Pesticide pollution of River Ghaggar in Haryana, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Kaushik, A ^a   Sharma, H R ^a,b   Jain, S ^a   Dawra, J ^a   Kaushik, C P ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agrochemicals; Ghaggar; Haryana; Organochlorine; Pesticide residues; River; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT AREA; DETECTION LIMITS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIMALAYAS; MULTIPLE USE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDE POLLUTION; POLLUTION SOURCES; RAJASTHAN; RIVER WATER; WATER SAMPLES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; INSECTICIDES; LAND USE; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; RUNOFF;

AGROCHEMICAL; CATCHMENT; DDT; DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HARYANA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 74349111156     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0657-z     Document Type: Article

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