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- Title
IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHWORM SPECIES IN TANNERY EFFLUENTS AREA IN KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA.
- Authors
Kumar, Pradeep; Bhadauria, Tuneera; Kumar, Pravesh
- Abstract
Having across 450 tannery companies, Kanpur city has grown into an important tannery industrial area that is extremely harmful to the environment. Water and Soil pollution through the discharge of industrial effluents is causing severe problems. The contaminants include toxicants such as arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), Mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn). The presence of heavy and transition metal significantly changes the water and soil characteristics. It has been considered one of the most polluted industrial wastes and contains high amounts of metals which are very toxic to plant, animal and soil. The present study deal with the survey of the tannery industrial area in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh from month Mar 2020 to Feb 2021 to explore its earthworm's diversity and distribution in both qualitatively and quantitatively. Qualitatively earthworms' fauna included two genera belong to two different family's viz. Octochaetidae (Eutyphoeus waltoni) and (Metaphire posthuma Megascolecidae) commonly found in the study area. Of these, 01 taxa are native and one is exotic. Eutyphoeus waltoni species was the dominant species among three Shekhpur, Peundi and Sawaldas Ghat sites contributing 339, 465 and 662 respectively and Metaphire posthuma (exotic) species dominant three Shekhpur, Peundi and Maekupurwa sites contributing 48, 201 and 409, respectively. These surveys are important for environment because survey sites were irrigation by tannery treated water and untreated water use. So, the earthworm life cycle affected Finally, ecosystem more effected by industrial treated water uses in irrigation.
- Subjects
KANPUR (India); SPECIES distribution; TANNERIES; LEAD; COPPER; TRANSITION metals; VERMICOMPOSTING
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 2024, Vol 27, Issue 1, p485
- ISSN
0972-0030
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/jez.2024.27.1.485