Assessment and occurrence of various heavy metals in surface water of Ganga river around Kolkata: A study for toxicity and ecological impact

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 207-213

  Wasim Aktar, Md ^a   Paramasivam, M ^a   Ganguly, M ^b   Purkait, S ^b   Sengupta, Daipayan ^b  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Contamination; Ganga water; Heavy metals; Physico chemical constituents; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; GANGA WATER; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SAMPLING LOCATION; TWO-POINT; WEST BENGAL; WINTER SEASONS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY WATER; LEAD; LOCATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; OXYGEN; PHENOL; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDIA; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALCUTTA; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 74349114107     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0688-5     Document Type: Article

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