Anthropogenic activity-induced water quality degradation in the Loktak lake, a Ramsar site in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2019, Pages 2232-2241

  Das Kangabam, Rajiv ^a   Govindaraju, Munisamy ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; floating national park; Loktak lake; water quality; water quality index

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LAKE; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85031094120     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2017.1378267     Document Type: Article

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