Phosphates from detergents and eutrophication of surface water ecosystem in India

Current Science

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1320-1325

  Kundu, S ^a   Vassanda Coumar, M ^a   Rajendiran, S ^a   Ajay, ^a   Subba Rao, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystem; Detergents; Eutrophication; Phosphate loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929104083     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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