Inter-relationship between phytoplankton cell volume and aquatic salinity in Indian Sundarbans

National Academy Science Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 485-491

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Zaman, Sufia ^a   Ray, Saumya Kanti ^a   Sinha, Subhasmita ^a   Banerjee, Kakoli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA   (India)

Author keywords

Cell volume; Geometric shapes; Phytoplankton; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875656971     PISSN: 0250541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40009-012-0083-1     Document Type: Article

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