Water quality issues associated with aquaculture: A case study in mine pit lakes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 995-1010

  Axler, Richard ^a   Larsen, Christen ^a   Tikkanen, Craig ^a   McDonald, Michael ^a   Yokom, Shane ^a   Aas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaculture; eutrophication; mine pit reclamation; potable water; water quality

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAKES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CARCINOGENESIS; EUTROPHICATION; MINE PIT LAKES; MINE PIT RECLAMATION;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHOSPHORUS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; EUTROPHICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 0030249068     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096x128027     Document Type: Article

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