Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Sediments of a River Draining into a Ramsar Site in the Indian Subcontinent

Concentrations of six heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Ni, Zn, Pb and Cu) in surface sediments of Achankovil river basin which is draining into a Ramsar site in India viz. The Vembanad wetland system was determined. To assess metal concentrations in sediment, numeric Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) were em...

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Main Authors: P. S. Harikumar, K. Prajitha, S. Silpa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Open Science 2010-10-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Laboratory Research in Biology
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Online Access:https://e-journal.sospublication.co.in/index.php/jalrb/article/view/47