium erythraeum (Ehr.) and its impact on water quality and plankton community structure in the coastal waters of southeast coast of India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Mohanty, A K ^a   Satpathy, K K ^a   Sahu, G ^a   Hussain, K J ^a   Prasad, M V R ^a   Sarkar, S K ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Bloom; Cyanobacteria; Oligotrophic; Phytoplankton; Trichodesmium; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DIVERSITY INDEX; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NITRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; TROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 78649974503     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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