Anthropogenic impact on Andaman coast monitoring with benthic foraminifera, Andaman Sea, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 821-829

  Jayaraju, N ^a   Raja Reddy, B C Sundara ^b   Reddy, K R ^b  

^a YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Benthic foraminifera; Coastal sediments; India; Marine environment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COASTAL ZONES; HEAVY METALS; LANDFORMS; MARINE POLLUTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PORTS AND HARBORS;

ANDAMAN SEA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COBALT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; COPPER; CORAL REEF; HARBOR; MANGANESE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PORT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION; ZINC;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA BECCARII; ANTHOZOA; ELPHIDIUM CRISPUM; FORAMINIFERA; NONION; OPERCULINA (FORAMINIFERIDA); OPERCULINA COMPLANATA;

EID: 79251600310     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0569-4     Document Type: Article

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