Seasonally and Spatially Coordinated Strategy of Detritus Conservation and Use in the World’s Largest Mangrove Ecosystem

Proceedings of the Zoological Society

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Roy, Sovan ^a  

^a West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Anadromous animals; Detrivores; Estuaries; Inter tidal zone; Litter input

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900398349     PISSN: 03735893     EISSN: 09746919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12595-011-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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