Trophic efficiency of plankton food webs: Observations from the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay, Southeast Coast of India

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-61

  Anjusha, A ^a   Jyothibabu, R ^a   Jagadeesan, L ^a   Mohan, Arya P ^a   Sudheesh, K ^a   Krishna, Kiran ^a   Ullas, N ^a   Deepak, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; Fluorescence microscopy; Food webs; Multivariate analysis; Plankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; FOOD WEBS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; STORM SEWERS;

PLANKTON;

BAY; BIOMASS; FLOW MODELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL LOOP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

BAY OF BENGAL; GULF OF MANNAR; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; PALK BAY; SRI LANKA;

COPEPODA; PARACALANUS PARVUS;

EID: 84875586258     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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