Aquatic Pollution and Toxicology
Contents: Preface. 1. Soil, water pollution and plant growth/K. Jeevan Rao. 2. Water quality in Korba Area : a case study (1990-1995)/Amitava Bandyopadhyay. 3. Haematological and histopathological responses of Rana Tigrina to a Sublethal concentration of heavy metal chromium/S.F. Lerley Sounderraj, A. Nancy and I. Christy. 4. Effect of Tannery Effluent on seed Germination seedling growth and chloroplast pigments conntent in Mungbean/P. Mishra, Samdrita Barman Roy and A.K. Bera. 5. Studies on water quality in and arount an industrial complex, Manali, Madras/J.L. Prameena Sheeja and S.A. Abbasi. 6. Evaluation of drinking water quality in and around Bishop Herber College, Trichy/J.L. Prameena Sheeja and R. Edison Raja Chellasamy. 7. Heavy metal concentration in some catfishes from Gopalpur coast, East Coast of India/Lakshman Nayak. 8. Physico-chemical studies of industrial effluents from M.I.D.C. Area of Kalyan-Dombiuli/R.S. Lokhande, Shantanu Vaidya and Ravindra Bhave. 9. Influence of jute mill effluents on the physico-chemical characteristics of Gosthani Estuary, near Vishakhapatnam/G. Sivani & L.M. Rao. 10. Oxidative metabolism in an Indian freshwater Murrel Channa punctatus during chronic Ammonia stress/Ravindra Kumar. 11. Heavy metal accumulation in soft tissues and hard parts of Rita from the industrially polluted zone of Hooghly Estuary/Sanchita Saha Bhowmik, Rima Gupta, H.C. Joshi and K. K. Vass. 12. Water quality of Pamba river at Pamba Triveni (Kerala)/Mathew Koshy and T. Vasudevan Nayar. 13. Environmental impace assussment of tanning industries in Vellore district Tamilnadu, India/I. Christry. 14. Oxygen consumption in the fouling Bivalve Mytilopsis Sallei (Recluz) in relation to the toxicants copper citrate and Malathion-Ec 50/V. Prabhakar, P. Chandra Mohan and M. Sidharthan. 15. Acute toxicity of the pesticide Malathion-Ec 50 on the fouling Bivalve mytilopsis Sallei (Recluz)/V. Prabhakar, P. Chandra Mohan and M. Sidharthan. 16. The physico-chemical studies of major rivers in Pune-India/M.Y. Yazdandoost and M.S. Katdare. 17. Irrigational studies in the major river of Pune-India/M.Y. Yazdandoost and M.S. Katdare. 18. Heavy metal study in 3 major rivers of Pune-India/M.Y. Yazdandoost and M.S. Katdare. 19. The impact of pollution on biodiversity of phytoplankion in Pune-river-India/M.Y. Yazdandoost and M.S. Katdare.
"The book has twenty quality contributions on water pollution and toxicology. Major areas covered are impact of pollution on soil, water and plant growth, water quality in industrial areas, plant growth, water quality in industrial areas, impact of heavy metals on aquatic organisms, drinking water quality of several towns, water quality of important rivers of India, effect of pollutants on estuaries, environmental impact of industrial effluents, pesticides and other toxicants." (jacket)
