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A Case-study on Biodiversity: Pesticide Engendering of Ecological Imbalance and Resultant Environmental Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Alungal N. Balchand
Affiliation:
School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin 682016, India.

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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1994

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