Study on Seasonal Productivity of two Rivers Receiving Petrochemical Effluent from NRL, Assam, India
Author Affiliations
- 1Dept. of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam, INDIA
- 2 Department of Botany, Lakhimpur Girls’ College North Lakhimpur, Assam, INDIA
Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 3, Issue (12), Pages 62-66, December,10 (2014)
Abstract
The seasonal productivity of two rivers in Assam receiving petrochemical effluent were conducted from March 2012 to February 2014 on a seasonal basis – pre-monsoon, monsoon, post monsoon and winter. The fluctuation trends of GPP were pre monsoon (0.87mgC/L/hour) &
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