Assessment of seasonal effects of municipal sewage pollution on the water quality of an urban canal—a case study of the Buckingham canal at Kalpakkam (India): NO3, PO4, SO4, BOD, COD and DO

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Ashwani Kumar1, M. V. Reddy1
1Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry, 605 014, India

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