Biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen in a tropical mangrove ecosystem, east coast of India

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-43

  Ray, Raghab ^a   Majumder, Natasha ^a   Das, Subhajit ^a   Chowdhury, Chumki ^a   Jana, Tapan Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Box model; Mangrove; Nitrogen; Sundarban

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIMITING FACTOR; MANGROVE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; RECYCLING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS NATIONAL PARK; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84909982314     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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