The effects of irrigation effluent on a Western Canadian prairie river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 103-109

  Silva, E I L ^a   Davies, Ronald W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Heterotropic potential; Irrigation effluent; Prairie River; Secondary salinization

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION EFFLUENT; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SALINITY;

CANADA, ALBERTA, OLDMAN RIVER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030619284     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002906428167     Document Type: Article

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