Cyanobacterial flora from polluted industrial effluents

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Parikh, Amit ^a   Shah, Vishal ^b   Madamwar, Datta ^a  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DOWLING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Cyanobacteria; Ecosystem; Effluent; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CYANOBACTERIAL FLORA; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; WATER QUALITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; FLORA; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SOLID WASTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIA; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 33745210835     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7229-x     Document Type: Article

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