Studies of mercury pollution in a lake due to a thermometer factory situated in a tourist resort: Kodaikkanal, India

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-158

  Karunasagar, D ^a   Balarama Krishna, M V ^a   Anjaneyulu, Y ^b   Arunachalam, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CVAAS; Fish; Kodaikkanal; Mercury contamination; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

CVAAS; FISH; KODAIKKANAL; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; METHYLATION;

CONTAMINATION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; THERMOMETERS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; INDIA; INDUSTRY; LAKE; METHYLATION; SEDIMENTATION; THERMOMETER; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; THERMOMETERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BERIJAM LAKE; EURASIA; INDIA; KODAI LAKE; KODAIKKANAL; KUKKAL LAKE; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33747748191     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

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