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Contributions of trace elements to the sea by small uncontaminated rivers: effects of a water
reservoir and a wastewater treatment plant. Chemosphere 178:173–186
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relationships to the physico-chemical environment in the Banglang Reservoir, Yala Province.
J Sci Technol 26:595–607
Aufdenkampe A et al (2011) Riverine coupling of biogeochemical cycles between land, oceans, and
atmosphere. Front Ecol Environ 9:53–60
Banks J, Ross DJ, Keough MJ (2012) Measuring hypoxia induced metal release from highly
contaminated estuarine sediments during a 40 day laboratory incubation experiment. Sci Total
Environ 420:229–237
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Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in a stretch of upper Ganges River,
India. Aquat Mamm 36:19–26
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331:50
Bellmore R, Compton J, Brooks J et al (2018) Nitrogen inputs drive nitrogen concentrations in US
streams and rivers during summer low flow conditions. Sci Total Environ 639:1349–1359
Bere T, Tundisi JG (2011) Diatom-based water quality assessment in streams influenced by urban
pollution: effects of natural and two selected artificial substrates, São Carlos-SP, Brazil. Braz J
Aquat Sci Technol 15:54–63
Bergstrom AK, Jansson M (2006) Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has caused nitrogen enrichment
and eutrophication of lakes in the northern hemisphere. Glob Chang Biol 12:635–643
Borges A et al (2015) Globally significant greenhouse-gas emissions from African inland waters.
Nat Geosci 8:637–642
Brady JP, Ayoko GA, Martens WN, Goonetilleke A (2015) Development of a hybrid pollution
index for heavy metals in marine and estuarine sediments. Environ Monit Assess 187:306
Bristow LA, Callbeck CM, Larsen M, Altabet MA, Dekaezemacker J, Forth M, Gauns M, Glud RN,
Kuypers MM, Lavik G (2017) N 2 production rates limited by nitrite availability in the Bay of
Bengal oxygen minimum zone. Nat Geosci 10:24–29
Brown RM, McClelland NI, Deininger RA, O’Connor MF (1972) A Water Quality Index –
crashing the psychological barrier. In: Thomas WA (ed) Indicators of environmental quality.
Environmental science research, vol 1. Springer, Boston
Buat-Menard P, Chesselet R (1979) Variable influence of atmospheric flux on the trace metal
chemistry of oceanic suspended matter. Earth Planet Sci Lett 42:398–411
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (2012) Specification for drinking water. IS: 10500:2012. Revised
(2012) Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
Cardinale BJ (2011) Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning. Nature
472:86–89
Carlson RE (1977) A trophic state index for lakes. Limnol Oceanogr 22:361–369
Carstensen J et al (2014) Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea: biogeochemical cycles, benthic fauna, and
management. Ambio 43:26–36
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2013) Pollution Assessment: River Ganga. Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, Parivesh Bhawan, Delhi
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2016) Conservation of water quality of Ganga River,
CPCB. Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India
Cole JJ et al (2007) Plumbing the global carbon cycle: integrating inland waters into the terrestrial
carbon budget. Ecosystems 10:172–185
246
D. Jaiswal et al.