Water quality studies on Karamana river, Thiruvananthapuram district, South Kerala, India

Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-100

  Jayaraman, P R ^a   Ganga Devi, T ^b   Vasudevan Nayar, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b University College   (India)

Author keywords

Allochthonous and autochthonous; Physico chemical characteristics; Riverine ecosystem; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; RIVER WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0038007191     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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