Fresh water fishes as indicators of Kaveri River pollution

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-389

  Saravanan, T S ^a   Mohamed, M Aneez ^a   Chandrasekar, R ^b   Sundramoorthy, M ^a  

^a JAMAL MOHAMED COLLEGE   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Freshwater fishes; Haematological parameters; Indicator; Pollution; River Kaveri

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRESH WATER; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; MUSCLE PROTEIN; RIVER WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAUNA; FISH; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; KAVERI RIVER;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0141608698     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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