Heavy metals in biota from Sundarban Wetland Ecosystem, India: Implications to monitoring and environmental assessment

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-472

  Sarkar, S K ^a   Bhattacharya, B ^b   Debnath, S ^b   Bandopadhaya, G ^b   Giri, Sankar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Bioaccumulation; Bioindicator; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BOLEOPTHALMUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CERITHIDEA; CERITHIDEA CINGULATA; CERITHIDEA OBTUSA; CINGULATA; GASTROPODA; HARPODON NEHEREUS; INVERTEBRATA; LIZA; LIZA TADE; MACOMA; MACOMA BIRMANICA; NERITA; NERITA ARTICULATA; TELESCOPIUM TELESCOPIUM; THAIS; THAIS LACERA; TRICHIURUS;

EID: 0036970952     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980290031884     Document Type: Article

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