Study of trace metal contamination and ecological risk assessment in the sediments of a tropical river estuary, Southwestern India

DS Nishitha, VN Amrish, K Arun, AK Warrier… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The present study aims to assess the extent of trace metal pollution in the sediments of Sita-
Swarna estuary, west coast of India, and investigate their possible ecological risk on the …

Tackling water security: A global need of cross-cutting approaches

M Kumar, P Gikas, K Kuroda, M Vithanage - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Virtual Special Issue entitled “Tackling Water Security” is mainly focused on
water availability, water quality, management, governance, biotic or abiotic emerging …

Risk assessment and spatio-temporal distribution of dissolved trace metals in Swarna, Sharavati and Kali estuaries, South-West Coast of India

DS Nishitha, AK Sudheer, K Arun, VN Amrish… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Trace metals act as a limiting nutrient and prerequisite for primary productivity in marine
environments. The distribution of metals in dissolved phase along the salinity gradients of …

Factors controlling basalt weathering in the Deccan traps: A small catchment perspective

RK Prasad, ND Singh, SK Singh, V Jain - Catena, 2025 - Elsevier
Chemical weathering fluxes from small basalt catchments, the Ambika and the Girna in the
Deccan Traps, have been compared. The two catchments are characterized by distinct …

Seasonal variations in microplastics in a coastal wetland in southwest India as well as their risks to Sillago sihama and Gerres filamentosus

G Valsan, AK Warrier, S Anusree, A Tamrakar… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics are minute plastic particles ranging from 1 µm to 5 mm in size. Mangroves are
crucial ecosystems with roles in carbon sequestration, shoreline protection, and habitat for …

Spatio-temporal variation of major ion chemistry and nutrient stoichiometry in a tropical monsoonal estuary: insight into biogeochemical processes

S Akhtar, SM Equeenuddin - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Major ions and nutrient chemistry of surface water from the Devi river estuary, eastern India
has been studied in order to understand the governing biogeochemical processes …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of dissolved organic carbon from a tropical river system to the Arabian Sea, southwestern India

BK Nisha, K Balakrishna, HN Udayashankar… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Payaswini-Chandragiri river system comprises two small tropical rivers
originating in the Western Ghats (Patti Ghats reserve forest) of Peninsular India and …