TY - CHAP AU - Madri Pramod Kumar AU - Tella Lakshmi Prasad AU - Kothapalli Nagalakshmi AU - Nadimikeri Jayaraju AU - Ballari Lakshmanna ED - Mazen Khaled Nazal ED - Hongbo Zhao Y1 - 2020-12-17 PY - 2020 T1 - Concentrations of Heavy Metals as Proxies of Marine Pollution along Nellore Coast of South District, Andhra Pradesh N2 - In recent years, urbanization and industrialization have produced large amounts of heavy metals, which are highly toxic to both humans and the environment. This book presents a comprehensive overview of heavy metals including their physiochemical properties, toxicity, transfer in the environment, legislation, environmental impacts, and mitigation measures. Written by experts in the field, chapters include scientific research as well as case studies. BT - Heavy Metals SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95275 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.95275 SN - 978-1-83968-122-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -