Hydrobiological study of lake Mirik in Darjeeling Himalayas

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Jha, Prithwiraj ^a   Barat, Sudip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Limno chemistry; Mirik lake; Planktons; Productivity

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; RAIN;

HYDROBIOLOGY; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; COPEPOD; DRINKING; INDIA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LAKE MIRIK;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0038156949     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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