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

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.

About the author

Mary Miranda, PhD Antiga Directora de Zoologia, Fatima Mata National College, Kerala, Índia. Especializada em Biodiversidade Marinha e Ecotoxicologia. Mumthas Yahiya, bolseiro de investigação em Zoologia, Universidade de Kerala. Trabalha em Ecologia e Taxonomia de Bentos Marinhos. Don Dcruz, bolseiro de investigação, Universidade de Hyderabad, Índia. Trabalha em Filosofia da Ciência.

Product details

• Authors: Don Dcruz, Mar Miranda, Mary Miranda, Mumtha Yahiya, Mumthas Yahiya
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2018
• EAN: 9786139874613
• ISBN: 9786139874613
• No. of pages: 92
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology