Spatial variations in zooplankton diversity in waters contaminated with composite effluents

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  Mukhopadhyay, Subhra Kumar ^b   Chattopadhyay, Buddhadeb ^a   Goswami, Abhishek Roy ^a   Chatterjee, Asitava ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND LEATHER TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DURGAPUR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

^c Directorate of Forest   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; East Calcutta wetland; Ramsar site; Wastewater fed fishponds; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASTEWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

ASPLANCHNA BRIGHTWELLII; BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; CERIODAPHNIA CORNUTA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DIAPHANOSOMA SARSI; MESOCYCLOPS LEUKARTI; MOINA MICRURA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 40949121979     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2007.97     Document Type: Article

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