Impact assessment of nuclear power plant discharge on zooplankton abundance and distribution in coastal waters of Kalpakkam, India

Abstract Background Kalpakkam coastal area serves as fishing ground, influenced by anthropogenic effluents from its surrounding populations and backwaters. Methods The monthly abundance and distribution of zooplankton and some physico-chemical parameters were investigated in coastal waters near a nu...

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Main Authors: A. L. Muthulakshmi, Usha Natesan, Vincent A. Ferrer, K. Deepthi, V. P. Venugopalan, S. V. Narasimhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:Ecological Processes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13717-019-0173-9