Effect of mine discharge on the pattern of riverine habitat use of elephants Elephas maximus and other mammals in Singhbhum forests, Bihar, India

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-192

  Singh, R K ^a   Chowdhury, S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Elephant habitat; Heavy metals; Iron ore mining; Physico chemical parameters; Pollution; TSS; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISPERSIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; IRON ORES; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; ELEPHANT HABITAT; HABITAT USE; INFLUENCE OF WATER; IRON-ORE MINING; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MINING OPERATIONS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RIVERINE HABITATS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

MAMMALS;

HEAVY METAL;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ELEPHANT; MINING; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANT; HEAT STRESS; INDIA; MAMMAL; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

BIHAR; INDIA; SINGHBHUM;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033375482     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1999.0293     Document Type: Article

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