Impact of urbanization on the quality of water in a natural reservoir: A case study with the Deepor Beel in Guwahati city, India

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-96

  Bhattacharyya, Krishna G ^a   Kapil, Nibedita ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deepor Beel; Pollution levels; Water quality; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE PROPERTIES; AQUATIC BIRDS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DEEPOR BEEL; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; HUMID PERIODS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NYMPHAEA; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORNAMENTAL FISH; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLLUTION LEVELS; QUALITY OF WATER; RAMSAR SITE; WATER BIRDS; WATER HYACINTH;

BIRDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; OIL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC PLANT; BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; RESERVOIR; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ALKALINITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INDIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBANIZATION; WATER BIRD; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

ASSAM; DEEPOR BEEL; GAUHATI; INDIA;

AVES; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; NYMPHAEA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77953921219     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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