Metal biomonitoring in water resources of Eastern Ghats, Koraput (Orissa), India by aquatic plants

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-137

  Rai, U M ^a   Sinha, S ^a   Chandra, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMONITORING; TOXIC METALS, FE, MN, CR, CD, PB, CU;

WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMONITORING; METAL; POTABLE WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

INDIA, ORISSA, KORAPUT;

CHARA; CHARA CORALLINA; CORALLINA; SPIROGYRA; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GREEN ALGA; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029659186     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00398603     Document Type: Article

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