Residual Organochlorine Insecticide Archives In The Aquatic Sediment : Distribution, Trends and Prevailing Factors

ISBN-13: 9783659899881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 96 str.

Akhil P. S.; Sujatha C. H.

Opis

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that adversely affect the health of the biota throughout world. They can be transported and generated from one country to another by wind and water and get accumulated in the ecosystem. Almost daily, the media publish alarming reports arising from the dangerous situations causing the threat of POPs to our environment. These problems can only be solved by understanding the sound knowledge on the harmful effects of these xenobiotics to the environment and inturn adopting suitable feasible effective approach. The purpose of this book is to review the insecticide contamination profile of bed sediment associated within the Cochin Estuarine System, Kerala, India.

O autorze

Dr. Akhil P S working as a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kerala, India. He has been awarded the Ph.D Degree on 2015 in the Department of Chemical Oceanography, CUSAT. He has to his credit 11 research articles published in peer reviewed National/ International journals.