State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian ocean countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wafar, Mohideen ^a   Venkataraman, Krishnamurthy ^b   Ingole, Baban ^a   Khan, Syed Ajmal ^c   LokaBharathi, Ponnapakkam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; ECHINODERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ESTUARY; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MACROFAUNA; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLLUSC; PELAGIC ZONE; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TAXONOMY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDIAN OCEAN; INFORMATICS;

EID: 79551628828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014613     Document Type: Review

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