Zooplankton as Bio-Indicators of Pollution : Zooplankton as candidates for Bio-Monitoring of Trace Metals along the Coast of Kerala, India

ISBN-13: 9786139874613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 92 str.

Mary Miranda; Mumthas Yahiya; Don Dcruz

Opis

Wide occurrence of aquatic metal pollution is rising at an alarming rate. Bio monitoring offers an appealing tool for the assessment of metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Environmental changes over longer time periods can be monitored using planktons as potential candidates. Studies based on the bio monitoring of the combined bio chemical responses to aquatic metal exposure in bio indicators may help in the better understanding of toxicological mechanisms. As the Kerala populace is primarily piscivorous, the present study has very serious health consequences. A rationale scientific coastal zone planning protocol is recommended.

O autorze

Miranda, Mary
Mary Miranda, PhD Former Head, Zoology, Fatima Mata National College, Kerala, India. Specializes in Marine Biodiversity and Ecotoxicology.Mumthas Yahiya, Research scholar in Zoology, University of Kerala. Working on Ecology and Taxonomy of Marine Benthos.Don Dcruz, Research scholar, University of Hyderabad, India. Works in Philosophy of Science