BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR (BAF) OF HEAVY METALS IN IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE: A CASE STUDY FROM INDIAN SUNDARBANS.
- Department of Biotechnology, Techno India University, Salt Lake, West Bengal, Kolkata, India.
- Department of Microbiology, Techno India University, Salt Lake, West Bengal, Kolkata, India.
- Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, 35 B.C. Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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The Hooghly-Matla estuarine complex of West Bengal is under severe stress due to heavy metals discharged from urban sectors, industries, tourism units etc. in recent decades. The bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Ipomoea pes-caprae is considerable in the present study area and hence the bioaccumulation factor has been studied with respect to dissolved heavy metals and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in sediments. The study reports considerable level of bioaccumulation factor in the vegetative parts of the species.
[Bulti Nayak, Madhumita Roy, Satarupa Roy, SandhimitaMondal Rana, Sufia Zaman and Abhjit Mitra. (2017); BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR (BAF) OF HEAVY METALS IN IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE: A CASE STUDY FROM INDIAN SUNDARBANS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 10-15] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
