Enhanced abundance of tintinnids under elevated CO 2 level from coastal Bay of Bengal

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1309-1326

  Biswas, Haimanti ^a   Gadi, Subhadra Devi ^b   Ramana, V Venkata ^a   Bharathi, M Durga ^a   Priyan, R Kesava ^a   Manjari, D Taruni ^a   Kumar, M Dileep ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Department of Zoology   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Diatom; Elevated CO 2; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton; Tintinnid

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CILIATE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 84859585564     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0209-7     Document Type: Article

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