Seasonal influences on water quality parameters and pollution status of the Ennore estuary, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Environmental Hydrology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-9

  Padmini, E ^a   Vijaya Geetha, B ^a  

^a BHARATHI WOMEN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; ENNORE CREEK; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KOVALAM CREEK; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 34249940860     PISSN: 10583912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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