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ecology and applications. Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, pp 1–34
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eutrophication studies. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 46:233–246
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ecological conditions in lotic systems – a regional assessment. J North Am Benthol Soc
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relationships for three tropical freshwater lakes in India. Lakes Reserv Res Manage 16:113–121
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Ganga River, Varanasi, India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90:143–147
Pandey J, Pandey U (2009) Accumulation of heavy metals in dietary vegetables and cultivated soil
horizon in organic farming system in relation to atmospheric deposition in a seasonally dry
tropical region of India. Environ Monit Assess 148:61–74
Pandey U, Pandey J (2013) Impact of DOC trends resulting from changing climatic extremes and
atmospheric deposition chemistry on periphyton community of a freshwater tropical lake of
India. Biogeochemistry 112:537–553
Pandey J, Yadav A (2015) The changing state of N: P: Si stoichiometry in Ganga River: possible
implications for production and fate of phytoplankton biomass. Water 6:91–99
Pandey J, Yadav A (2017) Alternative alert system for Ganga river eutrophication using alkaline
phosphatase as a level determinant. Ecol Indic 82:327–343
Pandey J, Shubhashish K, Pandey R (2010) Heavy metal contamination of Ganga River at Varanasi
in relation to atmospheric deposition. Tropic Ecol 51:63–71
10 Ecosystem Responses to Pollution in the Ganga River: Key Issues to Address. . .
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composition during spring in five North German lakes. Limnol Oceanogr 38:846–856
Malik A, Qadri SA, Musarrat J, Ahmad M (1995) Studies on the water quality of River Ganga at
Fatehgarh and Kannauj, U.P., India. Environ Toxicol Water Qual 10:91–95
McCreary JP Jr, Yu Z, Hood RR, Vinaychandran PN, Furue R, Ishida A, Richards KJ (2013)
Dynamics of the Indian-Ocean oxygen minimum zones. Prog Oceanogr 112–113:15–37
Middelburg JJ, Levin LA (2009) Coastal hypoxia and sediment biogeochemistry. Biogeosciences
6:1273–1293
Miralto A et al (1999) The insidious effect of diatoms on copepod reproduction. Nature
402:173–176
Mishra S, Kumar A, Shukla P (2016) Study of water quality in Hindon River using pollution index
and environmetrics, India. Desalin Water Treat 57:19121–19130
Morelli G, Gasparon M (2014) Metal contamination of estuarine intertidal sediments of Moreton
Bay, Australia. Mar Pollut Bull 89:435–443
Müller G (1969) Index of Geoaccumulation in sediments of the Rhine River. J Geo 2:108–118
Muscio C (2002) The diatom pollution tolerance index: assigning tolerance values. City of AustinWater Protection and Development Review Department
Nannipieri P, Kandeler E, Ruggiero P (2002) Enzyme activities and microbiological and biochemical processes in soil. In: Burns RG, Dick RP (eds) Enzymes in the environment: activity,
ecology and applications. Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, pp 1–34
Negi RK, Rajput A (2013) Impact of pulp and paper mill effluents on phytoplanktonic community
structure in Ganga River at Bijnor (UP), India. J Entomol Zool Stud 1:70–73
Nemerow NL (1991) Stream, lake, estuary, and ocean pollution. Van Nostrand Reinhold,
New York
Nwachukwu OI, Pulford ID (2011) Microbial respiration as an indication of metal toxicity in
contaminated organic materials and soil. J Hazard Mater 185:1140–1147
Oliver TH et al (2015) Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystem functions. Trends Ecol Evol
30:673–684
Pacheco F, Roland F, Downing J (2013) Eutrophication reverses whole-lake carbon budgets. Inland
Waters 4:41–48
Paerl HW et al (2003) Microbial indicators of aquatic ecosystem change: current applications to
eutrophication studies. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 46:233–246
Pan Y, Stevenson RJ, Hill BH, Herlihy AT, Collins GB (1996) Using diatoms as indicators of
ecological conditions in lotic systems – a regional assessment. J North Am Benthol Soc
15:481–495
Pandey J (2011) The influence of atmospheric deposition of pollutants on cross–domain causal
relationships for three tropical freshwater lakes in India. Lakes Reserv Res Manage 16:113–121
Pandey U (2013) The influence of DOC trends on light climate and periphyton biomass in the
Ganga River, Varanasi, India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90:143–147
Pandey J, Pandey U (2009) Accumulation of heavy metals in dietary vegetables and cultivated soil
horizon in organic farming system in relation to atmospheric deposition in a seasonally dry
tropical region of India. Environ Monit Assess 148:61–74
Pandey U, Pandey J (2013) Impact of DOC trends resulting from changing climatic extremes and
atmospheric deposition chemistry on periphyton community of a freshwater tropical lake of
India. Biogeochemistry 112:537–553
Pandey J, Yadav A (2015) The changing state of N: P: Si stoichiometry in Ganga River: possible
implications for production and fate of phytoplankton biomass. Water 6:91–99
Pandey J, Yadav A (2017) Alternative alert system for Ganga river eutrophication using alkaline
phosphatase as a level determinant. Ecol Indic 82:327–343
Pandey J, Shubhashish K, Pandey R (2010) Heavy metal contamination of Ganga River at Varanasi
in relation to atmospheric deposition. Tropic Ecol 51:63–71
10 Ecosystem Responses to Pollution in the Ganga River: Key Issues to Address. . .
249