1. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The mangrove dominated Indian Sundarbans is a natural laboratory for studying the impact of acidification on heavy metals primarily because of two reasons: (i) Intense industrialization and urbanization along the bank of the Hooghly estuary and (ii)Significant decadal variations of salinity and pH in the estuarine water
These two reasons may be attributed to input and dynamicity of heavy metals in the system.

2. SOURCE OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND HEAVY METALS- Shrimp farms

3. ANTIFOULING PAINTS FOR REGULAR CONDITIONING: SOURCES OF Zn, Cu, and Pb

4. SOURCE OF LOCAL LEVEL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION- Brick Kiln

5. SALINITY ESTIMATION: DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN INITIATED

6. pH ESTIMATION: DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN INITIATED

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