Antennal deformities of chironomid larvae and their use in biomonitoring of heavy metal pollutants in the river Damodar of West Bengal, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 67-84

  Bhattacharyay, G ^a   Sadhu, A K ^b   Mazumdar, A ^a   Chaudhuri, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b Burdwan Raj College   (India)

Author keywords

Antenna; Chironomidae; Deformity; Heavy metals; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTENNAL DEFORMITIES; BIOMONITORING; CHIRONOMIDAE; DEFORMITY; HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ABNORMALITY; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; LARVA; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; LARVA; LIMB DEFORMITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; LARVA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SENSE ORGANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 25844440759     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3963-8     Document Type: Article

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