Episodic acidification of coastal plain streams: An estimation of risk to fish

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 438-448

  Gerritsen, Jeroen ^a   Dietz, Jonathan M ^b   Wilson, Harold T ^c  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b Gannett Fleming Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Alewife; Alosa aestivalis; Alosa pseudoharengus; Atlantic coastal plain; Blueback herring; Fish larvae; Perca flavescens; Predictive modeling; Risk; Streams; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

ACID-NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH JUVENILE; PH;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0030389944     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269381     Document Type: Article

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