Seasonal variations in mercury concentrations in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam, southeast coast of India

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-381

  Satpathy, K K ^a   Natesan, Usha ^b   Sarguru, S ^b   Mohanty, A K ^b   Prasad, M V R ^a   Sarkar, S K ^c  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Mercury concentration; Seasonal variations; Surface and bottom water

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449086918     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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