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Pravakar Mishra
Researcher at Government of India
Publications - 41
Citations - 829
Pravakar Mishra is an academic researcher from Government of India. The author has contributed to research in topics: Water quality & Environmental science. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 26 publications receiving 633 citations. Previous affiliations of Pravakar Mishra include University of Tokyo.
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Sources of sedimentary pahs in tropical asian waters: differentiation between pyrogenic and petrogenic sources by alkyl homolog abundance.
Mahua Saha,Ayako Togo,Kaoruko Mizukawa,Michio Murakami,Hideshige Takada,Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria,Nguyen Huu Chiem,Bui Cach Tuyen,Maricar S. Prudente,Ruchaya Boonyatumanond,Santosh Kumar Sarkar,Badal Bhattacharya,Pravakar Mishra,Touch Seang Tana +13 more
TL;DR: The higher abundance of alkylated PAHs together with constant hopane profiles suggests widespread inputs of automobile-derived petrogenicPAHs to Asian waters.
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Water quality management in the lower stretch of the river Ganges, east coast of India: an approach through environmental education
Santosh Kumar Sarkar,Mahua Saha,Hideshige Takada,Asokkumar Bhattacharya,Pravakar Mishra,Badal Bhattacharya +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the physicochemical characteristics and level of dissolved heavy metals at three ecologically distinct zones along the course of the Ganges river were examined and it was revealed that socioeconomic development of Calcutta, the most potential economic zone in India situated on the east bank of Hugli river, has had a significant impact on the water quality of this major river.
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Impact of Groins on Beach Morphology: A Case Study near Gopalpur Port, East Coast of India
Pratap Kumar Mohanty,Sisir Kumar Patra,S.N. Bramha,Budhadev Seth,U. K. Pradhan,Balaji Behera,Pravakar Mishra,U. S. Panda +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the impacts of coastal structures on beach morphology and shoreline change in the present context and to predict future trends are assessed near Gopalpur Port, east coast of India.
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Water quality assessment of the ecologically stressed Hooghly River Estuary, India: A multivariate approach.
Soumita Mitra,Swayambhu Ghosh,Kamala Kanta Satpathy,Bhaskar Deb Bhattacharya,Santosh Kumar Sarkar,Pravakar Mishra,P. Raja +6 more
TL;DR: Water Quality Index (WQI) values confirmed the prevailing 'bad' condition, detrimental for sustenance of aquatic biota, and the authors recommend adopting preventive measures for water quality improvement linked to biodiversity conservation.
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Monitoring and Management of Environmental Changes along the Orissa Coast
TL;DR: Orissa, the maritime state along the east coast of India, has a coastline of 480 km as discussed by the authors and the southern part of the coast has a narrow shelf, but the north Orissa coast has an extended continental shelf.