Assessment of Organic Matter Sources in the Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems of Cochin, Southwest India

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-271

  Joseph, Manju Mary ^a   Renjith, K R ^a   Ratheesh Kumar, C S ^a   Chandramohanakumar, N ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

biochemical composition; biomarkers; fatty acids; mangroves; organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865386369     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2012.676600     Document Type: Article

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