Hydrogeochemistry and microbial contamination of groundwater from Lower Ponnaiyar Basin, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 867-887

  Jeevanandam, M ^a,e   Nagarajan, R ^b   Manikandan, M ^a,f   Senthilkumar, M ^c   Srinivasalu, S ^d   Prasanna, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c South Eastern Coastal Region (SECR) Ministry of Water Resources Government of India   (India)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Indo Marine Solutions   (India)

^f AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Alluvial aquifer; Hydrochemistry; India; Isolate diversity; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ABSORPTION RATIO; AEROBIC ORGANISMS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ANAEROBIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINANTS; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH SALINITY; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; ISOLATE DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MOLECULAR NITROGEN; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROSOMONAS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SOUTH INDIA; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; TAMIL NADU; WATER TYPES;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; AQUIFERS; BIOLOGY; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; NITRATES; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; WATER RESOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CUDDALORE; INDIA; PONNAIYAR BASIN; TAMIL NADU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84866451514     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1534-1     Document Type: Article

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