Table 3 Comparative account of water quality status of present study with other water bodies of the world.
From: Labeo rohita, a bioindicator for water quality and associated biomarkers of heavy metal toxicity
Site | Heavy metals (ppm/mg/L) | References | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cr | Mn | Fe | Ni | Cu | Zn | Cd | ||
Yamuna River | 3.5 | 19 | 48 | 11.9 | 7 | 13 | 2.4 | Present study |
Gediz River | – | 0.13 | 0.232 | 0.02 | 0.008 | 0.05 | – | |
Manyame River | 42 | – | 46 | 3.4 | 17 | 542 | – | |
Ganga River | 29 | – | 0.27 | – | 0.24 | 0.09 | – | |
Nansi Lake | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.002 | |
Ganaga basin (Kanpur) | 0.32 | – | – | – | 1.35 | 4.74 | 0.54 | |
Karasu River | 13.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 1.01 | 0.82 | 0.61 | – | |
Orontes River | 1.08 | 7.23 | 89.90 | – | 2.2 | – | 0.03 | |
Reservoir | 16.73 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.66 | |
