TY - JOUR AU - Sharat Singh, N.K. AU - Sudarshan, M. Sudarshan AU - Ch. Bino Devi, A. Chakraborty, AU - Brojendro Singh, Th. AU - Rajmuhon Singh, N. PY - 2014/02/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Biomonitoring of Fresh Water of Loktak Lake, India JF - European Journal of Sustainable Development JA - EJSD VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.14207/ejsd.2014.v3n1p179 UR - http://ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/121 SP - 179 AB - <span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">The fresh water Mollusca (Scientific name; Pila globosa) was collected from nine different<br />stations of Loktak lake to investigate the elemental profile in the tissue of it as it can be<br />used as biomonitor of the pollution of water. As the Gastropoda family is a feeder filter, it<br />is very useful to examine the trace elements as well as toxic elements in the environment<br />where it survives. The elements detected in the samples are Mg, Al, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Mn,<br />Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, Rb, Sr and the elemental concentrations were compared with FAO<br />limits to check their toxic levels. The elements detected so far are the time integral of their<br />concentration so, that are several orders of magnitude above ambient water<br />concentrations. The analysis of the elements was done with the help of energy dispersive<br />X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) for its quick and multi-elemental detection capability.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;"> <em>Keywords: Pila globosa</em>, Biomonitoring, Loktak lake, Trace elements, EDXRF</span></p> ER -