Study of bio-physico-chemical parameters of Mothronwala swamp, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Gupta, Nutan ^a   Sharma, Ramesh C ^b   Tripathi, A K ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic biodiversity; Bio physico chemical characteristics; Swamp; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSECT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SWAMP;

ALKALINITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COLEOPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPHEMEROPHEA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMIPTERA; INDIA; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; ODONATA; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOLUBILITY; SWAMP; TRICHOPTERA; WATER HARDNESS;

ASIA; DOON VALLEY; EURASIA; INDIA; MOTHRONWALA SWAMP; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; UTTARAKHAND;

COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; ODONATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 45149133229     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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