DISTRIBUTION OF NUTRIENTS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF THE NETRAVATHI-GURPUR ESTUARY, MANGALORE


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Authors

  • H R Venkadaswamy Reddy College of Fisheries, Mangalore.
  • V Hariharan College of Fisheries, Mangalore.

Abstract

The distribution of sediment nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon and
interstitial salinity is reported oyer an annual cycle in Netravathi-Gurpur estuary,
Mangalore. The concentration of total nitrogen ranged between 32 and 1134 l^g "®,
total phosphorus from traces to 20 l^g "^, sediment organic carbon percentage from
0.24 to 3.46, and interstitial salinity from 131.2 to 629 g mg cl-|lGO g soil.
The study revealed that the sediment in this estuary contained higher percentage
of sand with less amounts of silt and clay

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Author Biographies

  • H R Venkadaswamy Reddy, College of Fisheries, Mangalore.
    College of Fisheries, Mangalore.
  • V Hariharan, College of Fisheries, Mangalore.
    College of Fisheries, Mangalore.

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (1986)

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Reddy, H. R. V., & Hariharan, V. (2011). DISTRIBUTION OF NUTRIENTS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF THE NETRAVATHI-GURPUR ESTUARY, MANGALORE. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 33(1), 123-126. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/10884