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carbon loads and their influence on the trophic status of the Ganga River at Varanasi, India.
Environ Monit Assess 189:475–493
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implications for river health. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 99:75–82
Zhang C et al (2014) Effects of sediment geochemical properties on heavy metal bioavailability.
Environ Int 73:270–281
252
D. Jaiswal et al.