Nutrient stoichiometry and eutrophication in Indian mangroves

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 293-299

  Bala Krishna Prasad, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved nutrients; India; Mangrove; Redfield ratio; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS NUTRIENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDIA; MANGROVE; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; N:P RATIO; NON-POINT SOURCE; NUTRIENT STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH; PICHAVARAM; REDFIELD RATIO; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICA; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY;

NUTRIENTS;

ALLOCHTHON; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISSOLVED LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SILICON; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84865723430     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1508-8     Document Type: Article

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