An assessment of seasonal variation and water quality index of sabarmati river and kharicut canal at Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2248-2261

  Kumar, Rita N ^a   Solanki, Rajal ^a   Nirmal Kumar, J I ^b  

^a Natubhai V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences   (India)

^b Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Kharikat canal; Nutrients; Sabarmati river; Sediment; Water pollution; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957841825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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