Pollution load of four heavymetals in water, sediment and benthic organisms in the kulti river of sundarban fed by metropolitan sewage

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-156

  Akhand, Anirban ^a   Chanda, Abhra ^a   Sanyal, Pranabes ^a   Hazra, Sugata ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Concentration factors; Heavymetals; Kulti river; Metropolitan sewage; Pollution load index

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HEAVY METALS; OUTFALLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDS; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION LOAD INDICES; POLLUTION LOADS; SEWAGE OUTFALL;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; METROPOLITAN AREA; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SUSPENDED LOAD;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; SUNDARBANS; WEST BENGAL;

UCA; UCA ROSEA;

EID: 84859317686     PISSN: 09726268     EISSN: 23953454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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