Ecology and trophic preference of picoplankton and nanoplankton in the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay, southeast coast of India

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 111-112, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-44

  Jyothibabu, R ^a   Mohan, Arya P ^a   Jagadeesan, L ^a   Anjusha, A ^a   Muraleedharan, K R ^a   Lallu, K R ^a   Kiran, Krishna ^a   Ullas, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; Flow cytometry; Fluorescent microscopy; Gulf of Mannar; Multivariate analysis; Palk Bay; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; GULF OF MANNAR; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PALK BAY; PLANKTON;

BACTERIA; CARBON; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; TURBIDITY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

AUTOTROPHY; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NANOPLANKTON; NITRATE; PICOPLANKTON; SALINITY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TURBIDITY;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; GULF OF MANNAR; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MANNAR ISLAND; NORTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; PALK BAY; RAMESWARAM ISLAND; SRI LANKA; TAMIL NADU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84872263908     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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