Magnetic properties of vehicle-derived particulates and amelioration by Ficus infectoria: A keystone species

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Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 645-646

  Pandey, Sudhir Kumar ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a   Prajapati, Santosh Kumar ^a   Mishra, Virendra Kumar ^a   Upadhyaya, Alka Rani ^a   Rai, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Sharma, Atul Prakash ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES;

EID: 31544477976     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.8.645     Document Type: Short Survey

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18. Acknowledgments: The authors are thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, for financial assistance.