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Studies on the Physico-chemical Characteristic and Nutrients in the Uppanar Estuary of Cuddalore, South East Coast of India
P. Soundarapandian, T. Premkumar and G.K. Dinakaran
Corresponding Author: P. Soundarapandian
Submitted: 2009 July, 01
Accepted: 2009 August, 17
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The Uppanar estuary runs behind the SIPCOT complex which is located at Cuddalore. A s the estuary
receives the treated and partially treated effluents from nearly 55 industries and it is said to be highly polluted.
The present study was carried out to find out the changes of physicochemical parameters in two stations in
Uppanar estuary. Among the various parameters, temperature was high in station-II, it was low in station-I. This
may be due to the effluents discharged from SIPCOT complex in station II. The pH showed greater variation
from 6.2 to 7.9 in both the stations due to irregular treatment of the effluents reloaded into the estuary. The
dissolved oxygen concentrations found to be lower and salinity was higher in lower reaches. The total dissolved
solids, calcium , total phosphorus content, nitrite and ammonia w as found to be higher in the station-II than in
station I.
Key words: Uppanar estuary, SIPCOT, Ammonia, nitrite, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and effluents
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P. Soundarapandian, T. Premkumar and G.K. Dinakaran, . Studies on the Physico-chemical Characteristic and Nutrients in the Uppanar Estuary of Cuddalore, South East Coast of India. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, (3): Page No: 102-105.
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