RETRACTED ARTICLE: An integrated approach for characterization of heavy metal contamination in lake sediments in India

Abstract

A careful analysis of the paper entitled "An integrated approach for characterization of heavy metal contamination in lake sediments from northwestern part of Hyderabad, India" published online on December 18th 2013 has led me to the conclusion that this contribution was essentially similar to the work carried out and funded by the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) and hence, are the property of the NGRI. Therefore, I retract this article.

Impact of environmental pollutants and parasites on the ultrastructure of the Nile bolti, Oreochromis auruis

“…The contamination of sediment, water resources, and biota by heavy metals is one of the main concerns that have a considerable effect on the environmental problems worldwide because these metals are everlasting and having toxic effects on living organisms when they override a certain concentration. This is particularly true in many of the countries due to their bioaccumulation (Schuurmann and Market, 1998;MacFarlane and Burchett, 2000;Abdel-Azeem et al, 2007;Kata and Ramana, 2013). Marine parasites are of great importance (Kinne, 1990;Sindermann, 1993).…”