PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
ENV 225
Credits: 
8
Contact Hours: 
16.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00

SOIL ANALYSIS

  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Chloride content
  • Nitrate- Qualitative and Quantitative
  • Phosphate- Qualitative and Quantitative
  • Available phosphorus
  • Organic Carbon
  • pH
  • Exchangeable Sodium and Potassium
  • Exchangeable Calcium and Magnesium
  • Heavy Metals
  • Micronutrients
  • Specific Gravity
  • True Density and Porosity
  • Identification of Texture of the given soil sample of a degraded land.
  • Estimation of Moisture Content in the given soil sample.
  • Estimation of Water Holding Capacity in the given soil sample

 

AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS

  • Estimation of respirable dust in the ambient air using Respirable Dust Sampler
  • Estimation of PM10 in the ambient air using Respirable Dust Sampler
  • Estimation of indoor  respirable and suspended particulate matter using Handy Sampler

 

VEGETATION DYNAMICS

  • Determination of Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Determination of Percent leaf injury
  • Determination of Chlorophyll Content of leaves from polluted and non-polluted area.
  • Estimation of Dust Retention Capacity of the leaf samples
  • Study of Diversity Indices of plant/organisms
  • Least Size of Quadrate for community study
  • Determination of Frequency, Density and Abundance of various plant species in a community

 

EXERCISES ON WILDLIFE

  • Identification of Mammalian species by Hair Imprinting Method
  • Wildlife Census Methods: Line Transect and Mark Recapture

PREPARATION OF A RECORD COMPRISING OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ON MAPS

  • Mineral resources in India
  • Major Soil types of India
  • Ecozones of India
  • Deserts of the World
  • Forests of India
  • Major Biomes of the World
  • Hotspots of Biodiversity in the World
  • Project Tiger and Project  Elephant in India

 

VISIT

In this semester it is compulsory for each student to visit a National Park/ any natural habitat/ Sanctuary/Research organization/Industry and prepare a report of the same, marks for which will be added in practical exam.

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • S.K. Maiti: Hand book of methods in environmental studies, Vol I and II, Jaipur:ABD publisher, Jaipur
  • Handbook of standard methods for waste water analysis-APHA

 

 

 

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