Biological and environmental characteristics of mangrove habitats from Manori creek, West Coast, India

Mumbai, a megacity of India, and its adjacent marine environment, though heavily stressed from various anthropogenic interferences, harbor ~146 km² of mangrove cover. Manori creek, in the close vicinity of Mumbai, sustains relatively better mangrove formations. A creek habitat had been evaluated for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental monitoring and assessment 2010-09, Vol.168 (1-4), p.587-596
Hauptverfasser:	Kulkarni, Vikrant A, Jagtap, Tanaji G, Mhalsekar, Namrata M, Naik, Anuradha N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	administrative management Analysis Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Anthropogenic factors Applied ecology Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Avicennia Avicennia marina Benthic fauna Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Brackish Brackish water ecosystems community structure Creek Creeks Creeks & streams Earth and Environmental Science Ecology Ecosystem Ecotoxicology Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Environment Environmental Management Environmental Monitoring Estuaries Estuary Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Habitats Harbors India Mangroves Marine environment Marine pollution Megacities Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Phytoplankton Phytoplankton - classification Plankton Polychaeta Rivers Sediments Skeletonema costatum Statistical analysis Studies Sustainable development Synecology Variance analysis Water quality Zooplankton - classification
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Zusammenfassung:	Mumbai, a megacity of India, and its adjacent marine environment, though heavily stressed from various anthropogenic interferences, harbor ~146 km² of mangrove cover. Manori creek, in the close vicinity of Mumbai, sustains relatively better mangrove formations. A creek habitat had been evaluated for its biological and environmental characteristics, and is compared with similar but relatively lesser stressed Mandovi estuary (~475 km south of Mumbai). Several evidences of deteriorating environment of Manori creek have been described with respect to Water quality index and various biotic community structures. Water quality index of
ISSN:	0167-6369 1573-2959
DOI:	10.1007/s10661-009-1136-x