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Monitoring Aquatic Macroinvertebrates as Indicators for Assessing the Health of Lakes in Bangalore, Karnataka
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C. Balachandran1,4             S. Dinakaran4             B. Alkananda1             M. Boominathan1             T.V. Ramachandra1,2,3,*
1 Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], 2 Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra),
3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
4 Centre for Research in Aquatic Entomology, PG Department Zoology, The Madura College, Madurai-625011
*Corresponding author:
cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Citation : Balachandran C., Dinakaran S., Alkananda B., Boominathan M. and Ramachandra. T.V, 2013. Monitoring Aquatic Macroinvertebrates as Indicators for Assessing the Health of Lakes in Bangalore, Karnataka., International Journal of Advanced Life Sciences (IJALS), Volume (5), Issue (1), November - 2012, pp. 19-33.
* Corresponding Author :
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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