An incidence of fish kill in Behlol Nullah, a tributary of River Tawi, Jammu

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-266

  Dutta, S P S ^a   Kaul, V ^a   Sharma, J ^a   Kour, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Behlol nullah; Fish kill; Hydrogen sulphide; Industrial effluents

Indexed keywords

FISH KILL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MORTALITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BEHLOL NULLAH; INDIA; JAMMU-KASHMIR;

EID: 0030868527     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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