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Water treatment potential in relation to phytoplankton dynamics in tropical sewage-fed urban water bodies
Durga Madhab Mahapatra1, Chanakya H. N1,2,3* and Ramachandra T. V 1,2,4 |
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1 Centre for Sustainable Technologies,
2 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning, 3 Centre for Contemporary Studies,
4 Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
E-mail: durgamadhab@ces.iisc.ernet.in, chanakya@cst.iisc.ernet.in, cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
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Citation: Durga Madhab Mahapatra, Chanakya H. N and T. V. Ramachandra, 2011, Water treatment potential in relation to phytoplankton dynamics in tropical sewage-fed urban water bodies. Proceedings of the Conference on Microbes in Wastewater and Waste Treatment, Bioremediation and Energy Production, January 24-27, 2011, Goa, India.
*Corresponding Author : |
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Dr. H N Chanakya,
Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India.
E-mail: (chanakya@astra.iisc.ernet.in)
Ph: +91-080-22933046 |
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