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Abstract

The  number  of  pollution  sources  raises  heavy  metal contamination  of  the  environment  and  become  increasingly  higher in Kumaon  hill.  This  problem  particularly  manifests  itself  around  the  petrol pump.  The  objective  of  our  investigation was to measure the pollution load of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd in near by area of Kumaon hill. Keeping this in mind present investigation was undertaken to study the adverse effect of intensity of  these  metal load  on  the  ecology  and  human population in near by area of respective study site. Moss sample were collected from pure  and  undisturbed habitat  in Mukteswar and were transplanted on four petrol pumps and one control site Analysis of harvested transplants shows  a significant seasonal increase in the metal in moss, which could be due to automobile exhaust and petroleum product consumption.

Keywords

Biomonitoring Metal interspecies comparison Petrol pump Ecology

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Saxena, D. K., & Saiful-Arfeen, M. (2006). Biomonitoring and interspecies comparison of metal precipitation through bryophytes at petrol pumps on Kumaon hill. Environment Conservation Journal, 7(3), 69–77. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2006.070311

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