Anthropogenic forcing on methane efflux from polluted wetlands (Adyar river) of Madras City, India

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 369-374

  Ramesh, Ramachandran ^a,c   Purvaja, Ganapathiagraharam Ramachandran ^b,c   Parashar, Danesh Chand ^d   Gupta, Prabhat Kumar ^d   Mitra, Ashesh Prasad ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EMISSION; METHANE FLUX; POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

INDIA, TAMIL NADU, ADYAR RIVER; INDIA, TAMIL NADU, MADRAS;

EID: 0030782927     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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26. Acknowledgement.The authors thank the Ministry of Environment and Forests, for the financial support to carry out this project. Ms. Purvaja G.R. thanks the C.S.I.R. for providing financial assistance in the form of Senior Research Fellowship. The authors acknowledge the help provided by J. Rai., R.C. Sharma and Ms. S. Kaul of the Chemistry Division, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi and K. Mohamed Haneif, M.A. Sivasankaran and S. Eswaramoorthy, Anna University, Madras for their assistance in field and laboratory work. The technical support given by Dr. T. Ramaswamy, Director, C.L.R.I., and Dr. M.Swamy, Scientist, C.L.R.I. is greatly acknowledged.
27. First submitted 4 January 1996. Accepted for publication after revision 2 May 1996.