Selenium toxicity to aquatic life: An argument for sediment-based water quality criteria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1255-1259

  Canton, Steven P ^a   Van Derveer, William D ^b  

^a Chadwick Ecological Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b Water Resources Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Sediment; Selenium; Toxicity; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SELENIUM;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030981165     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1255:STTALA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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