Phytoplankton as index of water quality with reference to industrial pollution

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-236

  Shashi Shekhar, T R ^a   Kiran, B R ^b   Puttaiah, E T ^b   Shivaraj, Y ^b   Mahadevan, K M ^b  

^a EAST WEST INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bhadra river; Industrial pollution; Phytoplankton; Shannon Weaver index

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

BIOINDICATOR; CHLORIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POTASSIUM; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOPHYCEAE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EUGLENOPHYCEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; BHADRA RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENIDA; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 41349109760     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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