Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India

Ramesh Ramchandran; Purvaja Ramachandran; Bojarajan Senthilkumar; Brigitte Urban

Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India

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Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India. / Ramchandran, Ramesh; Ramachandran, Purvaja; Senthilkumar, Bojarajan et al.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster. ed. / Pradyumna P. Karan; Shanmugam P. Subbiah. The University Press of Kentucky, 2011. p. 113-126.

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Ramchandran, R, Ramachandran, P, Senthilkumar, B & Urban, B 2011, Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India. in PP Karan & SP Subbiah (eds), The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster. The University Press of Kentucky, pp. 113-126. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcnz8>

APA

Ramchandran, R., Ramachandran, P., Senthilkumar, B., & Urban, B. (2011). Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India. In P. P. Karan, & S. P. Subbiah (Eds.), The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster (pp. 113-126). The University Press of Kentucky. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcnz8

Vancouver

Ramchandran R, Ramachandran P, Senthilkumar B, Urban B. Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India. In Karan PP, Subbiah SP, editors, The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster. The University Press of Kentucky. 2011. p. 113-126

Bibtex

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