Community solar salt production in Goa, India

Aquatic Biosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mani, Kabilan ^a   Salgaonkar, Bhakti B ^a   Das, Deepthi ^a   Bragança, Judith M ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Community; Estuary; Goa; India; Khazan; Salt pan; Salt production; Tidal influx

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT; EVAPORATION; EXPORT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SALT PAN; SEAWATER; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

GOA; INDIA;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84872297805     PISSN: 20469063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-30     Document Type: Review

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