Influence of cooling water discharges from Kaiga nuclear power plant on selected indices applied to plankton population of Kadra reservoir

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-198

  Zargar, S ^a   Ghosh, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biological indices; Cooling water; Plankton; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

COOLING WATER; EFFLUENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESERVOIR; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; INDIA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KADRA RESERVOIR; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646268661     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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