Marine ecological habitat: A case study on projected thermal power plant around Dharamtar creek, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Kulkarni, Vikrant A ^a   Naidu, Velamala S ^a   Jagtap, Tanaji G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Case study; Dharamtar creek; Mangroves; Marine habitate; PCA; Thermal pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COOLING; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EFFLUENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HABITAT TYPE; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PH; POWER PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SUSPENDED LOAD; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMAL POWER; TIDAL CYCLE;

INDIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79956324579     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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